This will give students a hands-on experience of independent documentary making. Many great filmmakers have made documentaries, and today the form is more relevant and popular than ever. Students will be guided through each step in the making of a 10-15 minute documentary: preliminary research, production planning, treatment writing, shooting, editing and test screening. As students need to deal with different subjects living in various socio-cultural conditions, they are encouraged to take up the challenge of establishing a comfortable and positive relationship between their camera and their subject(s), and, to explore various techniques of effective documentation when the use of camera is limited. Methods of material organization, interviewing, and narrative are introduced to prepare students for future work in the making of non-fiction works.