Documentary Theory and Practice is a theory-based course with laboratory practice components (TPL). Its learning objectives are achieved through three types of teaching activities (lectures, seminars, and practical sessions) structured around the development of a real and meaningful project. The course is based on the active participation and collaboration of students and follows an innovative Project-Based Learning (PBL) approach.

Theoretical classes are structured around the viewing of documentary excerpts and classroom discussions. Seminar sessions and laboratory practices are dedicated to the planning, design, production, and post-production of a short documentary film. Students' independent work and regular tutorial sessions with instructors are essential to achieving the competencies and learning outcomes through this group audiovisual creation project (teams of 4 to 6 students).

A detailed schedule outlining the content of each session will be presented on the first day of the course and will be available on the course’s Virtual Campus, where students will find the various teaching materials deemed appropriate by the instructors and

necessary information for effective course monitoring. Should the teaching modality change for reasons of force majeure according to the competent authorities, the teaching staff will inform students of any modifications to the course schedule and teaching methodologies.

The course content will be sensitive to issues related to gender perspective and the use of inclusive language.

Annotation: within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.

The subject will be evaluated through three different procedures:

• Written exam (30%)
• Seminars (20%)
• Practices (50%)

Completion of all three assessment components is mandatory in order to pass the course, and only the written exam is eligible for reassessment.

Attendance at theoretical sessions is not mandatory but is highly recommended, as the content from screenings, discussions, and class questions is part of the exam. Only a summary of the classroom presentation will be uploaded to the Virtual Campus.

Attendance at seminar and practical sessions is mandatory. The seminars will focus on the pre-production of the documentary project (topic proposals, project development, and pitching), while the practical sessions will cover the production and post-production of the short documentaries (teamwork dynamics, submitted audiovisual piece, and the production report/dossier).

Students will be entitled to reassessment in the course if they have been evaluated on a set of activities accounting for at least two-thirds of the total course grade.

This course/module does not provide for a single-assessment system.

In this course, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies is permitted as an integral part of the work, provided that their use is justified and that the outcome reflects a significant contribution from the student in terms of analysis and personal reflection. Students must clearly identify which parts were generated using this technology, specify the tools used, and include a critical reflection on how these tools influenced both the process and the final outcome of the activity. Lack of transparency will be considered academic dishonesty and may result in a penalty to the activity’s grade or more serious sanctions in severe cases.

The performance of any irregularity in an evaluation act (academic fraud, plagiarism or improper use of AI, unless this use is expressly authorized by the teaching guide), which may lead to a significant variation in the grade, assumes that this act will be

graded with a 0. In the event that the teaching guide foresees that in order to pass the subject it is an essential requirement to have obtained a minimum grade in this evaluation act or that there are several irregularities in the evaluation acts of the same

subject, the final grade of this subject is 0. Apart from this, a disciplinary process may be instructed to the student that incurs any of these irregularities.