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  Module Descriptor


Code: CE00500-2 Version: 2 Approval Status: Valid Current
Title: STUDIO PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY
Section: Computing, Engineering & Technology Level: 2

 

Contact E-mail Address VLE
FIONA GRAHAM F.C.GRAHAM@STAFFS.AC.UK Blackboard

 

Pattern of Delivery

 

Credits
30
Contact Hours Independent Study Hours Total Learning Hours
72.0 228.0 300.0
Description of Pattern of Delivery
Pattern 1, study 50.0% in period1
Pattern 1, study 50.0% in period2
 
Site
STAFFORD

 

Registration Conditions Module Version Condition Text
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Module Details
Assessment Details A COURSEWORK weighted at 100%.

Semester 1 Class Test: 25% one hour multiple choice test will address learning outcomes 1, 2 and 3. Semester 2 Group work: The studio programme and working as a team 50% will address learning outcomes 2, 3, 4 and 5. Coursework: Individual log 25% a 2,000 word coursework assignment will address outcome 1.
Indicative Content The students will work as a group to produce a studio based topical television programme. In the course they will gain knowledge of: 1. Scriptwriting Element Creative and technical requirements including technical directions for studio based programmes. 2. Pre Production Element How to design, structure, research and produce filmed/edited inserts for a studio programme. 3. Studio Production Element Working as a team to produce a studio programme. Aims to provide understanding of the digital technology and creative knowledge used in studio based production.
Learning Strategies 1 lecture, 2 tutorials per week (1:n)1 (2:15)2
Prospectus Information Working in teams, the students will learn the fundamentals of producing a studio based television programme. The module will cover the scripting of a multi camera production, the technology of broadcast engineering and the production of a studio programme.
Resources Avid/Media 100 non linear editing suite Photoshop After Effects Studio and ENG digital cameras Location Lighting Gallery and broadcast-standard chroma-key studio Ancillary audio equipment Switching Studio Lighting
Special Admissions Requirements None.
Texts Film production Management, Bastian Cleve, Focal Press (1999) ISBN 0-240-80393-0 Video Basicsn4, Herbert Zetti, Thomson Wadsworth (2003), ISBN: 0-534-61245-8 Basic TV Technology 4th edition - Robert L Hartwig (2005) ISBN 0-240-80717-0 A Broadcast Engineering Tutorial for Non-Engineers 3rd edition - Graham Jones (2003) ISBN 0-240-80700-6 Television Production Handbook, 8th Edition, Herbert Zettit, Thomson Wadsworth (2003), 0-534-56377-5 Multi-skilling for Television Production, Peter Ward, Alan Bermingham, Chris Wherry. Focal Press (2000) ISBN 0-240-51557-9

 

Learning Outcome

1. SHOW CRITICAL KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF HOW STUDIOS OPERATE WITHIN A DIGITAL ENVIRONMENT.
2. DEMONSTRATE AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE METHODS AND AVENUES OF ENQUIRY IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A DIGITAL STUDIO PRODUCTION, INCLUDING LIVE/AS-LIVE STUDIO PRODUCTIONS.
3. ANALYSE DIGITAL TECHNIQUES AND TECHNOLOGY IN TERMS OF DEVELOPMENT AND THE IMPORTANCE OF PRE PRODUCTION: WHAT IT IS AND HOW IT'S NEEDED TO PRODUCE A STUDIO PROGRAMME.
4. DEVELOP FURTHER SCRIPTWRITING SKILLS, INCLUDING TECHNICAL SCRIPTING FOR CAMERAS, NEEDED TO PRODUCE A STUDIO PROGRAMME, APPLY THOSE SKILLS USING PRIOR KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE TECHNICAL AND CREATIVE REQUIREMENTS FOR A STUDIO BASED PROGRAMME.
5. WORK COMPETENTLY AS PART OF A TEAM IN A STUDIO ENVIRONMENT.