| Subject |
Topic |
Sessions |
| Broadcast
Journalism |
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Broadcast
Journalism
|
Journalism
|
What
is Journalism?
What is a NEWS Story
What are credible news sources?
Objectivity and its limits
Types of Stories?
Hard and Soft
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Source
of News
Source for a reader / audience
Sources for a journalist
|
Different
news sources: Newspapers, Magazines, Radio, Television and Internet
Differences in form and their implications on the practice of
journalism. How does the ‘medium’ influence content
– print, radio and TV
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What
is meant by the idea that the ‘medium is the
message’?
|
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News
+ Story
Different types of news stories
How do these work in TV
Elements of a news story
|
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|
Television
News Gathering
|
Research
& background knowledge- How much is enough?
What is a ‘news beat’?
|
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Controlling
the news flow - a. Assignment
Functions of the assignment
Relationship between Assignment- Bureau and Reporter
Controlling the news flow - b. Output
Functions of the output
Relationship between output, bureau and reporter
Controlling news flow – c. Production
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Political
Reporting
Business Reporting
Crime Reporting
Metro and City Reporting
International issues and diplomatic Reporting
Sports reporting
Environment, Science and technology reporting
Cinema
Lifestyle – Fashion, Beauty, Food, Travel
|
| Camera |
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Shot
sizes & composition
Shooting for editing
|
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Importance
of good sound & recording levels
Sound Technology
|
| Pre Production |
|
|
Planning
long format programmes
|
Planning
Budgeting
Recce
Crew sizing
|
| Writing for Broadcast |
|
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Introduction
& overview
Writing to a visual
Writing in sequence
|
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Hard
– the direct, pointed and specific style of scripting
Soft – the indirect and revelatory style
Political Scripting
Metro Scripting
Business Scripting
Sports scripting
Lifestyle
Science & technology – scripting
|
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|
Writing
for different broadcast formats
|
Headlines
STD – Graphics
STD- VO
SOT
Ticker
Flashes
Breaking News
|
| Video Editing |
|
|
|
Why
edit?
What can and what should not be edited
|
| Anchoring and Presentation |
|
|
|
Communication
Skills Training
Confidence Building
Body Language
Presentation skills
Personal Development
|
|
Difference
in Anchoring in News and Programming
|
News
Bulletin live anchoring
Anchoring live news & breaking news
Recorded Programmes anchoring
Weather Anchoring
|
|
Crisis
management
|
Talk-back problem
Breaking News updates
Cutting to breaks
Anchor to Anchor pass over
Anchor to reporter
Anchor questions to guests (in studio and from the field)
Multi-location live feed |
|
Voicing
|
Voice
and its components
Diction
|
|
|
Voice Pitching
Breathing for Voice Overs |
|
Microphones
|
Using various
microphones |
| Broadcast Technology |
|
Essentials
of Broadcast Technology
|
PCR
- Production Control Room
Functions
|
Functions
of a PCR
|
|
MCR
Master Control Room
Functions MCR
|
Functions of the
MCR |
|
OB
Van
|
Functions
of an OB Van – the outside studio
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