Instruction Mode: In-Class
Professor: Multiple Professors
Resource(s): | Type | Description | Required | Textbook | Television Production Handbook, Zettl, Herbert, MA: Wadsworth, 11th ed. Boston, 2012 |
Optional | Other | Recommended Reading:
Curry, Ivan. Directing and Producing for Television: A Format
Approach. Oxford: Focal Press, 2013 [1998]. |
Optional | Other | Utterback, Andrew. Studio Television Production and Directing. Oxford:
Focal Press, 2007. |
Optional | Other | Owens, Jim. Television Sports Production. Oxford: Focal Press, 2007. |
Applicable student group(s): Bachelor of Film and Television
Course Details: MODULE 1
- Pre-Production for a studio show
- Review of all studio technical positions
- The role of the Director (explanation and training)
- The role of the AD (explanation and training)
- Developing a 5 Minute Pitch
- Importance of Sound
- Theming of a show
- Evaluation - 5 Minute Pitch (5%)
MODULE 2
- Developing a rundown
- Call sheets
- Production calendars
- Use the Selected Pitch to establish the show
- Interviewing practices
- Shooting packages
- How to do Live Hits
- Social Media presence
- Organizing and conducting production meetings
- Cast and crew rehearsals
- Execution of 1st live or live-to-tape studio-based production.
- Post mortem process (Production analysis)
- Evaluation - Studio Production 1 (15%), Location Production 1 (10%) and Reflective Analysis 1 (10%) = 35%
MODULE 3
- Building on a Production
- How to incorporate technical and content improvements
- Engaging and knowing your audience
- Create a Social Media Identity to gather an audience
- Develop a theme for Show #2
- Conduct production meetings
- Cast and crew rehearsal
- Execution of 2nd live or live-to-tape studio-based production.
- Post mortem (Production analysis)
- Evaluation - Studio Production 2 (20%), Location Production 2 (10%) and Reflective Analysis 1 (10%) = 40%
MODULE 4
- The final production
- Student-developed arts and transitions
- Using Social Media to impact the show and add interactivity with the audience
- Field Productions
- Live Production and mobile coverage
- Script to the studio in 2 weeks
- Evaluation - Studio Production 3 (10%) and Location Production 3 (10%) = 20%