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Course Syllabus

COMM 2200 TV Production

  • Division: Fine Arts, Comm, and New Media
  • Department: Communications
  • Credit/Time Requirement: Credit: 3; Lecture: 3; Lab: 0
  • Semesters Offered: Fall, Spring
  • Semester Approved: Fall 2022
  • Five-Year Review Semester: Summer 2027
  • End Semester: Summer 2028
  • Optimum Class Size: 12
  • Maximum Class Size: 15

Course Description

This course will emphasize the practical application of TV production. Students will learn the elements of video production, editing techniques, and broadcast journalism writing skills. They will use a field video camera and post-production editing equipment to produce individual and team assignments.

Justification

This course is an introduction to the basic principles, procedures, and techniques of television production as it applies to live studio programming. Beginning instruction is offered in studio camera operation, audio for television, and television directing, emphasizing underlying principles of video technology.

Student Learning Outcomes

  1. Students will learn to operate field video cameras, post-production editing equipment and videotape recorders. This course will provide an opportunity for students to create a variety of video productions, allowing students to express personal creativity while developing the ability to conceptualize story ideas and effectively translate these ideas into video productions.
  2. Students will understand and undertake the jobs necessary to produce remote programs. These jobs include: planning, scripting, rehearsing and executing a remote shoot. Students will write scripts for two different news stories. These stories will demonstrate competency in the areas of news gathering and writing to inform a target audience.
  3. Students will understand the importance of completing work on a deadline.

Course Content

The following topics will be covered in class: Terminology for broadcast news; Elements of television news; Fundamentals of camera operation; Importance of lighting in video production; Audio and sound control in the video; Digital editing techniques and principles; Performing techniques for reporters; Electronic news gathering. An understanding of these topics will be assessed through video presentations, assignments, and classroom discussions.