Course Title: Produce live-to-air programs

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: Term1 2007

Course Code: VART5855C

Course ID: 040199

Course Title: Produce live-to-air programs

School: 345T Creative Media

Program Code: C5134 - Diploma of Screen

Course Contact : Adam Lovell

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4976

Course Contact Email: adam.lovell@rmit.edu.au


Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff

cameron clarke
9925 4908
cameron.clarke@rmit.edu.au

Nominal Hours: 40

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Pre-requisites and Co-requisites

None

Course Description

In this unit, students will learn the skills and knowledge to prepare and product production services during a television or radio broadcast.


National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria

National Element Code & Title:

CUFPOP16A Produce live-to-air programs

Element:

Provide services during broadcast

Performance Criteria:

·  Provide presentation personnel with advice, ensuring interaction with contributors/guests meets station and production requirements
·  Ensure contributions from relevant personnel and guests meet station and broadcast requirements
·  Communicate with relevant personnel to rectify problems and ensure all production requirements are met
·  Monitor and pursue any issues arising from broadcast, allowing for presenter to respond to issues before end of program, if required
·  Check presentation material adheres to station and production requirements before being broadcast
·  Advise relevant personnel of any technical problems as they occur  Identify production requirements that meet requirements of target audience
·  Research, collect and organise program content before broadcast and ensure that all content meets the ethical, legal and broadcast standards
·  Structure the program to allow for budgetary and time constraints
·  Identify and provide contributors that meet target audience requirements
·  Brief contributors in accordance with station and production requirements
·  Brief relevant personnel about program content and other production requirements

Element:

Plan and prepare the program content

Performance Criteria:

·  Identify production requirements that meet requirements of target audience
·  Research, collect and organise program content before broadcast and ensure that all content meets the ethical, legal and broadcast standards
·  Structure the program to allow for budgetary and time constraints
·  Identify and provide contributors that meet target audience requirements
·  Brief contributors in accordance with station and production requirements
·  Brief relevant personnel about program content and other production requirements

Element:

Review broadcast

Performance Criteria:

·  Review negative and positive elements of performance with relevant personnel
·  Suggest alternative approaches and strategies to improve and meet required production standards

Learning Outcomes


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Overview of Learning Activities


Details of Learning Activities

Classroom instruction: lectures, tutorials, seminars
Workshops, practical exercises, oral presentations
Guest speakers
Individual consultations
Research and reference compilation
Production-based classes
Team projects


Teaching Schedule

1.        Time tables / O week

2.         Introduction to Studio A
             Safety talk with studio managers
             Go into projects and what is required
             Introduction to programme structures.  Live to air (news, talk show, variety, music, sport, infotainment) programmes
             Show example of music/variety programme (cb80’s / rove live / spicks and specks)
             Show examples of news / talk shows / current affairs style show (enough rope with Andrew Denton, lateline, dateline, the today show, sunrise, the footy show etc.)
             Crew roles and responsibilities in television studios

3.        Interview / documentary programmes
            The basics (lighting sets, switching techniques, pre-recorded segments, sound, directing and crew roles, pre-production work)

4.         Interview / documentary programmes
             The basics cont.

5.         Recording pre-recorded segments for news / talk / current affairs style show / programme

6.         Recording pre-recorded segments cont.

7.         News / talk / current affairs style show programme recording with ad breaks and pre-recorded segments.  All live to tape.

8.         As above cont.

9.         Review of news / talk / current affairs style show programme and start of music / variety programme planning

10.      Sound for music programmes and camera techniques

11.      Sound cont.

12.      Finalising production schedule and crew roles.  Pre-recording of segments for major project

13.      As above cont.

14.      Major project live music variety programme

15.      Major project cont.

16.      Major project cont.

17.      Marking / review of work

18.      Marking / review of work

Overview of Learning Resources


Learning Resources

Prescribed Texts


References


Other Resources

Not applicable


Overview of Assessment

Television Interview 30%
Live to air music/variety program 40%
Television program structure report 30%


Assessment Tasks

Perform set-up and operation exercises
Plan, script, pre-produce, shoot and edit pre-recorded material
Plan, script, pre-produce and produce a ’live’ production, drama, or magazine type
Prepare a running sheet, insert pre-recorded material
Participate in a range of roles, as production crew for other team productions
Document all stages of production and evaluate finished product

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