Universitat Internacional de Catalunya

Tv News Production

Tv News Production
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12032
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First semester
op
Main language of instruction: Spanish

Teaching staff


Ms. GRIMA GUALLART, Javier - jgrima@uic.es

j.grima@uic.es

Introduction

Production is an essential element in the operation of any television company or audiovisual production company. The television producer is the person responsible for organizing the human and technical resources necessary for the production of a specific audiovisual product, integrating a team of professionals and managing various technical and artistic resources. Therefore, it is essential that you have the necessary knowledge about all the means to be used and, consequently, be able to correctly prepare and manage the corresponding budget, in accordance with the available resources and the objectives set. During the development of the subject we will study the different aspects of television production, the human and technical resources necessary to make a news program and how to prepare a budget.

Pre-course requirements

No prerequisites.

Objectives

The student must acquire the necessary basic knowledge about how a television company works, particularly with regard to program production. Based on the information received about the technical and human resources involved in a television production, students must be able to establish a work plan and create a budget for the production of a news program, recognizing the different budget items related to the production of such a program and optimizing the resources to be used.

Competences/Learning outcomes of the degree programme

  • 01 - The ability to adapt to varying circumstances
  • 02 - The ability to understand, accept criticism and correct errors
  • 03 - The ability to administer and manage human and technical resources
  • 04 - The ability to work in a team and autonomously
  • 05 - The ability to organise time and workspace
  • 06 - The ability to develop academic rigour, responsibility, ethics and professionalism
  • 07 - The ability to apply the deontology and respect for the audiovisual sector
  • 08 - The ability of critical analysis, synthesis, concretion and abstraction
  • 09 - The ability to objectify, quantify and interpret (data, statistics, empirical evidenceÂ…)
  • 10 - The ability to confront difficulties and resolve problems
  • 11 - The ability to generate debate and reflection
  • 12 - The ability to meet deadlines, develop the ability to be punctual and respect for human, technical and material resources
  • 13 - The ability to create spoken and written communication
  • 14 - Knowledge and mastery of rhetoric and oratory to communicate own ideas
  • 16 - The ability to manage, analysis and reflect on content
  • 24 - The ability to plan and organize both short term and long term projects
  • 27 - The ability to adapt to distinct audio visual publics and markets.
  • 28 - Knowledge and mastery of principle economic concepts.
  • 29 - The ability to budget projects of differing magnitude
  • 30 - The ability to study the feasibility of an audiovisual product
  • 31 - The ability to understand the financial systems of media groups and companies.
  • 32 - The ability to confront audiovisual and film projects in all phases (pre-production, shooting, post-production, distribution)
  • 33 - The ability to create and direct.
  • 34 - The ability to know and respect the different roles of the artistic and technical teams
  • 35 - The ability to contextualize and critically analyze the products of the audiovisual industry
  • 36 - The ability to create, direct and manage audiovisual companies
  • 37 - The ability to contextualize and critically analyze the organizational structure of global communication
  • 38 - The ability to understand and apply the structure of the audiovisual system
  • 39 - The ability to understand and apply the legal dimension of an audiovisual product
  • 40 - The ability to defend and respect authorship and intellectual property
  • 41 - The ability to know how the distinct elemental agencies of the audio visual sector function
  • 42 - The ability to distinguish, analyze and dominate the distinct genres and formats of television, film and radio
  • 43 - the ability to create scripts for film, television and radio according to the demands of the genre
  • 44 - The ability to adapt to new audiovisual formats
  • 50 - The ability to adapt, understand and apply the expressive possibilities of new technologies and future changes
  • 51 - Knowledge and mastery of the functioning of Corporate and Institutional Communication.
  • 52 - The ability to apply audiovisual knowledge and techniques for commercial purposes in any form
  • 53 - Lingustic ability in Catalan, Spanish and English
  • 54 - The ability to skillfully manage the literature, terminology and linguistic structures of the English language related to the field of communication.

Syllabus

1. INTRODUCTION TO TELEVISION PRODUCTION

  • Course orientation
  • Basic concepts of television production

 

2. TELEVISION GENRES AND FORMATS

  • News programs
  • Entertainment programs

 

3. WHAT DO WE PRODUCE?

  • Programs on set
  • Outdoor Programs
  • Live Programs
  • Recorded Programs

 

4. HOW DO WE PRODUCE?

  • With one camera
  • Multi-Camera Production
  • Mobile Units and their types

 

5. HOW DO WE DISTRIBUTE?

  • Fiber
  • Satellite
  • Mobile Links
  • 4G/5G

 

6. WHO PRODUCES?

  • Own production
  • External production
  • Co-production

 

7. PRODUCTION ELEMENTS

  • The script and the rundown
  • Human means
  • Technical means

 

8. PRODUCTION PHASES

  • Survey
  • Preproduction
  • Production
  • Post production

 

9. BREAKDOWN AND WORK PLAN

  • Time, an essential factor

 

10. THE KEY ELEMENT: YES, THE BUDGET

  • Budget items
  • Administrative and Legal Components in the Production

 

11. BROADCASTING OF THE TELEVISION PRODUCT

  • The programming grid

 

12. CONSUMPTION OF TELEVISION TODAY

  • Evolution of television consumption
  • New operators
  • Influence of the way of consumption in the production of contents

 

13. TECHNOLOGY AS A FACTOR OF CHANGE

  • Linear TV vs. Non-Linear TV
  • Influence of technology on content production

 

14. MARKETING AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE TELEVISION PRODUCT

  • Audience measurement
  • The international market
 

Teaching and learning activities

In person



TRAINING ACTIVITY
Peer learning. The aim of this activity is to ensure that students gain the ability to analyse and be critical. One way of achieving this is by correcting their peers' exercises and results, etc. Each student will be evaluated twice: as both a recipient and a transmitter of critical knowledge. 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. 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. E-learning. Virtual learning based on ICT. Focused Praxis. Handing in occasional exercises to learn theory through practice. Practical workshop. A highly practical working activity, where students can acquire skills that are practical or also theoretical (intellectual skills, logical skills, critical skills, intellectual learning skills, study skills, quoting skills, etc).

Evaluation systems and criteria

In person



The evaluation of the subject will be continued. Each student will be monitored and evaluated based on criteria of attendance, attitude, class participation, teamwork, meeting deadlines, etc.

 

The following evaluation tests will be carried out:

 

  • After the first month, a questionnaire will be proposed to be completed in person on the concepts worked on in class. The answers must correspond to what was taught in the classroom. The score obtained will mean 20% of the total grade.
  • During the second month, a specific work will be carried out in small groups on what has been learned so far. The score obtained will mean 20% of the total grade. The ability to work as a team, compliance with the objectives and deadlines established in the work and the adequacy of the result to the criteria studied will be assessed.
  • About the ninth week, students must complete a brief individual work, of a practical nature, on one of the topics developed in class. The score obtained will mean 20% of the total grade. The correct application of the criteria learned about the production in question will be assessed.
  • At the end of the quadrimester, individual practical work on the overall subject will be carried out in person, including the preparation of a budget. The score obtained will mean 40% of the total grade. In order to carry out this work, it will be essential to have completed and submitted the 3 previous works on time.

Bibliography and resources

Elena Medina de la Viña, Julio Moreno Díaz. “La Producción En Televisión: Contexto, Herramientas y Proceso.” OMM PRESS (3ª ed. ampl.), 2018

Elena Neira. “La Otra Pantalla: Redes Sociales. Móviles y La Nueva Televisión.” UOC (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya), 2019 

Gerald Millerson. “Realización y Producción de Televisión.” OMEGA, 2008 

Rafael Díaz Arias. “La Información Periodística en Televisión.” SÍNTESIS, 2017 

Carles Marín. “Reporterismo de Televisión: Guía de Buenas Prácticas del Reportero Audiovisual.” GEDISA, 2017

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