Documentary Filmmaking: Redux
| "Documentary Filmmaking: Redux" | |
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| Community episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 3 Episode 8 |
| Directed by | Joe Russo |
| Written by | Megan Ganz |
| Production code | 308 |
| Original air date | November 17, 2011 |
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"Documentary Filmmaking: Redux" is the eighth episode of the third season of the U.S. television series Community. It was originally broadcast on November 17, 2011 on NBC.
In the episode, Dean Pelton directs a new commercial for Greendale College, with members of the study group as actors and crew members. The entire episode is an in-universe documentary made by Abed, who is seeking to emulate the success of Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse. Production of the commercial gets out of control as the Dean becomes insane and Abed is forced to abandon his objectivity to save the commercial.
The episode was written by Megan Ganz and directed by Joe Russo. It was released in the same week NBC announced that the series would be placed on hiatus in the mid-season, which prompted fans to mount an Internet campaign to prevent the show's cancellation. The episode received positive reviews from critics.
The Greendale College Board has given Dean Pelton (Jim Rash) $2000 to shoot a new commercial for the college. He enlists the help of the study group, which agrees. Abed (Danny Pudi) declines to participate, but instead shoots a documentary about the commercial's production. Throughout the episode, Abed asks to remain "invisible" to reduce interaction with the subjects of his documentary.
The Dean makes himself director of the commercial with Annie (Alison Brie) as script supervisor. The rest of the group play roles in the commercial, including Jeff (Joel McHale) (with a bald cap) as the Dean himself. Pierce (Chevy Chase) becomes a diva, demands a trailer, fails to get one, rents one on his own and locks himself in it, "'til I have the one I don't have!". Jeff asks to shoot his scenes in front of the school's Luis Guzmán statue, hoping that Guzmán's lawyers will force his scenes to be cut due to image rights restrictions. Instead, Guzmán, a Greendale alumnus who turns out to be proud of his time at Greendale, decides to play a part in the commercial, to the delight of the Dean.
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