Mass Communications 410 -- Advanced Video Production

Fall 2004

EHC-TV

Instructor:         Dr. Keller.  Ext. 6822

Office Hours:    MWF: 2:30 - 3:30.  IÕm also available in the Studio immediately before or                                 after the Tuesday/Thursday 3:00

Course Objectives:

To produce broadcast quality video presentations, including gathering information, writing clearly, and combining accurate information with appropriate sound and video.  Also, to learn the basics of television studio procedures while producing programming for a general cable audience.

 

Material presentation:

Scripts will be prepared to accompany your video work.  Scripts and other assignments should be ready in both electronic (on a disk for now) and print form each Tuesday.  If there is more than one page, staple.  Please be sure the computer printer yields copies that are easy to read. 

Video package and  VOB expectations:

Video packages and VOBÕs are expected to include well-lit, high quality video, nat sound and nat sound breaks as well as stand-ups. 

Grades: making an A

Grading standards will be high and will consider project objectives, amount of work applied, and success in meeting professional quality production values.  In general, the requirements for an A will be as follows:

*complete a news package each week with script and other requirements for including it in a newscast.  News value should be strong.

*complete a major, in-depth studio interview

*attend all classes and execute studio requirements for completing the newscast

*invest time in at least three extra studio sessions

 

Package ideas:

Class projects should include, but are not limited to:

*A personalized campus story such as the following:

international students on campus

publish or perish for professors

tuition hikes

service learning on campus

students working full time

students with children

students with learning differences

*A public records-based story.

*A localized national story.      

*A court story.

*A public meeting story.

*A 30-minute broadcast interview.

 

 

LATE ASSIGNMENTS.

Late assignments or unfulfilled responsibilities cannot be tolerated in light of our deadlines for completing newscasts.  My standard policy is that students who fail to meet an assignment on time can expect to receive a Ò50Ó, but, depending on circumstances, will receive no higher grade than a 60. 

 

GENERAL MISSION

Remember that the College Mission Statement includes the motto, ÒIncrease in Excellence.Ó  Please strive to employ the motto in your academic and personal endeavors.  We would like to be a special community where each person is committed to service to others as well as to intellectual achievement.  Imagine the kind of world youÕd like to live in and create it -- beginning with this class.       

 

DEPOSIT

            As much as I regret having to implement this procedure, I have learned that some people do not always follow the above advice.  In the past, we have lost as much as $400.00 worth of equipment in one semester, just because of carelessness.  As a result, I am requiring a $25.00 refundable deposit.  If all the equipment is accounted for at the end of the semester, this money will be refunded.  As you can see, you are each responsible for everyone elseÕs deposit.

 

RESPONSIBILITIES REGARDING EQUIPMENT

Believe it or not, there are some students who occasionally pass through Emory & Henry who are not considerate of others, and once in a rare, rare while those students show up in Mass Communications classes.  Surely, there will be no one like that in this class.  However, just to encourage responsible use of equipment, some consequences will be established for ignoring established protocol.

CHECK OUT PROCEDURE

The procedure for signing out equipment is very simple:

 

When you take equipment, put your name on the board on the date you take it.

Put the time you take it and the time you will return it.

 

Those who do not follow procedure or who keep equipment in their rooms or cars overnight are subject to a grade penalty.  Grade on the news package assigned will be lowered by one letter for both partners when equipment is not returned after the shoot or is not signed out properly.  These procedures are established to make our working together easy.  The goal is not to make your life difficult.  Therefore, if you have special circumstances and need special arrangements, please discuss the situation with the professor.

RESERVE EQUIPEMENT PROCEDURE

            To reserve equipment, write your name and ÒreservedÓ on the date you want to use the equipment.  List the checkout time and return time.

 

 RESERVE EDITING TIME Ð Our semester will go much smoother if each student claims a regular and specific editing time.

 

ADVANCED VIDEO PRODUCTION

Fall 2004 

 

 

Project possibilities.                          Personalized story

                                                            Public records

Localized national story

Public meeting

Breaking news

Sports story

Longer form reporting:  a three-part series

30-minute cable program

 

 

Thursday, August 26,2004                                                                               Editing checklist:

Intro to course and begin learning                                            Nat sound/Nat sound open

studio operation                                                                                   Nat sound breaks

Audio levels & mixing

Tuesday, August 31                                                                

Review editing                                                                          Freeze frames

Practice studio operation                                                          Action sequences

                                                                                               

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Thursday, September 23

           

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Thursday, September 30

 

Tuesday, October 5    

 

Thursday, October 7 Ð-  Fall Break                 

 

Tuesday, October 12  

 

Thursday, October 14 

 

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Thursday, October 21             

 

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Tuesday, November 23

 

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Tuesday, November 30

 

Thursday, December 2

 

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Thursday, December 9