Broadcast Production Skills

Overview

As an introduction to the basic technical skills required in broadcast media production, students in this module will conceive, research, develop and produce a number of small media projects as directed by the tutor. Each project should be seen as an initial foray into particularly important skillsets required for good visual storytelling in the broadcast arena supported by reference to cognate work and production theory. Beginning with the still image, students will learn key techniques involved in digital imaging in the context of photojournalism. Following on from this, students will be introduced to moving images practices through camera, lighting and video editing skills workshops. Finally, in the context of communication design this module will introduce new, disruptive technologies for the dissemination of stories online that combine media formats such as the still and moving image.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this module, students should be able to:

1. Conceive, research, develop, design and execute a medium-specific creative project

2. Demonstrate an enhanced understanding of the digital image making process

3. Demonstrate a proficient and competent use of production technology appropriate to stage

4. Articulate their own creative practices through an engagement with the parlance of production

5. Demonstrate an appreciation of the intersection between theory and practice as essential to an informed practitioner.

Skills

1. Photography skills to an intermediate level included limited post production techniques for enhancement.

2. Video Camera and moving image acquisition to a level appropriate to stage

3. Enhanced understanding of the production processes and technical skills required in the broadcasting industry

4. A greater awareness of best current industry practices

5. Enhanced communication skills

Assessment

None