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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