CITY COLLEGE OF SAN FRANCISCO
COURSE OUTLINE
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GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
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Date:
Department:
Course Number:
Course Title:
Outline Prepared by:
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September 2006
Broadcast Electronic Media Arts
BCST 148B
Advanced Digital Video Production
Michele Sieglitz (7370)
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Francine Podenski (3351)
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Dean Bruce Smith (3720)
COURSE SPECIFICS:
A. Hours/Week:
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C. Pre-requisites:
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3 lecture and 6 lab
3
BCST 145 and BCST 119 (BCST 119 may be taken
concurrently) or equivalent skills
Co-requisites:
None
Advisories:
BCST 110, 120, 124, 140 and BCST 143 or 144 or
equivalent skills
Course Justification: This course is designed to teach industry-standard,
advanced, single-camera digital field video production
and post-production techniques.
Field Trip:
Yes
Method of Grading: Letter grade
Repeatability:
2
III. CATALOG DESCRIPTION:
Advanced aesthetic and technical elements of digital video field production.
Students will write and produce video packages from concept through postproduction, and will collaborate in teams to create professional-quality video
packages and segments.
IV. MAJOR LEARNING OUTCOMES:
Upon successful completion of this course a student will be able to:
A. Collaborate as a field production team to create multiple video packages from
concept through completion.
B. Demonstrate proficiency in writing treatments and scripts for a variety of video
packaging applications.
C. Proficiently operate professional portable digital video equipment with attention
to camera movement, exposure, focus, color temperature, lighting, depth of field,
shutter speed and the specifics of a digital recording medium.
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D. Formulate and analyze budgets for intended production and schedule preproduction, production, and post-production activities within a crew.
E. Demonstrate proficiency in field audio recording and lighting, camera blocking
and interviewing techniques, as well as working effectively as a crew-member in
transport and set up of field video and audio production equipment.
F. Demonstrate competency in digital video and audio editing.
G. Describe and analyze digital file formats, compression techniques and different
codecs that are used in digital video capture and editing and the various output
and distribution channels where these are applied.
H. Demonstrate an understanding of current developments in digital video
production, including researching different types of capture mediums,
differences in picture quality, aspect ratio and output and distribution of SD,
streamed, and HDTV programs.
I. Produce and analyze video materials suitable for use in educational settings,
broadcast television, independent film/video, cable, satellite, and internet
distribution.
J. Demonstrate communication skills and ability to keep deadlines with a producer,
as an effective member of an electronic field production team.
K. Analyze and compare different NLE video and audio production and editing
platforms, with emphasis on digital editing tools.
L. Demonstrate competency in evaluating the differences between analog and
digital recording and editing formats with respect to quality, budget and
distribution.
M. Describe and analyze music and image copyright clearance issues.
V.
CONTENT:
A. Pre-production process
1. Evaluation of television and video as visual narratives.
2. Concept development through image-creation and storytelling.
3. Writing with emphasis on broadcast journalism and three-act narrative arc.
4. Script analysis, script revisions and continuity through script supervision.
5. Storyboarding and collaborative writing assignments.
6. Special concentration on legal and ethical concerns related to producing
electronic media.
B. General production process
1. Creating & managing a production crew.
2. Rotation of multiple production roles throughout semester.
3. Creating and maintaining production and shooting schedules.
4. Producing within specific budget and time constraints.
5. The psychology of communication and people-management in a creative
environment.
6. Copyright issues: clearance of images and music.
7. Production concerns and limitations when working for a client.
C. Proficiency with professional field digital video camera
1. Controls and features.
2. Frame aesthetics and creating dynamic shots.
3. Proficiency with a video camera in the field.
4. Emphasis on time constraint, low shooting ratio in broadcast journalism and
creating shot logs.
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D. Lighting in the field
1. Properties of light and lighting theory.
2. Exposure, contrast, and 3-point lighting.
3. Combining natural and artificial light.
4. Lighting for the interview.
5. Using lighting tools to control and diffuse light.
6. Psychology of lighting.
E. Recording audio in the field
1. Properties of audio and audio theory.
2. Understanding and using appropriate microphones for different situations.
3. Monitoring and correcting audio in the field.
4. Multiple microphone inputs to a single source recorder.
5. Sample rate differences in capturing audio.
6. Understanding sync and SMPTE timecode with dual system recording.
F. Post-production process
1. Screening Dailies.
2. Organizing and analyzing video material to tell a story.
3. Working with edit logs and paper edits.
4. Comparison of different NLE software and hardware.
5. Editing theory, meaning and aesthetics.
6. Advanced editing effects with color correcting, video filters and third party
plug-ins.
7. Marketing and distributing electronic field video materials in a variety of
formats, distribution channels and markets.
VI.
INSTRUCTIONAL METHODOLOGY:
A. Assignments:
1. In-class assignments such as:
a. Brainstorming and pre-production for the production of field packages.
b. Short production exercises that are used to assess and refine storytelling
abilities, production values and editing skills.
c. Lighting for the interview in the studio and on location.
d. Produce and critique a field video package.
e. Refine edits and develop critiquing skills from rough-cut through completion.
f. Work with a variety of instructional and non-instructional professionals who
will serve as subjects and/or contact persons for the project.
g. Work in teams, producing and editing a number of magazine or news video
packages to be aired on cable-access television.
h. Create a field production book that includes production concept, target
audience, budget, treatment, script, script revisions, production and meeting
schedule, EDL and written evaluation of final product.
2. Out-of-class assignments such as:
a. Writing and storyboarding for field packages.
b. Pre-production scheduling and budgeting for crew.
c. Organizing and managing a video production crew.
d. Contact and professional correspondence with client and/or subjects of
production package.
e. Reading assigned textbooks on digital video production and editing
theory.
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B. Evaluation:
1. Quizzes and exams to measure student understanding of lecture and readings
on topics such as exposure, depth of field, lighting, budget analysis, editing,
recording, media compression and codecs.
2. Assessment of performance in varying field video production crew positions, to
measure proficiency in operating equipment and the ability to work as an
effective team member.
3. Assessment of writing and pre-production skills to measure student
understanding of the professional principles and processes of advanced digital
video production.
4. Assessment of group video packages to measure application of advanced digital
video production principles and process.
5. Assessment of individual student’s ability to work professionally in the field of
digital video production through production journals that catalog individual
student’s production process and contribution.
C. Textbooks and other instructional materials, such as:
1. The Conversations: Walter Murch and the Art of Editing Film, by Michael
Ondatje. Knopf, 2004. ISBN: 0375709827
2. Digital Videomaker: Guide to Digital Video & DVD Production, 3rd Edition. Focal
Press. 0-240-80566-6.
VII. TITLE 5 CLASSIFICATION
Credit/Degree applicable (meets all standards of Title V, Section 45002 [a].
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