General information


Subject type: Mandatory

Coordinator: Maddalena Fedele

Trimester: Third term

Credits: 6

Teaching staff: 

Maddalena Fedele
Eloi Aymerich Casas 
Jorge Sardà Angles 

Skills


Specific skills
  • E6_Design, plan and perform with multicamera, live and on set, according to all facets of the product (both in the artistic design and content and in the technique)

  • E8_Design the lighting needs of a space according to its characteristics and the final purpose of the product to be recorded, photography or video

  • E13_Apply the principles of visual and sound design for the creation of presentation elements used in sound, audiovisual, television and show products

  • E17_Write journalistic pieces of different genres with their headline systems and express themselves correctly both in writing and orally

  • E18_Analyze the structures, contents and styles of television and radio programming according to the technical characteristics of their realization. Design, produce and make programs for television and radio in the technical part: production room or radio control, respectively

Transversal competences
  • T2_That students have the ability to work as members of an interdisciplinary team either as one more member, or performing management tasks in order to contribute to developing projects with pragmatism and a sense of responsibility, making commitments taking into account the available resources

Description


The subject of Television is part of the subject "Image" and, therefore, gives acquired knowledge related to previous subjects of this subject that have to do with the production of video (Audiovisual Systems, Lighting and Camera Techniques ), as well as basic training subjects that have dealt with aspects related to audiovisual language, audiovisual narrative, audiovisual production and the media system in general (History of Audiovisuals and Video Games, Audiovisual Language and Expression, Social Models and Advertising, Graphic Design , Audiovisual script, Audiovisual production, Film analysis and Digital journalism and new media).

The will of the subject is introductory to the world of television, both in terms of the more conceptual aspects related to the television system and the technical aspects of multi-camera television production on set. For this reason, the practical and theoretical learning, the evolution of the students, their intellectual commitment and their creativity will be highly valued, almost more than the final product that is carried out in the practical sessions.

Throughout the course, in both theory and practice classes, students must carry out a final project in groups, which consists of the multi-camera production of a television program of about 10-12 minutes. of duration (Final program), organizing themselves as television producers.

Teaching staff:

Maddalena Fedele

Eloi Aymerich

Jordi Sardà

Learning outcomes


At the end of the course students must achieve the following learning outcomes (RA):

LO1: Know how to work in a team and develop a specific role within the group that allows them to manage their work with maximum efficiency.

LO2: Understand the current television market and know how the television industry works.

LO3: Understand the structure of audiovisual companies and television channels.

LO4: Master the language of television and have notions of how to create a real program.

LO5: Be able to analyze in front of television programs, understanding their language.

LO6: Acquire theoretical and practical knowledge of the different tasks when producing a television program (entertainment or informative).

Also, they must achieve the following complementary learning outcome (RAC):

RAC1: Know how to communicate the contents of a television program to both viewers and industry, both through written language and through oral and audiovisual language.

Working methodology


The subject is structured in 4h / week of theory sessions and 2h / week of laboratory practice sessions (set and performance control).

The subject combines theoretical classes (LARGE GROUP), practical classes (SMALL GROUP) and hours of autonomous learning (AUTONOMOUS LEARNING).

The theoretical classes (LARGE GROUP) consist of expository classes, with the explanation of the contents of the subject and applied activities, as well as discussion seminars, case studies, exercises and project tutorials with the students. Some of these activities can be carried out without prior notice and may be necessary for the subsequent development of the evaluable works, the exams and the practices of the subject.

Regarding the theoretical classes, the team of professor @ s will be able to offer schemes of the classes as it advances the asignatura.

The practical classes (SMALL GROUP) consist of the practical realization of individual and / or group activities. Except for the first set knowledge activity and control, the rest of the activities are assessable. Attendance at the practical classes is essential, compulsory and necessary for their approval. In addition, internships are used to foster transversal teamwork competence.

Regarding the practical activities, they will be simulations of how a television program is created and produced. Here the interest of the students will be paramount to advance and increase the level of internships.

Apart from the work within the set and the control, the students will have to develop during the whole subject their own process as a production team that develops their television project format. Students will prepare a sales dossier of the final project that will be recorded on set. They will present it to the team of professor @ s during the hours of directed activities, these, then, are very important and form part of the process of learning and evaluation.

The hours of autonomous learning (AUTONOMOUS LEARNING) consist of the individual study work of each student, which can be completed both in the learning of content and in the production of both individual and group work, both theoretical and practical. These hours include case studies, research and critical reading of articles and materials proposed by the teaching staff.

The reading and assimilation of the basic bibliography will be presupposed, as well as a more punctual review to the complementary one.

Face-to-face and non-face-to-face tutorials will be guaranteed throughout the course. In this second case, the student will have telematic resources such as e-mail and the resources of the virtual classroom or intranet of the Tecnocampus.

 

Contents


TABLE OF CONTENTS

UNIT 1. Introduction: the world of TV and the language of television

  1. The world-television.
  2. Television models. 
  3. Television language.
  4. Paleo TV, Neo TV and MetaTV.
  5. Genres and Formats. From news to serial fiction. 

SUBJECT 2. Roles of the profession.

  1. Definition and description of the roles of the profession.
  2. Nomenclature of the trade.

SUBJECT 3. The television preproduction and the design of production.

  1. From the Idea of ​​the program to the Bible.
  2. The TV script and the ladder.
  3. The production / sales dossier and the pitching.
  4. El teaser and the pilot.
  5. Recruitment of the technical and artistic team and casting.
  6. The work of the producer. Type of producer in a TV channel and in a producer. Own production or co-production.
  7. Production design: Breakdown of script to draw up a budget. Financing plan.

SUBJECT 4. The production and the shooting of television.

  1. Production: the importance of the budget and the importance of teamwork.
  2. How to make a TV show: production needs.
  3. Staging and production planning (staging).
  4. Agenda and shooting plan.
  5. Set, control, realization on set and off set.

 

SUBJECT 5 Postproduction and emission.

  1. The “live” editing in the television production: narrative continuity (set, open air, planography and rhythm).
  2. Effects: Audiovisual design and videography, kyrons, visual effects, chroma-key, sound
  3. Television programming: the grid and programming policies, pay-per-view and online TV.
  4. Promotion of a television program.

 

Learning activities


Both in the theoretical sessions and in the practical sessions of the subject, non-evaluable learning activities and evaluation activities are carried out. Students can carry out preparatory learning activities (exercises, tutorials, case analysis, discussions, etc.) with the support of the teaching staff. In this way, they can acquire the skills necessary for the development of assessment activities.

Learning activities and assessment activities are organized in Practical activities i Theory activities.

 

Internship activities

The practical activities will be carried out in the television laboratories (set and control), and will also involve work outside school hours (autonomous learning).

Specifically, they consist of:

Activity 0: Introduction: knowledge of the set and control (E6, E8, E13 / RA4, RA6)

Session 1 of practices.

Description:

Non-evaluable group learning activity. 

Dividing the students into two groups, they will be explained in detail which elements make up the two workspaces: the television set and the production control.

Students will be given a background on what roles are developed in each space. General aspects of television practice on the set (behaviors, unwritten laws) and also in control (silence, hierarchy, teamwork) will be discussed.

There will be a very original first test with the equipment. This experience will be linked to the skills and especially acquired knowledge that are demonstrated from Activity 1 of practices.

Support Material:

- Television set equipment (set cameras, wireless microphone, intercom equipment, set lighting).

- Television control equipment (Tricaster production station, VTR, computer graphics).

- Additional television control equipment (Intercom equipment, set and control lighting table, sound table and Camera Control Unit)

Specific objectives:

At the end of the activity the students must be able to:

  • Know and identify the elements that make up a television set.
  • Know and identify the technical elements that make up a television control

 

Activity 1: Conducting a multicamera interview (E6, E13, E17 / RA1, RA4, RA6, RAC1)

Sessions 2 and 3 of practices (10% final note).

Evaluable activity in pairs.

Description:

These television practices are designed to develop for two sessions the conduct of a 3-minute multicamera interview, so that students acquire a basic knowledge of the dynamics of the television production process on set and production control.

Each group of practices will be divided into pairs of realization (director + assistant of realization).

Each couple will have to direct the conduct of their interview, while the rest of the classmates will rotate in the various roles of set and control of performance.

Each interview must have: a script, a schedule, two actors (a presenter and an interviewee), a simple staging, live graphics and at least one video to shoot (for example, a mask or audiovisual material from other subjects).

In session 2 each couple will rehearse their interview, and in session 3 they will record it. In class, those detected errors will be discussed and discussed together with all the students.

Support Material:

- Television set equipment (set cameras, wireless microphone, intercom equipment, set lighting).

- Television control equipment (Tricaster production station, VTR, computer graphics).

- Additional television control equipment (Intercom equipment, set and control lighting table, sound table and Camera Control Unit).

- VTR material, videography and sound provided by the couples.

Specific objectives:

At the end of the activity the students must be able to:

  • Test the knowledge acquired in theory in class and in the previous activity.
  • Develop and improve the skills of television practice in most of its main roles: production team, set team and artistic team.
  • Identify their innate abilities to put them at the service of the future final project (Final Program)
  • Test the production equipment with the incorporation of techniques and operations related to post-produced video or complex live videography.
  • Gradually achieve knowledge.

Deliverable and links to the evaluation

Both the piece recorded in session 3 and the audiovisual and textual materials prepared (script, timeline, etc.) and, finally, the preparatory essays will be evaluated.

The activity of the two sessions, as a whole, represents 10% of the final grade.

 

Activity 2: Rehearsals of the final program (G4, T2, E6, E8, E13, E17 / RA1, RA4, RA6, RAC1)

Sessions 4, 5, 6 and 7 of practices (10% final mark).

Evaluable group activity.

Description:

These television practices are intended to be developed over four sessions, the Initial Rehearsals (sessions 4 and 5) of the Final Program format and the General Rehearsals (sessions 6 and 7) of the same program, which precede the recording.

The students in each internship group are divided into two producers. Each producer must devise a television program format (Final Program), lasting about 10-12 minutes and with the following characteristics:

 - must include two sets of filming, camera positions A and B and different mandatory plans for each of the three cameras,

 - a minimum of 3 actors,

 - 3 videos of a maximum of 45 seconds, videography, sound effects and music.

During the four sessions there will be shifts for each rehearsal of the program of both producers. The roles of each student will have been decided internally by each of the producers, in the 2 areas we will work: producer author (direction, production, script, directing, council, mixer, VTR, graphics and actors) and technical producer (cameras, CCU, sound technician, lighting, cable operator).

The importance of coordination between the figures in the various fields will be emphasized, especially between the director of the program, the director of the program, the producer of the program and the councilor. a.

In class, those detected errors will be discussed and discussed together with all students.

Support Material:

- Television set equipment (set cameras, wireless microphone, intercom equipment, set lighting).

- Television set equipment (set cameras, wireless microphone, intercom equipment, set lighting).

- Television control equipment (Tricaster production station, VTR, computer graphics).

- Additional television control equipment (Intercom equipment, set and control lighting table, sound table and Camera Control Unit).

- VTR material, videography and sound provided by the producers.

- Equipment materials provided by each producer evaluated.

Specific objectives:

At the end of the activity the students must be able to:

  • Test the knowledge acquired in theory in class and in previous practice activities.

  • Develop and improve the skills of television practice in most of its main roles: production team, set team and artistic team.

  • Demonstrate the ability to develop a television project conceived and developed by the same student teams. Know how to plant it on a plate.

  • Demonstrate the ability to work in a team with other work teams (technical team or set producer and author team or producer of control and production).

  • Consolidate already in specific roles and during 4 practice sessions the individual capacities of the students to put them at the service of the future final project (Final program)

  • Learn the actual television production process (rehearsal, general rehearsal in pilot format, review with executive television producers, final improvement).

  • Launch the evaluation project of your own television project, which will lead to the final internship activity (Completion of the final program).

Deliverable and links to the evaluation

Both the recorded essays and the prepared audiovisual and textual materials (script, timeline, etc.) and, finally, the preparatory essays will be evaluated.

Each student will be required to submit one Self-report of individual trials of her work in the roles developed in the author and technical producer (maximum one sheet). For the evaluation of the Self-Report, both the content and the form of the work will be taken into account.

The set of activities of the four sessions and the individual self-report of rehearsals represent 10% of the final grade.

 

Activity 3: Realization of the final Program (G4, T2, E6, E8, E13, E17, E18 / RA1, RA2, RA3, RA4, RA5, RA6, RAC1)

Practice sessions 8 and 9. (20% final grade).

Evaluable group activity.

Description:

These television practices represent the last part of the television process linked to the final project or Final Program.

It is the final presentation of the final Program conceived and elaborated in process, and will have to produce of integral form and with all the foreseen contents. The activity must represent a careful, final and excellent evolution of the General Essays, linked to the premises, corrections and suggestions made by the team of professors who have acted as executive producers.

In shifts of 110 minutes the producers will perform the Final Program, lasting between 10 and 12 minutes. In session 8 the first producer will develop the role of author and the second producer the role of technical producer. In session 9 the roles will be exchanged.

The essential coordination between the figures of the director of the program, the director of the program, the producer of the program and the councilor of the program will be taken for granted and understood. program.

The best final programs may be proposed in the coordination of GMA events for dissemination.

Support Material:

- Television set equipment (set cameras, wireless microphone, intercom equipment, set lighting).

- Television control equipment (Tricaster production station, VTR, computer graphics).

- Additional television control equipment (Intercom equipment, set and control lighting table, sound table and Camera Control Unit).

- VTR material, videography and sound provided by the producers.

- Equipment materials provided by each producer evaluated.

Specific objectives:

At the end of the activity the students must be able to:

  • Test the knowledge acquired in the theory in class and in the previous activities.

  • Develop and improve the skills of television practice in most of its main roles: production team, set team and artistic team.

  • Demonstrate the ability to develop a television project conceived and developed by the same teams of students. Know how to put it on the floor and set.

  • Demonstrate the ability to work in a team with other work teams (technical team or set producer and author team or producer of control and production).

  • Test the staging, presentation and television production skills of student teams.

  • Learn the actual television production process (rehearsal, general rehearsal in pilot format, review with executive television producers, final improvement).

  • Successfully complete your own television project.

  • Work in groups effectively.

  • Follow the format of the Production Dossier consistently and correctly.

  • Present a project to both specialized and non-specialized audiences.

Deliverable and links to the evaluation

Both will be evaluated engraved final pieces in sessions 8 and 9, such as the audiovisual and textual materials prepared (script, timeline, etc.), and, finally, the preparatory essays.

Each producer must also deliver the Final Program file on paper For the preparation of the Final Program Dossier, at the beginning of the year students will be provided with a Dossier model, which they will be able to work on in parallel with the development of the internship activities related to the Final Program. During the 4th week of the course, each production company will have to present the Idea of ​​the television format to the team of professors. Failure to submit the Idea presupposes a penalty in the final grade of Activity 3. Halfway through the course, during the theory hours, mandatory face-to-face tutorials will be organized with each production company, to give feedback on the idea. In the second half of the course, production companies will be able to request tutoring outside of class time to follow up on the Dossier. For the evaluation of the Dossier, both the content and the form of the work will be taken into account.

Each student will be required to submit one Individual self-report of her work in the roles developed in the author and technical producer (maximum one sheet). For the evaluation of the Self-Report, both the content and the form of the work will be taken into account.

The set of the final recorded piece, the Dossier and the individual self-report represents 20% of the final grade.

 

Theory activities

Theory activities will be carried out in the theoretical classes, and will also involve work outside school hours (autonomous learning).

These activities consist of learning activities (face-to-face project tutorials in class, discussions, case studies, exercises, etc.) and assessment activities.

In detail, the evaluation activities will be:

 

Activity 4: Exercises and Participation (G4, E6; E17 / RA2, RA3, RA4, RA5, RA6, RAC1)

Individual and / or group work evaluable in and out of class (10% of the final grade).

Description:

Theoretical-practical exercises completed in the application of the contents of the syllabus. These are compulsory and assessable exercises. 

They can consist of an analysis of a television program, the writing of a ladder, a debate about an article or a specific television content, etc.

Support Material:

Statement of the tests (they will be explained in theory class and will be posted on the e-campus).

Deliverable and links to the evaluation

The set of exercises will be weighted with individual participation, obtaining 10% of the final grade.

Specific objectives:

At the end of the activity the students must be able to:

  • Demonstrate their global ability to describe, identify and relate different concepts related to the theory taught in class as well as the basic and complementary bibliography of the subject.

  • Apply critically and practically the theoretical knowledge of the subject.

 

Activity 5: pitching of the final Program (G4, T2 / RA1, RAC1)

Evaluable group work (10% of the final grade).

Description:

On the last day of theory class the students will present, organized in producers, the final Program elaborated during the course, in format of Pitch. The oral presentation may be supported by any type of audiovisual support, but must have one teaser of the program.  

All members of each producer must participate in the pitching actively.

Support Material:

Computer available in the classroom.

Presentation media.

Deliverable and links to the evaluation

Presentation support.

Teaser of the program.

This group activity accounts for 10% of the final grade.

Specific objectives:

At the end of the activity the students must be able to:

  • Present a project to both specialized and non-specialized audiences.

  • Apply practically the knowledge acquired in the course of the subject.

  • Critically apply the knowledge acquired in the course of the subject.

  • Work in groups effectively.

 

Activity 6: Theory exam (G4, E6, E17, E18 / RA1, RA2, RA3, RA4, RA5, RA6, RAC1)

Evaluable individual activity (40% of the final grade).

Description:

Final exercise of the subject where it is asked and evaluated on the totality of the theoretical syllabus taught.

Support Material:

Statement of the test.

Deliverable and links to the evaluation

Exam solved.

This individual activity accounts for 40% of the final grade.

Specific objectives:

At the end of the activity the students must be able to:

  • Communicate clearly the contents of the subject.

  • Demonstrate their global ability to describe, identify and relate different concepts related to the theory taught in class as well as the basic and complementary bibliography of the subject.

  • Critically apply the knowledge acquired in the course of the subject.

Evaluation system


The evaluation of the subject will have the separation between Internship activities (40%) (Act1, Act2 and Act3) i Theoretical activities (60%) (Act4, Act5 and Act6).

The evaluation of the Internship activities  will be distributed as follows (and it will be necessary to obtain a minimum final grade of 5 out of 10 to be able to average with the other qualifications of the subject and pass the subject through continuous assessment):

  • Activity 1 (Conducting a multicamera interview) = 10% of the final grade of the subject.
  • Activity 2 (Essays of the final Program) = 10% of the final mark.
  • Activity 3 (Final program) = 20% of the final grade.

The Theory activities they will count 60% of the final mark of the subject and consist of:

  • Activity 4: Exercises and participation (Analysis of a TV program, Ladder, etc.) (10%)
  • Activity 5: pitching of the final Program (10%)
  • Activity 6: Theoretical exam (40%).

In Activity 6 (Theoretical exam) it will be necessary to obtain a minimum mark of 5 out of 10 to be able to average with the rest of the qualifications of the subject and to pass the subject by means of continuous evaluation.

In therecovery exam you will only be able to recover Activity 6: Theoretical Exam (40%) and it will be necessary to obtain a minimum mark of 5 out of 10 to be able to average with the rest of the qualifications of the subject and pass the subject.

 

Rules for carrying out the activities

It will have to be punctual in all the sessions of practical activities. Arriving later than the start time may result in the teacher not evaluating or reducing the grade. If the student does not show up for the practical activity he / she will not be evaluated.

For each activity, teachers will report on the particular rules and conditions that govern it, including deadlines and means of delivery.

Deliveries will not be accepted outside the deadlines indicated and by means not specified in the rules.

The individual activities presuppose the commitment of the students to carry them out individually. All activities in which the student does not fulfill this commitment will be considered suspended.

Likewise, the activities that must be carried out in groups presuppose the commitment on the part of the students that make it up to carry them out within the group. All activities in which the group has not respected this commitment will be considered suspended. The responsibility for the results of the work lies with the group, and not with the individuals who make it up.

In all the works will have to identify clearly the relative data to the asignatura as well as to the specific activity and the / s author / s (in alphabetical order). 

Both the wording and the presentation will take into account both the content and the form, including the spelling. Spelling, syntactic and lexical errors will be penalized according to the criteria indicated in each activity. Jobs that do not meet minimum requirements at the formal level will not be evaluated, so they will be scored with zero points.  

Any undelivered activity will be scored with zero points.

Any activity where copying and / or plagiarism is detected will be scored with zero points, beyond the disciplinary actions deemed appropriate.

Any activity that does not meet the requirements specified in the rules will be scored with zero points.

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