COM
4110 Performance for the Media
Aug.
29-Dec. 17, 2016
#81567
FALL
2016
Dr.
Elliot Gaines, Office: 411 Millett
email:
[email protected]
Meeting
Tuesdays and Thursdays 9:30 am - 10:50
pm
*Required
reading: The Constitution of the United States
*Required
equipment: video/audio recorder, and video/audio editing software (both
available to students on campus).
COURSE
DESCRIPTION: This is a skill-development course focusing on performance and
production for broadcast communication. The class will address performance, basic
reporting and production techniques, matters of style, content, professionalism
and purpose.
COURSE
GOALS are 1) to develop skills and a professional attitude about performance
for the media; 2) to gain performance experiences with cameras, production
basics, and audiences; 3) experience studio production processes, and 4)
to understand the technologies and general conditions of professional media
communication.
THIS SYLABUS
MAY BE MODIFIED AS THE TERM PROGRESSES.
COM 4110 Grading:
Individual
30 second recording X 2 = 10 points
Individual
60 report = 10 points
30,
60 (x2), 90 second Field Reports= 40 points
Final
10 minute News team recording = 20 points
Journals=
10 points. After each performance,
each student must write a journal describing the performance experience, how
they prepared for the performance, and how they intend to modify rehearsal and
preparation for the next performance.
Individual
and Group Writing assignments must be turned in on time and playable in the assigned
format. These assignments include all recordings, Treatment and Production
run-down, and Scripts submitted and approved before recordings begin.
Attendance,
quizzes, participation = 10 points
Unprofessional
behaviors that provoke disturbances may result in a student being dismissed
from the class.
CELL
PHONE, COMPUTERS, AND OTHER ELECTRONIC DEVICES CANNOT BE USED DURING CLASS
UNLESS DR. GAINES HAS GIVEN PERMISSION.
Cell
phone ringing, disturbances, or other unprofessional acts may also result in
points deducted.
STUDENTS
ARE REQUIRED TO ACCESS THEIR WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY EMAIL ACCOUNT AND
COURSE STUDIO TO RECEIVE UPDATED INFORMATION FROM THE INSTRUCTOR.
THIS SYLABUS
MAY BE MODIFIED AS THE TERM PROGRESSES.
*Attendance
is required. During the first week
of classes, course syllabus, policies, procedures, grade and performance
criteria, and studio protocol will be covered in-depth. These introductory sessions are
essential, and will not be repeated.
Students not attending the first week of the course will be dropped.
PERFORMANCES
CANNOT BE MADE UP. Deadlines for
all assignments must be observed. Journals
require that the student has reviewed the recorded class performances. Points
for recordings include being in attendance to review the recordings. If you miss a class, call a friend to
ask what you missed, but do not expect to be excused. If you miss a performance or a review,
they cannot be made up.
Grades
will only be discussed individually during office hours. It is the student�s responsibility to
initiate questions about grades.
Students
in this course are subject to attendance requirements and restrictions. Specifically, anyone not attending the
first week of class will be dropped.
All
students should be familiar with Wright State University�s policy on academic
dishonesty. Cheating and plagiarism--submitting someone else�s work or ideas as
your own--will not be tolerated.
Plagiarism will result in failure for an assignment and possibly failure
in a final grade for the course.
Journal
Assignments. Describe your
experiences preparing and performing.
Describe strategies for improving performances. The journal must be printed, not hand
written. Each journal must include
citations for your script source correctly written using either MLA or APA
style. Include a copy of your
script. In addition, if you include
more than one page, please staple papers, but please do not use a paper
clip. Include your name, the date,
and the number of the journal. When
screenings are scheduled during class time, students must be present in class
to watch the video in order to submit a journal.
The
field reporting assignments also require a journal. The journal should include observations
about mistakes and ways to correct those mistakes in the future based on following
the criteria for evaluation noted in the VIDEO EVALUATION RUBRIC http://www.wright.edu/~elliot.gaines/VideoProductionRubric.htm
Video Script
Assignments: The 30 and 60 second, staged performances require a story
about a Supreme Court case that includes the names of all the justices, and a
formal closing to the speech. The
script must include an introduction with the performer�s name, a brief story,
and a formal closing to the speech.
Because it takes approximately 15 seconds to say the names of the
justices, the script needs to be worded clearly and precisely to describe the
essential story about the news event.
Each
performance assignment includes a journal describing your experiences preparing
and performing, and strategies for improving performances.
In
order to avoid plagiarism, include a source for information used to write the
story. Include a complete citation
using correct APA style with the script.
The citation will not be performed, but must be included with the
script.
In
order to be accurate, effective script writing demands that the writer
understand the context and nature of events behind a news story. Thus, the role of the US Supreme Court,
and its relationship to the US Constitution will be discussed in class.
THE
CRITERIA FOR PERFORMANCE EVALUATION INCLUDE:
� Good,
clear script, well-written (meeting the assignment criteria)
�
Performance completed within the designated time
� Correct
pronunciation of words and names
�
Enunciation/diction
� Vocal
projection
� Control of
unnecessary body movements
� Fluid
speaking performance (indicating thorough preparation)
� Making eye
contact with the camera
*Other
criteria may apply.
Criteria
for Video:
General Grading Criteria
COM 4110
Schedule, FALL 2015
(Subject to change as the term
progresses).
DATE
Activity
Wk
#1 Aug 30-Sept. 1
Aug 30. Syllabus and Introduction to the class. Assignment; 30 sec performance script. Resources for video
cameras, tripods.
Sept. 1. First performance and recording assignment
discussed: 30 second staged performance script DUE. Print an extra copy of your script to
turn in. Always include a
complete citation for source material. Editing (and shooting) basics continued.
Questions
before Tuesdays recording projects.
Wk#2 Sept. 6-8. Basics:
putting theory into practice: class exercises
Sept.
6. * Recording; Individual staged
30 second script (#1) report about a US Supreme Court case.
Sept. 8. Review 30 second recordings.
Wk#3 Sept. 13-15.
Sept.
13.
*Recording; Individual
staged 30 second script (#2) report about a US Supreme Court case.
Sept.
15.
Review 30 second staged Recording
Wk#4 Sept. 20-22.
Sept. 20. *Recording; Individual staged
30 second script (#3) report about a US Supreme Court case.
Sept.
22 Review staged 30
second Recording. Assignment given for 60 second Field
Reporting Assignments. Planning
Field Reports. Introduce Long Shot,
Medium Shot, Close Up. Planning
and storyboards.
Wk#5. Sept.
27- 29.
Sept. 27. *Recording of Individual staged 60
second report about a US Supreme Court case. Storyboards DUE. Discuss Editing basics and criteria for INDIVIDUAL
FIELD REPORT ASSIGNMENTS. Groups Assigned.
Sept. 29. Review staged 60 second Recording. Work
on Individual 30 second Recording. *** (SSA-Delray 9/28-10/2). Write journal reflecting on
performances; due Tuesday Oct. 4.
Wk#6 Oct. 4-6.
Oct. 4. Work on Individual 30
second Field Reporting (#4). Journal
reflecting on performances; due.
Oct. 6. Individual 30 second Field Recording (#4)
DUE in DROP BOX 24 hours before class. Review recordings.
Wk#7 Oct. 11-13
Oct
11. Students meet to shoot and edit individual
60 second Field Report assignments.
Oct.
13. 60 sec. Field report due: DUE
in DROP BOX 24 hours before class. Review recordings. Discuss final project, �news team�
planning and pre-production.
Wk# 8. Oct. 18-20.
Oct
18-20. Students meet to shoot and edit individual 60 second Field Reporting assignments(#2). News teams;
assignment discussed: scripts, treatments and production run-downs must be
submitted and approved before the first group recordings begin. Planning: and pre-production.
Oct. 25: 60 sec Field Report DUE (#2): DUE in DROP BOX 24
hours before class. Review
recording. Discuss final project,
�news team� planning and pre-production.
Oct. 27: Planning and pre-production. Students meet to shoot and edit
individual 90 second Field Reporting
assignments.
Wk# 10 Nov 1-3.
Nov
1. Tuesday (Election
Day) . Treatment and Production
Run-down and SCRIPTS Discussed:
Nov
3. Thursday: . Treatment and Production
Run-down and SCRIPTS Discussed:
Planning and pre-production.
Students meet to shoot and edit individual 90 second Field Reporting assignments.
Wk# 11 Nov. 8-10
Nov. 8. ELECTION DAY. Students
meet to shoot and edit individual 90
second Field Reporting assignments.
Treatment and Production Run-down and SCRIPTS Discussed: Planning and
pre-production
**Nov. 9** Dropbox
submissions of 90 second Field Reporting assignments DUE 3 PM Wednesday, 9
November, 2016.
Nov. 10. Treatment and Production Run-down and SCRIPTS Discussed: Planning and
pre-production
Wk# 12 Nov. 15-17.
Nov. 15. Treatment and Production Run-down
DUE. SCRIPTS DUE: Planning and
pre-production
Nov. 17. Students meet to
shoot and edit group recording
Wk# 13 Nov. 22-24.
Nov. 22. Students meet to shoot and edit group
recording
Nov. 24. *Thanksgiving*
Wk# 14 Nov. 29-Dec. 1.
Nov. 29 Students meet to shoot and
edit group recording
Dec. 1 Students meet to shoot
and edit group recording
Wk# 15
Dec. 6 Group Projects
DUE. Screening
Dec 8 Screening
Wk# 16 FINAL EXAM Date:
Tuesday, Dec.
13 from 8-10 A.M.