Writing in Digital Spaces
Documentary Project
In the winter term, students in Helen Lepp Friesen’s Writing in Digital Spaces RHET 2350(3)-001, created documentaries on topics of their choice. The objective was to research and digitally document an event, process, or story. The documentary aimed to engage, inspire, and educate the viewer on a specific topic. Some documentaries take years to make. The students in RHET 2350 completed their short documentaries (around 5 minutes) in only a few months. As part of the assignment, the students completed the online course on Human Ethics, completed the University Human Ethics Research Board checklist, recruited participants for their documentary, collected data and B-roll footage, and finally composed their documentary. Stylistic categories included public affairs, personal/memoirs, narrative history/biography, Cinema verité (observational cinema), poetic, and mockumentary. Please find the links to some student documentaries here.
Sara Calnek
Title: (5:00)
Anna Schaible-Schur
Title: (5:09)
Benjamin Boyko
Title: (7:00 minutes)
Carla Danielle Switzer
Title: (6:23)
David Macdougall
Title: (5:29)
Maddy Nowasad
Title: (4:24)
Rachel Ferstl
Title: (6:43)
India Schlegel
Title: (6:34)
Kathleen McLeod
Title: (11:43)
Update: May 6, 2021