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SVF-3907 Ethnographic Film Editing - 30 stp

The course is administrated by

Institutt for samfunnsvitenskap

Type of course

This course may be taken as a singular course.

Course contents

In the course the students will learn to create and convey anthropological knowledge by the use of film. The students will edit the video-material recorded during their fieldwork and will, by the end of the course, have produced an ethnographic film.

Application deadline

Applicants from Nordic countries: 1 June for the autumn semester and 1 December for the spring semester. Exchange students and Fulbright students: 1 October for the spring semester and 15 April for the autumn semester.

Admission requirements

This course may be taken as a singular course. Applicants must have completed the courses SVF-3101 and SVF-3102 or equivalent in order to be eligible for admission. Application code: 9371

Obligatory prerequisites

SVF-3101 Etnographic Film-making 1, SVF-3102 Etnographic Film-making 2

Objective of the course

The students have the following learning outcomes:

Knowledge

know how to explore a subject of social science interest through cinematic means
can make a contribution to the understanding of research topics and themes through cinematic means
can distinguish and reflect critically on own and other people¿s ways of knowing.

Skills

be able to demonstrate technical skills in camerawork, sound, and editing
be able to develop a consistent analytical argument based on fieldwork material
be able to develop a consistent audio-visual narrative based on filmed material from own fieldwork
be able to demonstrate basic research skills for the use of film as a means in the production and dissemination of ethnographic knowledge

General competence

be able to implement and analyze visual, oral, corporeal and other systems of meaning
be able to reflect an understand the narrative structure in film
be able to make a research based ethnographic film
be able to do the adequate research in the course of an film production.

Language of instruction

Engelsk

Teaching methods

The teaching is organized in rough-cut screenings combined with lectures and seminars.

The students present their films as works-in-progress in compulsory rough-cut screenings. Students are given individual supervision throughout the film-editing process.

Assessment

The exam will consist of:

A film (max. 30 minutes duration)

The exam will be assessed on an A-F grades scale. Grades are A-E for passed and F for failed. Retake exam is not offered for this course.