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Television Production Course Outline

This course is an introduction to the basic principles, procedures, and techniques of television production. The Television Elective course includes video control, special effects, operation of cameras and editing machines, composition, lighting, staging, and directing, on-camera announcing and interviewing.

1- Welcome to Class

Introduction and Course Description
Course Objective and other class expectations–TV Production

2- TV Production Overview

TV Production
Bird’s Eye View
Part II
TV Production II
Three Production Phases
Part II
Confusing the Medium With the Message
Assignment: TV Production Roles Assignment

3- Program Proposals

Introduction
Writing the Program Proposal
Agreement On Your Proposal
Proposal Engages the Audience
Assignment: TV Production Proposal

4- Capturing/Holding Viewer Attention

Introduction
Get Their Attention!
Reality 101
Hit the Target (Audience)
Audience-Engaging Techniques
Assignment: Viewer Attention–Public Relations

5- Quiz

Quiz: Proposals/Viewer Attention

6- Fifteen Production Steps

The Production Sequence
Identify the Purpose
Check Out Similar Productions
Treatment/Production Proposal
Decide On Locations
Permits, Insurance and Clearances
Quiz: Production Steps

7- Storyboard Project

Assignment: Television Production Vocabulary
Assignment: Choose Your Favorite TV Show

8- Scripts

Introduction
Concrete-to-Abstract Continuum
Assignment: Concrete-to-Abstract Continuum Short Answer
Spicing Up Interviews
Assignment: Spicing up Interviews Short Answer
Script Writing Guidelines
Assignment: Short Answer– Broadcast Writing Guidelines
Script Writing Guidelines II
Broadcast Style
Worksheet: Broadcast Style
Ten News writing Guidelines
Assignment: Newswriting Guidelines–Short Answer
Correlate Audio and Video
Assignment: Audio and video
Lost vs. Bored
Worksheet: Lost vs. Bored–Short Answer
Video Grammar
Worksheet: Video Grammar
Script Terms and Abbreviations
Assignment: Script Terms and Abbreviations
Internet Resources and Script Assignment
Assignment: Script Project

9- Script Project

Quiz: Scripts
Assignment: Script Project

10- Costing-Out A Production

Introduction
Above/Below The Line
Renting vs. Buying Equipment
Attributing Costs

11- The TV Process

Introduction
Fields and Frames
Camera’s Imaging Device
Analog and Digital Signals
Assignment: TV Process Assessment

12- World Television Standards

Introduction
Aspect Ratios
NTSC Broadcast Standard
PAL and SECAM Television Systems
Film and Video Conversion Processes
Digital and High-Definition Television
Anatomy of Digital TV Signals
World Television Standards
Converting Wide-Screen Formats
HDTV In-Set Conversion
Digital Cinema

13- Quiz

Techniques
Techniques(cont)
Depth of Field
Focusing A Lens
Selective Focus
Follow Focus
Auto focus Lenses
Macro Lens Setting

14- Lenses

Introduction
Lens Focal Length
Zoom and Prime Lenses
Angle of View
A Zoom vs. A Dolly
Zoom Ratio
Distance Speed Perspective
Compressing Distance
Wandering Road Signs
Apparent Speed of Objects
Perspective Changes

15- F-Stops and Creative Focus

Techniques
Techniques(cont)
Depth of Field
Focusing A Lens
Selective Focus
Follow Focus
Auto focus Lenses
Macro Lens Setting

16- Lens Assignment

Assignment: Lenses/ Focus Assignment

17- Filters and Lens

Lens Shades
Filters
Polarizing Filters
Contrast Control Filters
Color Conversion Filters
Fluorescent Light
General Considerations

18- Final Elements

Introduction
Lens Coatings
Cleaning Lenses
Rain Jackets
Short Boxes
Lens Mounts

19- Wonderful World of Color

Introduction
Subtractive Color
Additive Color
Simultaneous Contrast
Three-Chip Video Cameras
One-Chip Color Cameras
Video Quality I
The Waveform Monitor
Video Quality
Vector scope

20- Quiz

Quiz: Filters, Elements, Color

21- Video Camera Operation

Camera Basics
Video Resolution
Determining Resolution
Light Levels
Night Vision Modules
Camera Mounts
Camera Basics II
Studio Camera Mounts
Follow Me Camera Mount
Camera Jibs
Camera Tracks

22- Color Balancing Cameras

Introduction
White Balancing
Lying to Your Camera
Black Level
Color Reproduction

23- Creative Control

Shutter Speeds
Resulting Exposure
CCD Shutter Speed
Stroboscopic Effects
High Shutter Speeds
Variable Frame Rate Cameras

24- View Finders

Camera Viewfinder
Left and Right-Eyed People
Camera Safe Areas
Adjusting the Viewfinder
Status Indicators

25- Quiz

Quiz: Camera, Viewers, Color

26- Camera Prompters

Introduction
Issues
Hard Copy Prompters

27- Composition and Graphics

Setting the Scene
Form vs. Content
Insert Shots and Cutaways
Enhancing the Message
Defining Composition

28- Elements of Composition

Introduction
Slow = Boring
Depicting Emotional States
Selective Focus
Leading the Subject
Horizontal and Vertical Lines

29- Elements of Composition II

Maintaining Tonal Balance
Balance Mass
Pattern of Meaning
Concrete and the Abstract
Using Lines
Frame Central Subject Matter

30- Elements of Composition III

Introduction
Convey Meaning
Avoid Mergers
Number of Prime Objects
Balance Complexity and Order
Movement and Meaning

31- Quiz

Quiz: Elements of Compostion

32- Graphics and Virtual Reality Sets

Introduction
Titling
Image Editors
3-D Modeling and Animation
Electronic Graphics
Graphics and Virtual Reality Sets II
Motion Tracking

33- Lighting

Introduction
Light Coherence
Hard/Soft Lighting
Ultra-Soft Lighting
Color Temperature
Varying Color Temperature
Broken Spectrum Sources
Fluorescents
Types of Discharge Lights
Controlling Intensity
Studio/Field Light Levels
Light Meters
Light Meters II
Sensitivity of a Video Camera
Color Temperature Meters
Controlling Light Intensity

34- Lighting II

Lighting Instruments
Fresnels/Scoops
Ellipsoidal Spots
Camera Lights
Attachments to Lighting Instruments
The Key Light
Key Light Considerations
The Key’s Vertical Angle
Sun As a Key
Background Lights
The Fill Light
The Back Light

35- Lighting III

Lighting Ratios
Back Light Intensity
Subject-to-Background Distance
Special Lighting
Bounced Light
Lighting Multiple Subjects
Area Lighting
Natural Light
Altering Appearances
Minimizing Surface Detail
High/Low Key
Final Issues
Lighting Plot
Setting Up Lights
Power Issues
Quiz: Lighting

36- Creating a floorplan for the studio set

Assignment: project

37- Audio

The Basics
Loudness
Frequency
Listening Conditions
Microphones
Dynamic Microphones
Types of Mics
Directional Characteristics
Cardioid
Microphones II
Positioning Handheld Mics
Forced Perception
Mic Connectors
Wireless Microphones
Transmitting Range
Wireless Mic
Off-Camera
The Shotgun Mic
Microphone Booms

38- Audio II

Sound Types
Multi-Track Recording
X-Y and M-S Micing Techniques
Keeping Dialogue
Surround-Sound
Digital Audio
Copying vs. Cloning
Audio Levels
Audio Control Devices
Microphones in the Studio
Multiple Mics
Audio Mixer Controls
Audio Recording
Compact Discs
Audio Recording II
Computer Hard Drives
Audio Editing Systems
Wrapping Up Audio
Compressors
Audio Expanders
Assignment: Audio Assignment
Assignment: Create an Audio Quiz

39- Video Recording

Introduction
Videotape Recording Process
Disk-Based Recording
Solid State Memory
Consumer Video Formats
Digital Compression
Compression Codecs
Consumer Video Formats
Digital Formats
RAM Recording
Professional Video Formats
One-Inch, Reel-to-Reel
Error-Correction Circuitry
Professional Digital Formats
DVCAM, Digital Betacam
High-Definition Formats
Video Recorder Operations
Spot-Checking a Tape
Care/Handling of Videotape
Quiz: Voice Recording

40- Editing

Continuity Editing
Changing Expected Continuity
Acceleration Editing
Causality
Continuity Techniques
Relational/Thematic Editing
Solving Continuity Problems
Bridging Interview Edits
Shooting Angles
Technical Continuity
Things To Be Alert For
Continuity Issues

41- Editing II

Editing Guidelines
Maintaining Consistency
Editing Guidelines II
Varying Tempo
Five Rules for Editing
Linear and Nonlinear Editing
Laptop Editing Systems
Video Servers
Making Use of Time-Code
Breaking the Code
Drop-Frame Time-code
User Bits
Longitudinal Time-code (LTC)
Jam-Sync in VITC Editing
On-Line and Off-Line Editing
Digital Editing
Paper-and-Pencil Edit
Quiz: Editing

42- Producing/Directing

Studio Production
The Directing Process
Color Bars, Slate Countdown Clock
Standby
Need to Anticipate
Video Switchers
Video Switchers II
Chroma Key
Multiple-Camera Remotes
On-Location Survey
Camera Positions
Audio Concerns
Single-Camera Production
Film-Style Dramatic Production
The Master Shot
Actors and Talent

43- TV Jobs Assignment

Assignment: TV Jobs

44- News and Documentary

Introduction
Difference Between ENG and EFP
Broadcast News
Popular Documentaries
Controversial Subject Matter
ENG Personnel
Video Journalists
News Producer’s Checklist
News and Documentary
– On-Location News Interview
Be Prepared
Commitment and Courage
Transmissions
Fiber Optics
Microwave Links
The Cano beam System
Satellites
Satellites II
Flyaway Units
Quiz: News

45- Documentary Essay

Essay: Documentary Essay

46- Legal and Ethical

Introduction
Privacy-Public/Private Individuals
Intrusion
Guidelines for Intrusion
Shield Laws
Defamation
Staging
Moral Development
Comparable Footage
Public Domain
Music and Sound Effect
Do’s and Don’ts

47- Non-Broadcast Television

Introduction
Institutional Video
Presentation Formats
Vocational Video
Careers
Careers II
On-Camera/Behind-the-Camera
Colleges for Broadcasting
Broadcast Journalism
Internships
Résumés
Sample Résumé
Sample Cover Letter
Video Awards
Personal Interview
A Final Word

48- TV Supervisor Assignment

Assignment: TV Supervisor

49- Course Survey

Course Survey
Handout: Course Survey
Assignment: Course Survey

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