Syllabus 1337

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Communications

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COMM 1337 - TELEVISION PRODUCTION AND DIRECTING II

Credit: 3 (2 lecture, 2 lab)

The preparation of directing of television programs with emphasis on the creative application of broadcast principles and informational techniques. Uses lecture and laboratory setting with supervision by faculty.

Prerequisites

Prerequisite: COMM 1335

Course Goals (includes core competencies, incorporation of SCANS, etc.)

The student will set up and operate field cameras, tripods, audio equipment, field lighting instruments, and VCRs; explain aesthetic concepts relating to visual images; describe, produce, and name the basic camera shots; summarize and demonstrate key concepts of lighting and audio; and perform storyline editing.

In writing, describe a selected shooting site, diagram camera/light placement, describe potential problems and solutions for them.

Statement of Workplace and Foundation Competencies

The Broadcast Technology program at the Southwest College of Houston Community College System is determined to prepare you with the knowledge and skill you need to succeed in today’s dynamic work environment. Towards this end, the following workplace competencies and foundation skills have been designed into the curriculum for this course.

COMMON WORKPLACE COMPETENCIES

Manage Resources:    C1    Allocates Time
    C2    Money
    C3    Material & Facilities
    C4    Human Resources

Work With Information:    C7    Interprets/Communicates Information

Exhibit Interpersonal Skills:    C9    Participates as Members of a Team
    C10   Teaches Others
    C13   Negotiates
    C14   Works with Diversity

Apply System Knowledge:    C15    Understands Systems

Use Technology:    C18    Selects Technology
    C19    Applies Technology

FOUNDATION SKILLS

Demonstrate Basic Skills:    F1    Reading
      F3    Artithmetic
    F4    Mathematics
    F5    Listening
   F6    Speaking

Demonstrate Thinking Skills:  F7    Creative Thinking
    F9    Problem Solving
    F11 Knowing How to Learn

Exhibit Personal Qualities:    F16 Self-Management

Instructor Information

Gonzalez, Marcelo
Southwest College
L. Scarcella Science & Technology Center
10141 Cash Road
Stafford, TX 77477
MC 1585-B
Phone: 713-718-6725
FAX: 713-718-6715
E-mail: marcelo.gonzalez@hccs.edu

Textbook Information

REQUIRED MATERIALS:
Medoff, Norman J., Tanquary, Tom; Portable Video: ENG and EFP. 3rd Edition.
Focal Press

Two (2) mini-DV tapes (at least)

Optional:

Zettyl, Herbert, Television Production Handbook. 7th Edition. Wadsworth.
Zettyl, Herbert, Television Production Workbook. 7th Edition.Wadsworth.

Two (2) DVCAM tapes (40-120 minutes)

Lab Requirements (if any)

Uses lecture and laboratory setting with supervision by faculty.

Students with Disabilities

Students with Disabilities: Houston Community College System is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Section 504). Any student with a documented disability (e.g., physical, learning, psychiatric, vision, hearing, etc.) who needs to arrange reasonable accommodations must contact the Disability Support Services Office at the respective college at the beginning of each semester.

Faculty are authorized to provide only the accommodations requested by the Disability Support Services Office.

Academic Honesty

SCHOLASTIC DISHONESTY

Students are responsible for conducting themselves with honor and integrity in fulfilling course requirements. College System officials against a student accused of scholastic dishonesty may initiate penalties and/or disciplinary proceedings.

“Scholastic dishonesty” includes, but is not limited to, cheating on a test, plagiarism, and collusion.

CHEATING on a test includes:
- Copying from another student test paper;
- Using material during a test that are not authorized by the person giving the test;
- Collaborating with another student during a test without authority;
- Knowingly using, buying, selling, stealing, transporting, or soliciting in whole or part the contents of an unadministered test;
- Bribing another person to obtain a test that is to be administered.

PLAGIARISM means the appropriation of another’s work and the unacknowledged incorporation of that work in one's written work offered for credit.

COLLUSION means the unauthorized collaboration with another person in preparing written work offered for credit.

VIOLATIONS

Possible punishments for academic dishonesty may include a grade of “0” or “F” on the particular assignment, failure in the course, and/or recommendation for suspension or expulsion will be referred to the College Dean of Students for disciplinary disposition.

Students who wish to appeal a grade penalty should notify the instructional supervisor within 30 working days of the incident. A standing committee appointed by the College Dean of Instruction will convene to sustain, reduce, or reverse the grade penalty. The committee will be composed of two students, two faculty members, and one instructional administrator. A majority vote will decide the grade appeal and its final.

Attendance and Withdrawal Policies

All assignments must be turned in on time. Assignments will receive one letter grade lower than the final grade of the assignment for each class day the assignment is turned in late.

Students are expected to attend every class day and be present by the start of class. HCCS allows for a total of 5 lecture hours missed per semester; after that, the instructor may drop you from the course.

A student must be in class within the first 20 minutes of class to be considered “on time”. After 20 minutes, a student is considered “tardy”, and this will result in a ½ absence.

Attendance is taken daily.

Grading Policy

COMM 1337 Television Production and Directing II
Credit: 3 (2 lecture, 2 lab)

Grading Policy for COMM 1337:

Midterm Exam                15 points
Final Exam                15 points
Four (4) projects            50 points
Professionalism            20 points

TOTAL            100 points

Grading scale according to HCCS Student Handbook:

OFFICIAL GRADE POLICY
Houston Community College System

The Houston Community College System grading system must provide for flexibility in approach to instruction in order to allow instructors to meet the needs of their students and courses. It must also be consistent in its overall grading policy so that students are treated similarly throughout the college. The following criteria should be observed in all courses and divisions.

Final grades in courses at the Houston Community College are as follows:

A	Excellent	90-100
B	Good	80-89
C	Fair	70-79
D	Passing	60-69
F	Failing	0-59
IP	In Progress
W	Withdrawn
I	Incomplete

It is the policy of the Houston Community College instructional area that letter grades A through F can be translated into the numerical ranges listed above. These ranges should be used in all classes in which grades A - F are appropriate.

This policy does not mandate a specific strategy for grading. Any number of kinds of grading scales might be appropriate. They should, however, be able to be equated to the point system; e.g., that system should award an A for 90 to 100 percent of possible points accumulated.

While the final course grade is always a letter, the grades that go into making up that grade should either be numerical or should be translatable into numbers for the purposes of averaging grades. Example: If an A, A-, B+, etc., is to be used as the grade for an essay or report of some kind, the instructor's syllabus should indicate specifically how those grades will be translated into number grades for purposes for purposes of achieving a final average.

Every student who is to receive a letter grade in the range of A - F should also receive a final numerical grade that is the basis for the letter grade.

Course Requirements for example: Testing, Projects, Assignments, Portfolios, Service Learning, Internships, etc.

1. Successfully complete in-class production exercises.

2. Produce four (4) projects as follows:

A. Produce one ENG reporter package for Stafford Weekly News. (3-5 minutes)

This is an EFP package as you would see on the evening news.
It should include a reporter stand-up and an interview sound bite.
The event covered should be timeless so that the package can air
any time in the next year. For example, a story on the fourth of
July would not be acceptable, but a documentary piece on the
30 years in office of Stafford's mayor would be.
PAPERWORK: A proposal.

B. Produce one commercial or PSA. (30 seconds or one minute exactly).

This project should sell a product or service or promote something.
Since these projects have to fill exact windows when broadcast,
they cannot deviate from the exact time constraints.
PAPERWORK: A proposal, treatment

C. Produce one training, demonstration, or corporate promotional video (3-5 minutes).

Most of the work in this industry is corporate and industrial projects
where people demonstrate processes, train people, and promote a
company image through video. In this project, you will make one of these.
PAPERWORK: A proposal, script, storyboards

D. Produce one narrative project (3-5 minutes long)

In this project, you will create a fictional piece from either existing material
or completely original work. You have the choice of doing a comedy skit,
drama skit, music video, etc.
PAPERWORK: A proposal, script/storyboards, a planned budget based
on a rate card

3. Work as part of a crew on other student's projects.

This portion of your work is graded on your professionalism. This should be the
easiest part of your grade. All work is expected to be complete and on time.
Treat every project you work on as importantly as if it were your own. This means
show up on time for shoots, work hard, and have a good attitude.
A director's project should not suffer because of your actions or lack of actions.

4. Successfully pass the midterm and final examination of readings and lectures.

Make-up policy

All exams must be taken at the scheduled times and dates. In the event that a student will miss an exam, he/she must inform the instructor as soon as possible. Documented proof from a professional source related to the absence must then be presented to the instructor. It is then up to the discretion of the instructor to accept this proof and offer a make-up exam. It is better for the student to deal with the instructor before the exam is given so the instructor may present available options to the student.

As a general rule, though this will not apply in each and every case, a student may only miss exams when situations beyond their control prevent them from taking an exam. Medical excuses from doctors, deaths in the family, and other such emergencies are possible reasons for missing exams. Work schedules, appointments, etc. are not.

If a make-up exam is given, it will be strictly oral or essay in nature.

Course Content

1. In-class production exercises.

2. Four (4) projects as follows:

      a. Production of one ENG reporter package for Stafford Weekly News. (3-5 minutes)
(This is an EFP package as you would see on the evening news. It should include a reporter stand-up and an interview sound bite.
Paperwork: A proposal.

    b. Production of one commercial or PSA. (30 seconds or one minute exactly).
This project should sell a product or service or promote something.
Paperwork: A proposal, treatment.

       c. Production of one training, demonstration, or corporate promotional video
(3-5 minutes).
Most of the work in this industry is corporate and industrial projects where people demonstrate processes, train people, and promote a company image through video.
In this project, you will make one of these.
Paperwork: A proposal, script, storyboards.

    d. Produce one narrative project (3-5 minutes long)
In this project, you will create a fictional piece from either existing material or
completely original work. You have the choice of doing a comedy skit, drama skit, music video, etc.
Paperwork: A proposal, script/storyboards, a planned budget based on a rate card.

3. Work as part of a crew on other student's projects.

This portion of your work is graded on your professionalism. This should be the easiest part of your grade. All work is expected to be complete and on time. Treat every project you work on as importantly as if it were your own. This means show up on time for shoots, work hard, and have a good attitude. A director's project should not suffer because of your actions or lack of actions.

Course Calendar with Due Dates for Assignments and Testing

WEEK                  ACTIVITY

1                                  Class orientation and Introductions
                                        Chpt 1; Introduction to EFP equipment
                                        Lab - Shooting Exercise; Preproduction Procedures


2                                    Class Lecture
                                        Chpt 2: Aquisition; Camera Basics
                                       Lab - Paperwork for Project 1 due; Editing Exercise

3                                    Class Lecture Chpt 3: Mics and Audio-Recording;
Audio and Mic Basics
                                        Class    TBA
                                        Lab    PROJECT 1: COMMERCIAL/PSA

4                                    Class Lecture Chpt 6: Scriptwriting; Post Shoot Procedures;
EFP Scenarios
                                    Class    TBA
                                       Lab    PROJECT 1: COMMERCIAL/PSA

5                                Class PROJECT 1: COMMERCIAL/PSA
            Class   PROJECT 1: COMMERCIAL/PSA
              Lab    Chpt 10 ENG Style; Paperwork for Project 2 due

6                                 Class   TBA
                                  Class   Chpt 4: Lighting: understanding it and Controlling it
                                      Lab    Project 1 Due

7                                   Class    PROJECT 2: ENG PACKAGE
                                    Class    PROJECT 2: ENG PACKAGE
                                    Lab    Chpt 5: Pictures: The Basic Shots; Lighting/Gel Basics

8                                   Class    MIDTERM
                                    Class    NASA PRODUCTION DAY
                                    Lab    Chpt 7: Pre-Production; EFP Scenarios;
                                                Paperwork for Project 3 due

9                                   Class    PROJECT 2: ENG PACKAGE
                                     Class    PROJECT 2: ENG PACKAGE
                                   Lab    Chpt 8: Production: Shooting on Location

10                                Class    TBA
                                    Class    Chpt 9: Post-Production: Putting it all Together
                                    Lab    Project 2 Due

11                                Class    PROJECT 3: TRAINING/DEMO
                                    Class    PROJECT 3: TRAINING/DEMO
                                  Lab    Chpt 11: EFP Styles

12                                Class    PROJECT 3: TRAINING/DEMO
                                    Class    PROJECT 3: TRAINING/DEMO
                                    Lab    Chpt 12: Budgeting & Pricing

13                                Class    Chpt 13: Copyrights & Legal Issues
                                    Class    Project 3 Due; Paperwork for project 4 due
                                    Lab

14                              Class    PROJECT 4: NARRATIVE
                                    Class    PROJECT 4: NARRATIVE
                                    Lab    Chpt 14: New Trends & Technologies

15                               Class    PROJECT 4: NARRATIVE
                                   Class    PROJECT 4: NARRATIVE
                                   Lab    FINAL: 11:00AM – 1:00PM

16                           Class    Project 4 due

Other Student Information (clubs, tutoring, web resources, student services, etc.)

HCC Student Communication Association - Napoleon Johnson, Faculty Adviser

Law and the Media Seminar
Annual seminar (February) and panel discussions with professional members of the bar and the media to which student lawyers and student journalists are invited.

Texas Community College Journalism Association (TCCJA)
Annual state-wide student journalism conference in October

Texas Intercollegiate Press Association (TIPA)
Annual state-wide student journalism conference in April

Texas Association of Broadcast Educators (TABE)
Annual state-wide student broadcasters conference in September.
Occasionally held in conjunction with the annual Texas Association of Broadcasters (TAB) convention.

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