Course Syllabus Outline
Department of Journalism & Mass Communications
JMC 270   3 Credit Hours
I. TITLE: Audio Video Production I II. CATALOG DESCRIPTION: Introduction to production technology including audio control room operations, audio and video recording, camera operations and editing.

III. PURPOSE:  As a syrvey of basic audio and video production technology and skills, this course is designed as an introduction to topics and as a foundation for intermediate and advanced audio and video production courses.

IV. COURSE OBJECTIVES: Audio/Video Production I is designed to provide the student with a working proficiency and understanding of:

A. The basic terminology of audio & video production.

B. The basic layout and operation of a radio station, audio recording facility, and television studio.

C. How to record and edit audio, including microphone technique and board operation.

D. How to record and edit video, including camera, VCR, and computer graphics operation.

E. The production process from scripting, story boarding and lighting plots, through post production editing and packaging.

F. Basic aesthetic principles as applied to television production.
 

 IV. CONTENT OUTLINE: Please click here for current schedule.

VI. INSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITIES: Each week there are two hours of lecture and demonstration and two hours of work in the production lab. The learning experience is divided roughly 50/50 between basic principles and basic techniques. You have four different exposures to the core material -- explanation and demonstration, textbook resources, supervised equipment operations, and actual production.

The minimum time commitment to achieve a good grade in this class is nine hours per week plus an additional 30 hours during the semester working on exams and projects.

VII. FIELD & CLINICAL EXPERIENCE: N/A
 

VIII.  RESOURCES:  Lab facilities at MSU TV Studios . Please use the appropriate sign up sheets or see your lab supervisor for details.
 

IX. GRADING PROCEDURES: Only assignments, projects and tests completed on time will be graded. Missing a deadline will result in the grade of zero (0). Absences are not an excuse for missing a deadline under normal circumstances. (See attendance policy.) Any written, audio or video project may be turned in before a deadline. If submitted early enough prior to a deadline, I will check projects in advance, correct them and return the project to you with no grade. This will permit you to make corrections and improve your projects before they are graded. The student is responsible for anything missed by failing to attend class.

   The final grade is based on a maximum of 1000 points as follows: 900 - 1000 = A
800 - 899 = B
700 - 799 = C
600 - 699 = D
Below 600 = E (Failing)

Grades will be weighted as follows:
MIDTERM EXAM 250 pts

 FINAL EXAM 250 pts

PROJECT 1 100 pts

PROJECT 2 100 pts

PROJECT 3 100 pts

PROJECT 4 100 pts

LAB & CREW ASSIGNMENTS 100 pts
 

  I reserve the right to make changes in class policies and procedures which are deemed necessary and to withdraw any student from this class who is not adhering to deadlines..   X. ATTENDANCE POLICY: Attendance and punctuality are required. As you would be expected to be punctual and present on a professional job, you are expected to attend all classes and labs. A legitimate reason for being absent, such as illness or a university related trip, should be brought to the instructor's attention by notifying the instructor of an absence ahead of time, just as you would notify a professional employer. Work missed because of an excused absence may be made up, but work missed because of an unexcused absence may not be made up. Thus, unexcused absences will negatively affect a student's final grade. Any student who misses more than seven (7) classes or (4) labs, for whatever reason, will be withdrawn from this course. XI. TEXT: Basics of Video Sound, (1999), Des Lyver, 2nd edition; Video Basics 3. (2001), Herbert Zettl.

XII. ACADEMIC HONESTY: Cheating, plagiarism (submitting another personâs material as oneâs own), or doing work for another person which will receive academic credit are all impermissible. This includes the use of unauthorized books, notebooks, or other sources in order to secure or give help during an examination, the unauthorized copying of examinations, assignments, reports, or term papers, or the presentation of unacknowledged material as if it were the studentâs own work. Disciplinary action may be taken beyond the academic discipline administered by the faculty member who teaches the course in which the cheating took place. Note: Faculty reserve the right to invalidate any examination or other evaluative measures if substantial evidence exists that the integrity of the examination has been compromised.

For details of the university policy on academic honesty, see p. 50 of the 2001- 2003 bulletin.
 

XIII. PREREQUISITES: JMC 168, ENG 101 with a C or better.