Mass Com 421: APPLICATION OF PRODUCTION

Syllabus

Wesleyan University-Philippines                                                                Mass Com 421 – Application of Production
College of Arts and Sciences                                                                                                              Credit: 3 units
 

COURSE DESCRIPTION

 A practicum on television production.

COURSE OBJECTIVES
 

 At the end of the course, the students are expected to:

Cognitive

Understand the various television program production techniques

Affective

learn the value of time management, creativity, planning and teamwork.

Psychomotor

enable Mass Communication students to apply the televison theories they have learned in the conceptualization and production of simple TV program formats

METHODOLOGY

Lectures
Demonstrations
Program analysis and critiques
Production meetings
Post production critiques 

COURSE OUTLINE

           Topic                                                                                                         Timeline

COURSE ORIENTATION	1 week
ELEMENTS OF TELEVISION PRODUCTION
Lighting and camera work	2 weeks
Set design	1 week
Costume and make-up	1 week
Program conceptualization and basic scripting	1 week
PRACTICUM: PROGRAM CONCEPTUALIZATION, SCRIPTING AND PRODUCTION
Television commercial	2 weeks
Program promo	2 weeks
Newscast	2 weeks
Instructional program	2 weeks
Musical program	2 weeks
Final project: Video documentary	2 weeks
	18 weeks

 Monday to Friday      12:00 Noon – 1:00 PM

REQUIREMENTS

Group production projects

GRADING SYSTEM

Term project --------------------------------- 40%
Academic Exercises

Practrical Exercises ----------- 40%
Class Participation-------------- 10%
Attendance------------------------- 10%

REFERENCES

Muratore, Stephen. The computer video maker handbook: a comphrehensive guide to 
making video. 2nd ed. Boston: Focal Press, 1997.

Gloman, Chuck B. Placing shadows: lighting techniques for video production. 2nd ed. 
Boston: Focal Press, 2000.

Lyver, Des. Basic video lighting.  2nd ed. Boston: Focal Press, 1999.

Lyver, Des. Basic video sound. 2nd ed. Boston: Focal Press, 1999.

Tobias, Ronald B. The insider’s guide to writing for screen and television. Cincinnati, 
Ohio: Writer’s Digest, 1997.

Douglass, John S. The art of technique: an aesthetic approach to film production and  video production. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1996.

Online Reference Materials