Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
Production and Filming
Teaching staff
Introduction
The course aims to familiarize students with the processes that make it possible to carry out a project in the field of television and professional audiovisual production. All issues related to the main stages of the audiovisual project will be analyzed: pre-production, production and post-production.
Pre-course requirements
No specific prerequisites are required to pursue this subject. However, it is advisable to have previously completed the following subjects: Advertising Language, Plato, Television Communication (First course); Advertising Language Workshop (Second course) and Audiovisual Narrative Techniques (Third course).
Objectives
The main objective of the subject is to teach students to become aware of all the phases and tasks that make up the process of realization and production of an audiovisual project, emphasizing the realization of different television genres, advertising , report, etc. It will try to give a concrete vision of all the theoretical and organizational phase of preproduction, as well as the phase of production, more practical stage where the previous knowledge converge with the creative capacity of realization.
As secondary objectives, they are the consolidation of the knowledge of the language and audiovisual narrative, and the capacity of analysis of the own techniques of accomplishment of the different sorts from the televising means.
Competences/Learning outcomes of the degree programme
- 01 - The ability to plan technical resources
- 02 - The ability to plan human resources
- 03 - The ability to plan personal resources (personnel, materials, seasonal...)
- 05 - The ability to learn autonomously
- 06 - The ability to act autonomously and responsibly
- 07 - The ability to work in a group
- 24 - The ability to plan and carry out audio visual and cinematographic projects
- 25 - The ability to plan and carry out the economic repayment of a film or product
- 26 - The ability to coordinate yourself and /or work together to / with a team
- 41 - The ability to understand and apply lighting and sound techniques of a film production
- 42 - The ability to understand and apply the techniques and methods of film editing and post production
- 43 - The ability to understand and apply different television genres and formats
- 44 - The ability to understand and apply the various stages of development of a television programme
- 45 - The ability to understand and apply different types of programme scripts
- 46 - The ability to understand and apply the different lighting, graphic and staging resources
- 47 - The ability to understand and apply the processes of television programme creation
- 48 - The ability to understand and apply the expressive possibilities of new technologies
- 51 - The ability to understand and apply the theories and techniques of image
- 52 - The ability to design and critique an audiovisual script
- 53 - The ability to design and critique an audiovisual or media product
Learning outcomes of the subject
- The student's learning outcomes once the subject has been taken are as follows:
- To know the different stages of the process of creating an audiovisual project: from the initial idea and the pre-production, to the final production and post-production.
- Distinguish the different agents and roles that make up the production of an audiovisual project.
- To know how to work an audiovisual commission, executing each and every one of the phases of creation of the project.
- Know how to present a project and grant document in television format, clearly presenting the ideas and making the proposal attractive.
- Know how to draw up the different documents that are needed in the production process: from a production budget to a sheet center, storyboard, etc.
- Have organizational skills and know how to lead teams.
- Achieve the technical bases of audiovisual narration applied to different genres of television production.
- Use audiovisual narrative resources to be able to adequately express creativity through models, moodboards, etc.
- Know how to use different expressive techniques of the audiovisual.
Syllabus
SUBJECTS
1. Introduction: television production.
2. The Audiovisual project
3. Pre-production.
4. Production.
5. Post-production.
1. Introduction: television production.
1.1 History of audiovisual media.
1.2 Television formats and genres.
1.3 Evolution and stages of the television advertising scene.
1.4 Production structure, agencies, audiovisual producers.
2. The Audiovisual project.
2.1 Main characteristics and production phases.
2.2 Formal features and general structure of the project document: treatment, financing plan.
2.3 Main characteristics and new formats, audiences. Adequacy stories to brands. Briefing.
3. Pre-production.
3.1.1. Script: initial idea, storyline, literary script, technical script, ladder.
3.1.2. Preproduction Documents.
3.1.3 Moodboard, storyboard, shootingboard.
3.1.4. Animatic. Pitching.
4. Production.
4.1 Audiovisual Narrative applied to Television Production. Filming interviews, graphics, continuity.
4.2 Filming equipment. Plato. Multicamera, angles, supports, technical aspects.
4.3 Filming documents: shooting plan, shooting order, camera parts, scripts. Budget and viability
4.4 Artistic Direction: scenography, lighting, casting, props.
5. Post-production.
5.1 History of post-production and Audiovisual Editing.
5.2 Photography direction, color treatment, telecine.
5.3 Sound process: foley, sound theory in audiovisual.
5.4 The presentation and final delivery, export formats. Schedule grants, TV co-productions.
Teaching and learning activities
In person
During the course there will be 3 practices and two partial exams. Exercises developed in class will also be delivered punctually. These exercises are part of the different stages of the Final Project and must be included in the final production document.
The exams will be adapted to the semi-resident modality.
• 1 partial exam. September. 25%
• 2 Midterm exam. December. 25%
• 3 Exercises. September December. 30%
• Final Video Project Delivery. January. twenty %
Internships 30%
Practice 1: Genre analysis and television format. 10%
Practice 2: Pre-production Theoretical Analysis. 10%
Practice 3: Deliver exercises in class.10%.
Delivery of the following exercises done in class on specific dates. Delivery is made the same day before the end of the class, and is individual and mandatory.
To be evaluated, delivery on the same day before the end of the class is mandatory. Late deliveries are not accepted. Each student must submit a document (even if it is the same document as the work group).
- Exercise in class_1: Brainstorming. Previous idea.
- Exercise in class_2: TV script, storyline.
- Exercise in class_3: Escaleta.
- Exercise in Class_4. Organizational Documents: filming, script breakdown, locations, props.
Final work 20%
Deliver Final Audiovisual Project and presentation in PDF. January. twenty %
- Video 10%
- Production and presentation report: 10%
Mandatory attendance of 80% of the classes to have access to the evaluation and Final delivery.
- Video delivery.
- PDF Presentation of the Project.
In all the theoretical exercises of the subject, the regulations of the faculty in relation to spelling mistakes and plagiarism will be strictly observed.
In order to access the final evaluation, it is necessary to have presented all the practices that make up the continuous evaluation and to have taken the two partial exams.
If this is not the case, or if the student does not pass the subject in the first call, he/she will go to the second call, which will be governed by the following specifications:
• A final exam composed of all the contents of the subject (60% of the final grade).
| TRAINING ACTIVITY | ECTS CREDITS |
| Lectures. In lectures, lecturers/professors not only transmit content or knowledge, but also, and above all else, attitudes, motivation, skills and values, etc. They also ensure that participants can express their opinions and arguments to the other students. | 2,6 |
| Seminar. This activity will consist of taking an in-depth look at specific up-to-date topics in a monographic manner-in some cases these topics will have been debated socially-, via active work in small groups. | 1,5 |
| Meeting Point. Meetings will be organised with notable people from the professional and scientific fields or the international field, and students. These sessions will take the form of conferences, work sessions, discussions, or interviews, etc. | 0,4 |
| Coaching. Monitoring how students learn the content of the subject, either individually or in groups. In the coaching sessions, mistakes will be corrected, queries answered, and exercises and activities to achieve the established objectives will be suggested. | 1,5 |
Evaluation systems and criteria
In person
During the course, there will be 3 exercises and two partial exams. Other class exercises will be required during the course. These exercises are part of the different stages of the Final Project.
- 1 partial exam. October. 25%
- 2 Partial exam. December. 25%
- 3 exercises. September December. 30%
- Delivery Final Project Video. January. 20 %
Exercises 30%
Exercise 1: Gender analysis and television format. 10%
Exercise 2: Pre-production Theoretical Analysis. 10%
Exercise 3: Deliver exercises in class.10%.
Delivery of the following exercises done in class on specific dates. Delivery is made the same day before the end of the class, and is individual and mandatory.
To be evaluated, delivery on the same day before the end of the class is mandatory. Late deliveries are not accepted. Each student must submit a document (even if it is the same document as the work group).
- Exercise in class_1: Brainstorming. Previous idea.
- Exercise in class_2: TV script, storyline.
- Exercise in class_3: Escaleta..
- Exercise in Class_4. Organizational Documents: filming, script breakdown, locations, props.
In all the theoretical exercises on this subject, the regulations of the faculty in relation to spelling mistakes and plagiarism will be strictly observed, as the use of iA.
Final work 20%
Deliver Final Audiovisual Project and presentation in PDF. January. twenty %
- Video 10%
- Production and presentation report: 10%
Mandatory attendance of 80% of the classes to have access to the evaluation and Final delivery.
- Video delivery.
- PDF Presentation of the Project.
Final Work Production and realization of a fictional video report genre television project.
3-7 minutes long, with interviews and archival material. Music, sound.
Recording on a multi-camera set.
The final exercise of the subject consists of the group carrying out a short-term television format project. The exercise tries to carry out all the phases of pre-production, production and post-production, with the means available to the students. The project must be in the format of a fictional report, based on one's own and original idea. Recording material may include archival material, testimonies and voice-over will be recorded.
This final project will consist of the audiovisual project and the production PDF document. This academic document will be produced following the formal parameters of state television subsidies. The aim is for students to learn how to propose an audiovisual project from the beginning to the possible broadcast on television. The final project will be prepared during classes, following the schedule of deliveries and presentations, in order to supervise the development as a group. The presentation will be in a group but the evaluation will be individual.
In order to access the final evaluation, it is necessary to have presented all the exercises and have presented to the two partial exams.
If this is not the case, or if the student does not pass the subject in the first call, they will go on to the second call, with the following specifications:
- A final exam and presentation composed of all the contents of the subject (60% of the final grade).
- The delivery of a work that includes all the content of the practices carried out during the course (40% of the final grade).
Bibliography and resources
Aumont, Jaques. Estética del cine. Paidós Comunicación. Barcelona.
Barroso García, J. (2008). Realización audiovisual. Madrid: Síntesis.
Comparato, D. (1989). El guió: art i tècnica d’escriure per al cinema i la televisió. Bellaterra: Publicacions de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.
Fernández Díez, F. & Martínez Abadía, J. (1999). Manual básico de lenguaje y narrativa audiovisual. Barcelona: Paidós.
Marimón, Joan. (2016) El Montaje Cinematográfico. Ed. UB.
Millerson, G. (2001). Técnicas de realización y producción en televisión. Madrid: IORTV
Web References:Throughout the course, students will be provided with a series of online articles and references according to the needs and interests of the group.