General information


Subject type: Mandatory

Coordinator: Maddalena Fedele

Trimester: Third term

Credits: 6

Teaching staff: 

Maddalena Fedele
Francesc Xavier Riera Hernandez 
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 purpose of the subject is introductory; the learning, the evolution of the student, his intellectual commitment and his creativity will be highly valued, almost more than the final product.

Learning outcomes


At the end of the subject the student must be able to:

· Assess audiovisual expression and performance in the specific area of ​​staging, especially on set and television control.

· Point out the agents of the current television market and know how the industry works.

· Identify the structure of audiovisual companies and television channels.

· Master the television language and have notions of how a real product is created.

· Analyze the formal and symbolic characteristics of television programs, understanding their language.

· Acquire theoretical and practical knowledge of the different jobs when producing a television program.

· Classify all the stages of the television process and use tools to be able to know if you are interested in this field and later want to study specialization subjects. The subject is understood as an introductory subject to television audiovisual expression.

Working methodology


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

The theoretical classes (LARGE GROUP) consist both of expository classes, with the explanation of the contents of the subject and applied activities, as well as discussion seminars, case studies and presentations of topics by 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 evaluable individual and / or group activities. Attendance at the practical classes is essential, compulsory and necessary for their approval. In addition, internships are used to foster transversal competence in working in an interdisciplinary team.

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 the practices.

Apart from the work on the set and the control, the students will have to develop their own process throughout the subject in a production team that develops its television project format. The students will prepare a sales dossier of the final project that will be recorded on the set. They will present it to the team of professors during the hours of directed activities, these are very important and form part of the learning and evaluation process.

The hours of independent learning (INDEPENDENT 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 study, research and critical reading of articles and materials proposed by the teacher.

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

This first content offers a contextualization of television and its desire for audiovisual expression, and raises the aesthetic principles and language of television.

  1. The world-television.
  2. Paleo TV, Neo TV and MetaTV.
  3. Television language.¿
  4. Nomenclature of the office.¿
  5. Definition and description of the roles of the profession.

SUBJECT 2. The television preproduction and the design of production.

 

In this content we work on the parties involved in creating a television program, before it is produced.

  1. From the Idea of ​​the program to the Bible.
  2. The production / sales dossier and the pitching.?
  3. El teaser and the pilot.
  4. Recruitment of the technical and artistic team and casting.
  5. The jobs of the producer. Type of producer in a TV channel and in a production company. Own production or co-production.¿
  6. Production design: Script breakdown to prepare a budget. Financing plan.¿
  7. Genres and Formats. From informative to serial fiction.¿

SUBJECT 3. Television production and filming

In this content we work on the parts involved in producing and shooting a television program.

  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. ladder
  5. Agenda and shooting plan.
  6. Set, control, realization on set and off set.

 

SUBJECT 4. Post-production and broadcasting

In this content block we study the encapsulation and post-production of the television product. We also attach importance to the distribution and communication derivatives of the project and some future lines of the language.

  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.

 

SUBJECT 5. The current television system

  1. Audiovisual companies: television channels, producers and information agencies.
  2. Television models: commercial, public and local.¿
  3. Audiences and multi-screen consumption.
  4. New applications for television: HD, 4K and 3D.
  5. The third golden age of television and transmedia.

Learning activities


Internship activities

Activity 1: Introduction: knowledge of the set and control

(Topic 1)

           Practice session 1

General description

Group work

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

The students will be given background on what roles are played in each space (on the set camera operators, councilor, production assistant, sound assistant, etc. and in control, producer, production assistant, mixer, sound technician , graphic artist, video and VTR operator, CCU operator, etc.).

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 primitive first test with the equipment.

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).

Deliverable and links to the evaluation

This experience will be linked to the skills and above all knowledge acquired that will be demonstrated from Activity 2.

Specific objectives

At the end of the activity the student 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 2: Television practices with script, ladder, videos, graphics and planography.

(Themes 1, 2 and 3)

Practice sessions 2, 3 and 4

(10% final grade)

General description

Group work

These television practices are designed to develop during three sessions a deep knowledge of the dynamics of the television production process on set and control.

The student teams must have prepared an interview for each production company lasting approximately 10 minutes. This piece will count:

  • In session 2: with an introductory text for the presenter, a script, a ladder and live graphics.
  • In session 3: the above plus a minimum of 3 videos to be released live and the option of a series of materials for the videowall and/or the chroma application.
  • In session 4: the previous one plus a planography with a change in camera position.

The audiovisual and textual materials prepared will be observed, as well as the informal practices carried out and will be analyzed by the teachers. In class those detected errors will be discussed and discussed together with all students.

If you do not have a total of 10 sessions per calendar, this activity could be condensed into two sessions.

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 student producers.

Deliverable and links to the evaluation

- Recorded program signal on Tricaster's internal VTR available through GMA Media to students.

- Program schedule

The activity of the three sessions, as a whole, represents 10% of the final mark.

Specific objectives

At the end of the activity the student 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 the students' 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.
       

 

Activity 3: Initial essays.

(Contents 1, 2 and 3)

Practice sessions 5 and 6

(5% of the final grade)

General description

Group work

These television practices are designed to develop for two sessions the first conceptual approach in the laboratory of the television program format that students will develop.

They are the first two sessions of the six linked to the final practical project or also called the Final Program, which must last 10-12 minutes and will be based on a television format devised by the students themselves, which must include two sets of filming, camera positions A and B and different mandatory shots for each of the three cameras, a minimum of 3 actors, 3 videos of a maximum of 45 seconds, videography, sound effects and music.

The students will prepare this activity already in the form of two productions. During the two sessions, there will be rotating shifts of 50 minutes for each initial rehearsal of their program. The roles of each student will have been decided internally by each of the production companies, in the 2 areas that we will work in: author producer (direction, production, script, production, councilorship, mixer, VTR, graphics and acting) and technical producer (cameras, CCU, sound technician, lighting, cable technician).

The importance of coordination between the figures in the three areas will be emphasized, especially between the program director, the program director, the program producer and the councilor.

The audiovisual and textual materials prepared will be observed, as well as the informal practices carried out and will be analyzed by the teachers. 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 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 student producers.

- Equipment materials provided by each producer evaluated.

Deliverable and links to the evaluation

- Recorded program signal on Tricaster's internal VTR available through GMA Media to students.

- Program schedule

- Installation of a television production plant.

- The students must use in the activity all the videography material and videos that they want to use in the final program, although they do not need to be definitive or completely finished.

This activity (set of the two sessions) accounts for 5% of the final grade.

Specific objectives

At the end of the activity the student 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 student teams themselves. Knowing 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).
  • Consolidate the students' abilities already in specific roles and during 6 internships to put them at the service of the future final project (Final Program)
  • Start the evaluation project of your own television project, which will lead to the final practice (Final Program 1 and 2).
       

 

Activity 4: Final essays.

(Contents 1, 2, 3 and 4)

Practice sessions 7 and 8

(5% of the final grade)

General description

Group work

These television practices are designed to develop in the laboratory during two sessions the consolidated and final essay of the television program format that the students will develop.

They are the third and fourth session of the six linked to the final practical project or also called the Final Program, which must last 10-12 minutes and will be based on a television format devised by the students themselves.

The students will prepare this activity already in the form of two productions. During the two sessions, there will be rotating shifts of 50 minutes for each initial rehearsal of their program. The roles of each student will have been decided internally by each of the production companies themselves, in the 2 areas that we will work in: author producer (direction, production, script, production, councilorship, mixer, VTR, graphics and acting) and technical producer (cameras , CCU, sound technician, lighting, cable technician). They may have changed from the initial test in order to improve the internal functioning of each production company.

The importance of coordination between the figures in the three areas will be emphasized, especially between the program director, the program director, the program producer and the councilor.

The audiovisual and textual materials prepared will be observed, as well as the informal practices carried out and will be analyzed by the teachers. 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 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 student producers.

- Equipment materials provided by each producer evaluated.

Deliverable and links to the evaluation

- Recorded program signal on Tricaster's internal VTR available through GMA Media to students.

- Students will have to hand in a Draft Dossier for the Production of the Project in television format, which the teacher will have given them at the beginning of the course, as well as the schedule of the program and the set-up for television production.

- The students must use in the activity all the video, sound, music and videography material that they want to use in the final program.

- The recordings of the tests carried out will be observed and analyzed by the teaching staff. Personalized tutorials will be held by producers to comment on those errors and successes detected. They will also be discussed together to improve them for the practice of sessions 9 and 10 in order to achieve the best qualification in the final practice.

- The technical capabilities demonstrated in practice, and also the power of the program created, embodied in the Draft Production Design Plan or final dossier, the ladder and the first videographic materials will be evaluated.

This activity (set of the two sessions) accounts for 5% of the final grade.

Specific objectives

At the end of the activity the student 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 student teams. Knowing 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).
  • Consolidate in progress the evaluation project of your own television project, which will lead to the final practice (Final Program 1 and 2).
       

 

Activity 5: Final program

(Contents 1, 2, 3 and 4)

Practice sessions 9 and 10

(10% of the final grade)

General description

Group work

It is the third and last part of the three linked to the final practical project or also called Final Program.

The students will prepare this activity in the form of two productions. In session 9, the first producer will develop the role of author and the second producer the role of technical producer. In session 10, the roles will be exchanged.

It is the final presentation of the Program conceived and elaborated in the process, and must be produced in its entirety and with all the planned contents. The activity must represent a careful evolution, finalist and excellence of the Final Essay 1 and 2 (activity 4), linked with the premises of the teachers who acted as executive producers.

In shifts of 110 minutes, the producers will perform the Final Program, lasting between ten and twelve minutes.

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

A special feature of the subject is that the four best final programs of all the groups will be able to be broadcast by m1tv in a special program that we will consider preparing after the end of the course if the quality of the programs allows it.

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 student producers.

- Equipment materials provided by each producer evaluated.

Deliverable and links to the evaluation

- Recorded program signal on Tricaster's internal VTR available through GMA Media to students.

- At the beginning of the activity, the students must hand in the schedule of the program and the set-up for television production.

- Students will have to hand in the new version of the Project Production Dossier Draft in television format, as well as the new versions of the program ladder and the television production plan.

- The students must use in the activity all the video, sound, music and videography material that is contemplated in the ladder.

- The recordings of the productions of each producer will be observed and will be analyzed by the teaching staff.

- The technical capabilities demonstrated in practice, and also the power of the created program, embodied in the Production Design Plan or final dossier, the ladder and the first videographic materials will be evaluated. Finally, the ability to convey a staging and a specific realization will be taken into account.

The grade of this activity (sum of the two sessions) will mean 10% of the final grade of the subject.

Specific objectives

At the end of the activity the student 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 student teams themselves. Knowing 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.
       

Theory activity

Activity 6: Theoretical exam

(Contents 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5)

 

 (40% of the final grade)

General description

Individual work.

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 activity accounts for 40% of the final grade.

Specific objectives

At the end of the activity the student 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.

 

Class activities

Activity 7: Exercises and Participation

(Contents 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5)

 

 (10% of the final grade)

General description

Individual and/or group work.

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 student 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 8: Final Program Production Dossier

(Contents 1, 2, 3 and 4)

 

 (10% of the final grade)

General description

Group work

This activity is tied to wings Internship activities related to the Final Program.

At the beginning of the course, students will be provided with a model of the Production Dossier, which they can work on in parallel with the development of the Internship activities related to the Final Program.

During week 4 of the course, each production company will have to present to the theory teachers the Idea of ​​the television format who want to work in Internship activities related to the Final Program. Not delivering the Idea presupposes a penalty in the final grade of the Activity.

During the Internship activities related to the Final Program each production company will give the internship teachers the Drafts of the Production Dossier, which can be enriched by the internship experiences.

On the last day of theory class (when the project pitch will be made) each production company will have to deliver the Final Program Production Dossier, that is to say of the television format that they worked on in Activities 2, 3, 4 and 5.

Support material

Production Dossier Model.

Deliverable and links to the evaluation

Production dossier in paper format, delivered on the last day of class. For the assessment, both the content and the form of the work will be taken into account.

This activity accounts for 10% of the final grade.

Specific objectives

At the end of the activity the student 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.
  • Follow the format of the Production Dossier consistently and correctly.
  • Present a project to both specialized and non-specialized audiences.
  • Apply the knowledge acquired through the theoretical sessions of the subject.
  • Apply the knowledge acquired through the theoretical sessions of the subject.

 

Activity 9: pitching

(Subjects 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5)

 

 (10% of the final grade)

General description

Group work

On the last day of class students will present in format Pitch the Final Program, worked on in the Practice Activities (2, 3, 4 and 5) and described in the Production Dossier (Activity 8).  

All members of the group must actively participate in the pitch.

Support material

Computer available in the classroom.

Presentation support.

Deliverable and links to the evaluation

Presentation support.

This activity accounts for 10% of the final grade.

Specific objectives

At the end of the activity the student 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.

 

Evaluation system


The evaluation of the subject will have the separation between Internship activities (30%) (Act1, Act2, Act3, Act4, Act5), Theory exam (40%) (Act 6) i  Class activities (30%) (Act7, Act8 and Act9).

The evaluation of the Internship activities  will be distributed as follows (and it will be necessary to obtain a minimum final practical grade of 5 out of 10 to be able to make an average with the rest of the subject's grades and pass the subject through continuous assessment):

  • Activity 2 (Practice script + graphics, Practice script + graphics + videos and Practice script + graphics + videos + planography) = 10% of the final mark of the subject.
  • Activities 3 (Initial essay 1 and 2) = 5% of the final grade.
  • Activities 4 (General essay 1 and 2) = 5% of the final mark.
  • Activities 5 (Final Program 1 and 2) = 10% of the final grade.

THEActivity 6 (Theoretical exam) it will count for 40% of the final grade, and a minimum grade of 5 out of 10 will be required to be able to average the rest of the subject's grades and pass the subject through continuous assessment.

The Class activities they are theoretical-practical exercises completed in the application of the contents of the syllabus, and will account for 30% of the final grade of the subject, distributed as follows:

  • Activity 7: Exercises and participation (Analysis of a TV program, Ladder, etc.) (10%)
  • Activity 8: Production dossier of the Final Program (10%)
  • Activity 9: pitching (10%)

In therecovery exam only Activity 6: Theoretical Exam (40%) can be recovered.

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.

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

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FERNÁNDEZ DÍEZ, Federico and MARTÍNEZ ABADÍA, José. Basic manual of language and audiovisual narrative. Barcelona: Paidós Comunicación, 1999.

 

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Complementary

Fedele, M. (2009). The glocal spirit of MTV: the communication of the brand identity of MTV Italy. Open area, 24.  

Spigel, L., Olsson, J. (2004). Television after TV: essays on a medium in transition. Duke University Press.

Maio, B. (2009). The third golden age of television. Edizioni Sabinae.