| Topic | Date | |
| 1 | Introduction Documentary Production: Fear, Failure & Intuition | Sept 8 |
| 2 | Finding your Documentary Subject | |
| 3 | The Interview: Establishing Relationships & Production Workflow | Sept 22 |
| 4 | Creating Documentary Sequences — Cinema Verite | Sept 29 |
| 5 | Treatment Writing for Documentary
Pitches / Outlines: present and discuss |
Oct 6 |
| 6 | The Pitch
Pitches / Outlines: present and discuss |
Oct 13 |
| 7 | Working with Time — Archives | Oct 20 |
| 8 | Allowing the story to be revealed
Verite Sequences: present and discuss |
Oct 27 |
| 9 | Ethical Issues in Documentary | Nov 3 |
| 10 |
Connecting with your interview subject Interviews: present and discuss |
Nov 10 |
| 11 | The business of documentary: Pre-production, audience, marketing and distribution | Nov 17 |
| 12 | Final Assignment: Documentary Film Proposals
Present, discuss and submit written materials |
Nov 24 |
| 13 | Final Assignment: Documentary Film Proposals
Present, discuss and submit written materials |
Dec 1 |