12/27/2024 10:19:50 AM	FMA 19 Course Outline as of Summer 2025	Changed Course
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  FMA 19	Title:  MULTI-CAMERA STUDIO PROD
Full Title:  Multi-Camera Studio Production
Last Reviewed:4/12/2021

Units		Course Hours per Week			Nbr of Weeks	Course Hours Total
Maximum	4.00	Lecture Scheduled	3.00		17.5 max.	Lecture Scheduled	52.50
Minimum	4.00	Lab Scheduled	3.00		6 min.	Lab Scheduled	52.50
		Contact DHR	0			Contact DHR	0
		Contact Total	6.00			Contact Total	105.00
		Non-contact DHR	0			Non-contact DHR Total	0

Total Out of Class Hours:  105.00

Total Student Learning Hours: 210.00

Title 5 Category:  AA Degree Applicable
Grading:  Grade or P/NP
Repeatability:  00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
Also Listed As: 
Formerly:  MEDIA 19

Catalog Description:

This course introduces students to the studio production environment.  Live multi-camera formats will be studied in theory and in practice as participants create original content.

Prerequisites/Corequisites:

Recommended Preparation:
Course Completion or Concurrent Enrollment in FMA 18 ( or MEDIA 18 or MEDIA 51)

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
Description:

This course introduces students to the studio production environment.  Live multi-camera formats will be studied in theory and in practice as participants create original content.

(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:Course Completion or Concurrent Enrollment in FMA 18 ( or MEDIA 18 or MEDIA 51)
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:CSU;UC.
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP

ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION

Associate Degree:		Effective:		Inactive:
Area:
CSU GE:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
IGETC:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
CSU Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Fall 2014	Inactive:
UC Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Fall 2014	Inactive:
C-ID:

Certificate/Major Applicable: Both Certificate and Major Applicable

COURSE CONTENT

Student Learning Outcomes:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

1. Plan, organize, and execute the production of a multi-camera studio production.

 

Objectives:

At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

1. Write a script for multi-camera production using proper formatting.

2. Pre-produce (plan and organize) a script implementing the various theories, and

    demonstrating the various skills, of: lighting, basic set design, camera layout, audio

    recording, assemblage of pre-recorded material and basic graphics.

3. Utilize basic video production equipment correctly, safely and creatively in the production of

    an original script. This includes proper use of: cameras, lights, audio, audio mixers,

    switchers, video recording, character generation and teleprompter.

4. Evaluate and analyze multi-camera productions.

5. Identify the various forms and formats of multi-camera studio productions and the elements

    that distinguish them.

6. Work effectively in a team environment as both a team leader (director) and as a member of

    the group in a variety of crew positions.

7. Demonstrate a hands-on ability to perform appropriate critical thinking needed for successful

    teamwork in television studio environment.

Topics and Scope

I. Introduction to Multi-Camera Production

    A. Single versus multi-camera production

    B. Studio production formats

         1. news

         2. talk show

         3. scripted

    C. Studio versus location production

II. Overview of the Studio

    A. Safety

    B. The control room

    C. The studio

    D. Workflow

III. Studio Technologies

    A. Studio cameras

    B. Intercom fold back

    C. The lighting board

    D. Microphones

    E. The audio board

    F. The switcher

    G. Teleprompter

    H. Character generator

    I.  Video tape recorder

IV. Basic Production Design

    A. Basic set design

    B. Lighting for multi-camera production

V. The Crew

    A. Director

    B. Technical director

    C. Audio

    D. Graphics

    E. Floor Manager

    F. Camera Operator

    G. Talent

    H. Lighting director

VI. Production

    A. Two Column Script formatting

    B. Script content

    C. On-air delivery

    D. Live and live-to-tape

 

All topics are covered in the lecture and lab portions of the course.

Assignments:

Lecture-Related Assignments:

1. Read from texts, manuals and on-line sources (15-25 pages weekly)

 

Lecture- and Lab-Related Assignments:

1. Write 2-4 original scripts (3-5 pages each), in proper format, appropriate for a multi-camera

    studio environment. Other writings include evaluations of one's own work and others'.

2. Demonstrate skills by serving as the director and team leader on 2-4 original productions.

    This includes individual or group planning (pre-production) of an original script to be

    written and to prep it for production, and the directing and implementation of this plan

    through production in a live studio environment.

3. Performance exams, quizzes (6-8) and a final exam

 

Lab-Related Assignments:

1. In-class labs demonstrating technical and artistic skills relating to the studio camera, lighting,

    sound recording, directing, set management and the switcher

Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.

Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing.		Writing 10 - 20%
Scripts, self-evaluations, peer critiques
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills.		Problem Solving 10 - 20%
Individual or group film project planning
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams.		Skill Demonstrations 30 - 50%
Individual or group project, performance exams
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams.		Exams 10 - 30%
Quizzes, final exam
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.		Other Category 10 - 30%
Class participation

Representative Textbooks and Materials:

Directing and Producing for Television: A Format Approach. 5th ed. Cury, Ivan. Taylor & Francis. 2017

 

Television Production Handbook. 12th ed. Zettl, Herb. Thomson/Wadsworth. 2015 (classic)

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