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Welcome
to the exciting, entertaining, and informative world of
Broadcast Journalism. Through this program you will discover
and master the best techniques of writing and editing broadcast
news materials. You will learn the basics of television
and radio reporting skills, shoot and record interviews
and news stories, and also get an insight into nuances of
editing and news presentation techniques.
Students
of Television Journalism will also be involved in regular
course work as reporters, camera persons, editors, writers
and producers, using highly sophisticated TV production
equipment and editing software.
This
comprehensive program will also explore the management structures,
procedures, policies and goals of television news broadcasting
operations. It will analyze the technology and methods used
in covering news events and the relationships with news
consumers.
Radio
Journalism students will discover the magic of the medium-and
its endless possibilities given the convergence of various
technologies.
Students
of Radio Journalism will be involved in regular course work
as reporters, editors, writers and producers, using sophisticated
equipment and editing software. You will learn the basic
radio production skills, report and record events as they
happen, moderate discussions, interview people and produce
programs. You will also be exposed to the nuances of sound
and to the aesthetics of mixing and editing.
The
program will also help you explore the world of longer-format
programs like documentaries and features.
The
program will also incorporate the following core
courses and electives.
Reporting
and Writing for Television - This course is a requirement
for those concentrating in television. Students learn reporting
and writing techniques applied in television by adapting reporting
assignments given in IJ2001 course. Students learn writing
to pictures and narrating stories in a variety of formats,
including: breaking news, news feature, documentary, and news
magazine. While the emphasis of this course is not on actual
shooting and editing, students are encouraged to develop the
story suitable for broadcast outlets.
Reporting
and Writing for Radio - This course is an additional requirement
only for those concentrating in Radio. Students learn reporting
and writing for radio by initially adapting reporting assignments
in the IJ 2001 course. They also learn the important aspects
of reporting and writing for radio like conciseness, writing
for the ear and writing to sound. They learn not only to write
radio news bulletins and send dispatches from the field, but
also to work on longer-format programs that might include
features, documentaries, discussions, interviews and magazine.
Tools
of Television Journalism - This course is a requirement
for only those concentrating in television. Students learn
the techniques of shooting with a range of cameras, and edit
using some of the widely internationally used video editing
software: Apple's Final Cut Pro, and Adobe's Premiere Pro.
It is offered during the first semester, with 3 intensive
sessions each week. This course follows a condensed boot camp
when students are introduced to all desktop publishing software.
This course is conducted in conjunction with IJ2001A.
Tools
of Radio Journalism - An additional requirement only for
those concentrating in Radio, this course introduces students
to the basic techniques of radio production. They learn the
basics of sound and sound effects; recording and microphone
techniques; and digital audio mixing and editing aesthetics.
It is offered during the first semester and is conducted in
conjunction with IJ2001B.
Advanced
Television Studies - All students with concentration in
Television are required to take this course. Apart from introducing
students to a production studio and its working, this course
deals with using the skills acquired in the first term, at
an advanced level. News presentation and making of bulletins
is the key focus of this course. Skills required to do live
telecast are also dealt with in this course. Students will
produce and perform live to tape advanced television newscasts
(news, sports, entertainment, box office hits, business, weather,
etc.) for the daily TV bulletin, Bangalore@7 in real time.
They will shoot, write, edit and report in advanced "same
day" electronic news gathering (ENGs) to prepare for
actual newsroom settings. Emphasis will also be put on news
anchoring, anchor-reporter interaction, and anchor-host interaction.
They learn how to read, anchor and moderate news. Techniques
of interviewing, including live reporting, will be explored.
Animation, as a part of the packaging, is also dealt with
in this course.
Advanced
Radio Studies - Students explore the world of sound-rich
documentaries. They also learn to use voice effectively and
to host radio programs-reading news bulletins, moderating
discussions or interviewing. They learn advanced interviewing
and presentation techniques. They are also exposed to the
world of descriptive writing and narrative structure.
Television
Documentary - All students with concentration in Television
are required to take this course. It focuses on the production
of special programs and documentaries. The emphasis is on
honing skills required to produce special reports in the documentary
form for television. The course involves a lot of analysis,
and teaches the student how to develop the documentary from
concept through research, structure, writing, interviewing,
technical production and presentation. The students will work
in small teams to produce a short documentary on a news-related
topic approved by the teacher.
Radio
News Bulletin and Documentary
- Students produce stories for radio news bulletins. They
research, interview, record and produce bulletins to a deadline,
individually and in teams. They also work in teams on longer
programs like documentaries and features, with an emphasis
on research and investigation tuned to the medium. All students
with concentration in Radio are required to take this course.
Radio
Hosting and Presentation - Students learn to use voice
and sound effectively. They learn to anchor programs, read
news bulletins, moderate discussions and present features.
They also learn to do voice-overs and narratives and are exposed
to the use of multiple voices and ambient, natural and documentary
sound.
Television
Workshop - This workshop is designed for the production
of news, magazines, bulletins and documentary for television.
Students put into practice all the television skills learned
in other related courses to create programs of different durations
appropriate for broadcast.
Radio
Workshop - Designed to simulate real-life radio situations,
this workshop helps students put into practice all the skills
learned. They produce news bulletins and features, do interviews
and produce programs for broadcast.
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