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Television Broadcasting/Video Production CPU Objectives

Broadcasting

Activity 1

1-1. Identify the inventors of television.

1-2. Discover the history of television networks.

1-3. Review the segments of the news program you will write and shoot.

1-4. Begin coming up with stories for the news program.

Activity 2

2-1. Define broadcast style.

2-2. Recognize some of the traits used when writing stories for broadcast.

2-3. Identify the four main components of a video camera and recognize their functions.

2-4. Explore the careers of journalists and camera operators.

2-5. Begin developing story ideas and experimenting with the camera.

Activity 3

3-1. Explore interview techniques.

3-2. Discover various camera shots used in television programs.

3-3. Explore the careers of writers and authors.

3-4. Continue writing and, if necessary, filming some of your news program.

Activity 4

4-1. Identify ways to link video and commentary in a news program.

4-2. Discover ways to support and move the camera.

4-3. Define attribution and use it in your writing.

4-4. Continue writing and filming your news program.

Activity 5

5-1. Discover how sound and microphones are used in television broadcasting.

5-2. Explore the career of TV and radio announcers.

5-3. Continue writing and filming your news program.

Activity 6

6-1. Recognize that while television journalists enjoy freedom of the press, they cannot write anything about anybody for any reason.

6-2. Consider that the content of broadcast stories should be fair and balanced.

6-3. Continue writing and filming your news program.

Activity 7

7-1. Continue writing and filming your news program.

Activity 8

8-1. Continue writing and filming your news program.

Activity 9

9-1. Continue writing and filming your news program.

Activity 10

10-1. Continue writing and filming your news program.

In Activity 15, students will take the Vocabulary Test and the Post-test.

Activity 11 through Activity 15 require students to continue writing and filming their news program and/or begin challenges to meet several high-level problem-solving objectives. The objectives for the challenges in this CPU include:

Challenge 1

You will conduct research on a career of your choice in the television broadcasting field. Share your findings in a presentation.

Challenge 2

You will write and film a fifth segment for your news program.

Challenge 3

You will compare and contrast how a political news story is reported on both Fox News and CNN.

Challenge 4

You will develop a presentation outlining the history of the television, how it works, and the devices’ future.

Challenge 5

You will write and film a commercial that takes advantage of lighting effects to help sell the product or service you’re advertising.

Video Production

Activity 1

1-1. Test your pre-existing knowledge of the course material.

1-2. Review an outline of the procedures you will be using throughout this CPU.

1-3. Capture the video you shot during the TV Broadcasting CPU.

1-4. Complete a preliminary shot log during the video capture process.

1-5. Describe some of the things you feel might need the most editing in the raw video shot in the TV Broadcasting CPU.

Activity 2

2-1. Describe the post-production phase of video production.

2-2. Differentiate between analog video and digital video.

2-3. Compare and contrast linear and nonlinear video editing.

2-4. Define compression and distinguish its types.

2-5. Determine how analog and digital video, as well as linear and nonlinear video editing, are used in today’s television news industry.

2-6. Outline methods for preparing to edit digital video.

2-7. Discover some techniques used in assembling an effective television news story.

2-8. Discuss what kind of editing will be needed to alter your broadcasting footage to your liking.

Activity 3

3-1. Identify Pinnacle Studio’s Timeline view and Video track.

3-2. Use the timescale and Timeline scrubber to locate certain points in a video clip.

3-3. Split the video clip to facilitate trimming undesired portions.

3-4. Trim the video to remove unwanted footage from the news broadcast.

3-5. Reference the shot log to create separate video clips for each scene in the news broadcast.

3-6. Arrange each scene in the news broadcast in an order determined by a rough outline.

3-7. Discuss the usefulness of the shot log in finding and arranging the scenes in the news broadcast.

Activity 4

4-1. Discover overlay images and titles.

4-2. Explore the use of full screen images in video editing.

4-3. Define and work with frame grabs.

4-4. Manipulate overlay images, still images, and frame grabs.

4-5. Apply titles, full screen images, and frame grabs in your news broadcast.

4-6. Discuss some very effective or clever uses of titles or overlay images you have seen in films and television programs and how you might use these in your project.

Activity 5

5-1. Discover rolling overlay titles and credits.

5-2. Create end credits using a full screen image and rolling overlay titles.

5-3. Examine transitions.

5-4. Define different types of transitions.

5-5. Add transitions to the timeline.

5-6. Recognize the differences in transitions and cuts.

5-7. Describe memorable cuts and transitions you have seen in film and television.

Activity 6

6-1. Discover how to place video in Pinnacle Studio’s Overlay track.

6-2. Identify the video and audio portions of clips in the Video and Overlay tracks.

6-3. Examine A/B editing.

6-4. Define insert editing.

6-5. Create an insert edit in Pinnacle Studio.

6-6. Outline the uses of Studio’s Hide, Mute, and Lock functions.

6-7. Determine the attributes of split editing, L-cuts, and J-cuts.

6-8. Create L-cuts and J-cuts in Pinnacle Studio.

6-9. Analyze the career of film and video editors.

6-10. Discuss applications of split editing and how their use enhances the effectiveness of a video.

Activity 7

7-1. Define picture-in-picture, or PIP.

7-2. Create PIP effects in Studio.

7-3. Alter the dimensions of a PIP window.

7-4. Explore various effects that can be applied to a PIP window.

7-5. Summarize the uses of music and other audio in news broadcasts.

7-6. Discuss the use of picture-in-picture in your project.

Activity 8

8-1. Create and manipulate sound effects in Pinnacle Studio.

8-2. Add music clips to the Pinnacle Studio project.

8-3. Work on the news broadcast project.

8-4. Examine the career of sound engineering technicians.

8-5. Consider the ways in which news agencies use music during broadcasts.

Activity 9

9-1. Continue working on the news broadcast project.

9-2. Examine the career of broadcast technicians.

9-3. Discuss which video editing techniques have been most useful to you as you complete your news broadcast.

Activity 10

10-1. Continue working on the news broadcast project.

10-2. Consider video editing techniques that have not been useful while working with your broadcast and how it might be changed to give these approaches greater importance.

Activity 11

11-1. Complete the news broadcast to meet all required criteria.

11-2. Burn your DVD.

11-3. Present the news broadcast to the instructor.

11-4. Discuss some video editing projects you would like to pursue using videos you own.

Activity 11 through Activity 15 require students to complete challenges to meet numerous high level problem-solving objectives.

Activity 15

15-1. Select appropriate vocabulary terms based on the definitions provided.

15-2.Test your comprehension of concepts gained during this course.

15-3.State and explain your opinion of the Video Production CPU.

The objectives for the challenges in Activity 12 through Activity 15 of this CPU include:

Challenge 1

You will conduct research on a career of your choice that utilizes video production. Share your findings in a presentation.

Challenge 2

You will shoot and edit a short segment utilizing a green screen.

Challenge 3

You will shoot and edit a split-screen video segment using Studio’s picture-in-picture technology.

Challenge 4

You will either use an existing movie file to produce a 30 second commercial.

Challenge 5

You will edit a raw video segment filmed during one of the challenges you completed in the TV Broadcasting course.

Challenge 6

You will use Studio to create and edit background music to accompany existing video.

 

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