Broadcast Storytelling

Overview

Developing a greater understanding of formats and the broadcasting context, this module leads out of Broadcast Production Skills and into Broadcast Journalism. It builds on the practical skills acquired so far by the students, who will begin to think more carefully about narrative in broadcast media, in order to produce longer audio and/or visual packages. The course’s practical assignments will include advanced interviewing techniques, recording for broadcast formats and bringing together a number of skillsets to generate creative media outputs connected to factual programme making. The use of enhanced broadcast production skills acquired in Semester 1 will be encouraged, leading to more sophisticated media productions. Students will be made more acutely aware of existing ethical frameworks circumscribing broadcast production and the impact of their work in the public arena. Students will also be introduced to the regulatory and legal framework around broadcasting.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this module, students should be able to produce new, original narrative creative outputs using pictures and/or sound. They should be able to identify the restrictions on what can or cannot be broadcast in the UK and Ireland, appropriate to stage. They should be able to write for broadcast, and combine a script, sound clips or effects, and/or moving images into their produced output effectively. They should be reflect on and show how broadcasting regulations apply to their practical work. In addition, they should be able to reflect on and evaluate their own work, and how it fits into the broadcast landscape.

Skills

1. Effective pitching of broadcast stories

2. Effective gathering of material and writing of scripts in audio and/or visual formats

3. Editing skills and craft (appropriate to level) of broadcast story outputs in audio and/or visual formats

4. Advanced interviewing skills.

5. Advanced approach to editorial practices and ethical frameworks.

Assessment

None