Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)
Study Course Description
Development of Television Stories
Course Code
KSK_278
Branch of Science
Media and communications
ECTS
3.00
Target Audience
Communication Science
LQF
Level 6
Study Type And Form
Full-Time
Study Course Implementer
Course Supervisor
Anda Rožukalne
Structure Unit Manager
Ieva Puzo
Structural Unit
Faculty of Social Sciences
Contacts
Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf@rsu.lv
About Study Course
Objective
To acquaint students with the basic principles of filming, lighting, composition and video editing in order to develop understanding of and practical skills for creating video stories during the study process and placement.
Preliminary Knowledge
Study courses Introduction to Journalism, Introduction to the Studies and Specialty, Introduction to Communication Theories have been acquired.
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
1.After completing the study course, students will: • Recognise and compare different types of TV stories. • Have good knowledge of and analyse the functions of a TV production team. • Define, analyse and discuss the task of journalists in the TV production process. • Understand and substantiate the factors that influence the quality of light, sound and image in different conditions of TV story creation. • Tell, explain and compare the principles and techniques of TV story editing.
Skills
1.After completing the study course, students will: • Intend, plan and create TV stories on various topics independently. • Collect, select, understand and present information for TV stories. • Create a story according to the technical requirements and needs of television. • Match the story to the requirements of specific TV news programmes or other formats.
Competences
1.After completing the study course, students will: • Assess the reality, applying information to creation of audiovisual works. • Be responsible for the quality of the information collected and provided, the value and relevance of the sources of information, and the possible effects of the information. • Develop a critical attitude towards the content and form of the information presented in TV stories. • Develop a self-critical attitude to the value of information and the relevance of the information provided to the audience to its needs. • Use responsible, knowledge-based technologies in the process of producing TV stories.
Assessment
Individual work
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Individual work |
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To approbate the knowledge gained in lectures and seminars by creating different TV stories, to create a complete television story on a given topic in student groups.
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Examination
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Examination |
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• Participation in lectures.
• Participation and activities in seminars.
• Creative project – a TV story, its correspondence to the course content and TV specifics.
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Study Course Theme Plan
FULL-TIME
Part 1
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Principles of TV production. Composition. Frame size and fill.
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Filming, framing perspectives, lights, basic principles of editing.
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Collection and arrangement of information for TV video stories, identification of relevance, visualisation of the subject, technical parameters of TV video stories, cooperation of journalist and cameraman, duties; creative team work.
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Planning of TV video stories and organisation of filming.
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Discussing and analysing the material for a TV video story and planning the editing.
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Class/Seminar
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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TV editing, professional quality analysis of the finished video story.
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Class/Seminar
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Supplementing and processing the visual material of the TV story, creation of graphic elements (title, subtitles, etc.), checking of facts and other information.
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Supplementing and processing the visual material of the TV story, creation of graphic elements (title, subtitles, etc.), checking of facts and other information.
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Quality analysis of TV video stories. Correcting errors and preparing a story for publication in Student Media.
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Quality analysis of TV video stories. Correcting errors and preparing a story for publication in Student Media.
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
3.00
Contact hours:
20 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Exam (Written)
Bibliography
Required Reading
1.
Valdis Eglītis „...gribu uzņemt filmu!”
2.
Robert Thompson, Cindy Malone, TheBroadcastJournalismHandbook: A TelevisionNewsSurvivalGuide; Rowman&Littlefield, 2004.
3.
PierreBourdieu, OnTelevision,TheNewPress, 1999.
4.
Jean-PhilippeToussaint, Television,DalkeyArchivePress, 2004
5.
AndrewBoyd, PeterStewart, RayAlexander, BroadcastJournalism: Techniquesof Radio andTelevisionNews, Taylor& Francis, 2008.
Other Information Sources
1.
LTV1, TV3, PBK, LNT, BBC, CNN, RT, Re:TV, Riga24 un citu kanālu ziņu raidījumi