<p>Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Close look at history of popular music documentaries and goals, methods, and challenges of making them. Consideration of what makes for successful (or unsuccessful) music documentaries. Viewed through very specific focus of story and storytelling. Students may develop their own documentary project as part of coursework. P/NP or letter grading.</p>

Music Industry

The school cultivates models for musical studies that integrate exemplary scholarship and practices, and engage through music with diverse communities on campus, throughout Los Angeles, and beyond.

Herb Alpert School of Music

The program prepares students for transformative, creative career paths in an ever-evolving music industry.

General Education — Visual & Performance Arts Analysis & Practice (Arts & Humanities)

General Catalog

Docs that Rock: Music Documentary in History and Practice

MSC IND 29

5 units