SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION

CMNS 226-3

Introduction to Digital Video:
Television Production in the Digital Age

Prerequisites:

CMNS 110 and 130 and permission of instructor. Recommended: CMNS 220.

Overview:

This course provides a practical, studio based learning experience introducing students to a variety of approaches to video production applications, including focusing on educational, promotional, advocacy, training, and community development. The course also introduces students to the whole range of design and management tasks involved in non-broadcast video production including proposal writing, story boarding, scripting, shooting, digitizing, editing, packaging and presenting their work.

The course will be divided into seminar and workshop components. In the seminars, students will be expected to analyze the different approaches to social communication appropriate to different kinds of communication problems and situations. Discussion will be focused on critical analysis of selected examples from the emerging field of video production and design. In the workshop component, students will be expected to gain technical knowledge and skills required for digital video production including production planning, the use of camera, sound, voice recording equipment, lighting and framing, digitizing, editing, graphics and transitions, and presenting final productions.

To provide focus for development of these design and technical perspectives all students will undertake Four exercises which progressively demonstrate their understanding, skill and creative abilities and will show and talk about their productions.

Exercises:

(done in groups)
1) Video Profile
2) Double bias news story
3) Education Video / Conceptual Visualization
4) Aesthetic Design

Evaluation:

4 exercises, each worth 20% of the grade 80%
Seminar Participation and Report 20%

The School expects that the grades awarded in this course will bear some reasonable relation to established university-wide practices with respect to both levels and distribution of grades. In addition, the School will follow Policy T10.02 with respect to “Intellectual Honest,” and Academic Discipline” (see the current Calendar, General Regulations Section).