COM3165 Av Broadcasting

Advanced · 1 credit · MDC - Media, Design, and Communication Arts

Description: Students work through the sequential steps of audio/video production, including shooting, writing, editing and performance. Group work, peer-collaboration and deadlines make this a real-life experience culminating in a broadcast that is entirely produced by students.
Prerequisite: COM1105: Audio/Video
Parameters: Access to audio and video equipment suitable for production, including a basic studio facility; e.g., lights, green screen and computer equipment/software suitable for postproduction.
Supporting courses: COM3105: AV Preproduction 2 COM3115: AV Production 2 COM3125: AV Postproduction 2 COM3135: Audio Techniques

Outcomes The student will:

1 identify and examine the various roles involved in a typical broadcast team
- 1.1 identify the responsibilities of each role, including:
  - 1.1.1 writer; e.g., selects story ideas and interview topics, creates a storyboard, writes the script
  - 1.1.2 anchor; e.g., narrates, reads from prompter or cue cards, demonstrates appropriate inflection and delivery of the script
  - 1.1.3 reporter; e.g., interviews, tells a story with beginning, middle and end
  - 1.1.4 videographer; e.g., captures the scene, demonstrates camera skills, works from shot list
  - 1.1.5 director; e.g., selects camera angles and locations, guides the filming process
  - 1.1.6 editor; e.g., edits footage, synchronizes audio effects and adds visual effects, transitions, credits, titles and graphics
  - 1.1.7 graphic artist; e.g., prepares graphic elements (logos, banners, overlays)
  - 1.1.8 production designer; e.g., determines sets, props and costumes in accordance with the script, ensures continuity
  - 1.1.9 producer; e.g., oversees details, production schedule and deadlines of the overall production
- 1.2 examine and compare the responsibilities of each of the roles in the overall completion of a broadcast
2 produce a series of 5- to 10-minute broadcasts as a member of a broadcast team
- 2.1 select, with broadcast team members, an appropriate production format for each broadcast; e.g., newscast, journal, round table discussion, tabloid, telethon
- 2.2 assume a minimum of three roles in the production of the broadcasts
3 produce, with broadcast team members, a production plan for each broadcast that outlines all tasks and responsibilities
- 3.1 follow the preproduction process for each broadcast, with broadcast team members; e.g., identify a topic, conduct research, choose the medium/format and justify the selection, develop a content/story line, develop a draft plan, collect and use feedback to further the planning process
- 3.2 develop, with broadcast team members, a final production plan for each broadcast, including:
  - 3.2.1 topic
  - 3.2.2 medium/format
  - 3.2.3 roles, tasks and responsibilities
  - 3.2.4 location; e.g., sets, environment, green screen
  - 3.2.5 time line with deadlines for each task
  - 3.2.6 storyboard
  - 3.2.7 script
  - 3.2.8 shot list
  - 3.2.9 graphic elements
  - 3.2.10 audio
  - 3.2.11 editing requirements
4 complete the broadcasts, with broadcast team members (e.g., through classroom broadcasting, school Web site vodcast, video streaming), fulfilling the responsibilities of his or her roles
5 identify copyright restrictions and permissions and put them into practice
6 present to an audience a selection of work completed in this course; e.g., project plan, shot list or storyboard, broadcast
- 6.1 assess the work, considering:
  - 6.1.1 how the elements and principles of design help facilitate good composition in the work
  - 6.1.2 the creative aspects of the work; e.g., transitions, syncing, style
  - 6.1.3 areas of concern/difficulty (if applicable)
  - 6.1.4 the use of tools and equipment
  - 6.1.5 the relationship between the storyboard and the story told in the final product
  - 6.1.6 the quality of the completed project
  - 6.1.7 the school and community standards being met; e.g., appropriate language
- 6.2 participate in peer/teacher assessment
- 6.3 revise and re-present the project, if necessary, based on feedback
- 6.4 add this selected work to an ongoing portfolio
7 apply consistent and appropriate work station routines
- 7.1 demonstrate good health and safety practices; e.g., posture, positioning of hardware and furniture
- 7.2 demonstrate security for hardware, software, supplies and personal work
8 demonstrate basic competencies
- 8.1 demonstrate fundamental skills to:
  - 8.1.1 communicate
  - 8.1.2 manage information
  - 8.1.3 use numbers
  - 8.1.4 think and solve problems
- 8.2 demonstrate personal management skills to:
  - 8.2.1 demonstrate positive attitudes and behaviours
  - 8.2.2 be responsible
  - 8.2.3 be adaptable
  - 8.2.4 learn continuously
  - 8.2.5 work safely
- 8.3 demonstrate teamwork skills to:
  - 8.3.1 work with others
  - 8.3.2 participate in projects and tasks
9 create a transitional strategy to accommodate personal changes and build personal values
- 9.1 identify short-term and long-term goals
- 9.2 identify steps to achieve goals