WL ARTS C184Documentary: Theories and Approaches
World Arts and Cultures · 5 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Designed for juniors/seniors. Documentary practices—early actualities, city symphonies, observational cinema, avant garde, and self-reflexive films—to introduce complexity and creativity at heart of this form. Key theories and approaches of documentary film. Analysis of how performativity, subjectivity, and ideology percolate documentary aesthetics and inform cinematographic, audiographic, and editorial decisions. Concurrently scheduled with course C284.
P/NP or letter grading.
When it runs
Not on the schedule for any of Fall 2025 through Spring 2027. UCLA publishes only that window, so this does not mean the course is gone — check the official listing.
Requisites
UCLA lists no requisites for this course.
Requires
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Nothing — this is an entry point.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
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