ABOUT
THE COURSE
Documentary Series is a course for emerging and developing filmmakers ready to take character-led documentary beyond the short form.
Across nine two-hour sessions, with personalised lecturer feedback, you’ll develop an initial idea or existing project into a compelling series concept, exploring how real people’s ambitions, relationships and conflicts can sustain a story across multiple episodes.
Through research, writing and practical filmmaking, you’ll shape your creative approach, develop an overarching narrative and discover how to film with intention while remaining open to the unpredictability of real life. You’ll bring these elements together in a series treatment, episode outlines and a filmed and edited pilot that demonstrates your project’s potential to industry partners and funders.
Self-Paced or Live Tutor-Led Online Course
Personalised Feedback
One Year Access
2-Hour Lessons
Beginner, Intermediate
1-on-1 Coaching
(Additional Fee)
Stackable Digital Skills Badge
≈ 30-Hour Self Study
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Course Outline
*As we strive to provide our students with the most effective learning experiance, this course structure is provisional and may be subject to change based on feedback from students and members of the Quality Assurance (QA) Board.
Each session will provide you with exercises designed to test the knowledge you have learned and put it into practice.
Assignments are designed to prepare you for your own professional growth and independent practices as well as level three of this course.
WHY THIS
COURSE?
Documentary Series course takes you beyond the foundations to explore how real lives can sustain a series without forcing reality into a predetermined script.
Rather than teaching storytelling in isolation, this course connects character development, episodic structure and your creative voice through the development of your own project.
With personalised feedback and practical work towards a series treatment and pilot, you’ll move beyond an interesting idea to demonstrate its potential on the page and on screen.
WHAT YOU WILL
NEED
You’ll need a computer, a reliable internet connection and headphones. A webcam and microphone are required for live sessions and any scheduled conversations with tutors or fellow learners.
If you’re using a work device or corporate network, please check with your IT team that you can access the course platform and any required video-conferencing tools, including permission to use your camera and microphone