ZURb1621 Video journalism

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Iveta Jansová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Barbora Telferová (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Iveta Jansová, Ph.D.
Department of Media Studies and Journalism – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Mgr. Boris Rafailov, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Media Studies and Journalism – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
Mon 12:00–13:40 Střižna 531
Prerequisites
The objective of this course is to let the students try the job of a video journalist - a person who tells stories through images and words.

It is recommended that the students know how to record and edit videos using mobile technology (smart phone, tablet, desk top editing).

It is strongly recommended that the students are open to trying new things in front of others (what happens in video journalism, stays in video journalism).
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 10 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 16/10, only registered: 4/10, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 2/10
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The course starts with the focus on storytelling using images, then adds sounds (and voices), discusses the search for visually interesting topics, offers a quick introduction into MoJo (mobile journalism) and then moves on to trying the skills in practice.

The students will write their own leads, voiceovers, standups, packages and live broadcasts. In the end, the students will discuss the differences between television and online platforms (social networks).

In every class, the students will get homework (not too time consuming) and they will get feedback at the beginning of the next class.

The final project is to make a story for AV broadcast media.
Learning outcomes
The students will be able to find topics for broadcast news.

They will be able to think of the pictures and sounds to convey the message.

They will be able to perform in front of the camera.

They will also realize the differences between traditional TV news and news on social media.
Syllabus
  • Week: 1 23. 9. 2024
  • Topic:
  • Introduction - topics, objectives and rules of the class; practical exercises in each lesson, homework and feedback at the beginning of each next lesson, discussions; equipment to use; notes in IS
  • 50 shades of news - what do news shows look like in your country? What do you like and what do you dislike?
  • Week: 2 30. 9. 2024
  • Topic:
  • What is news? - researching information; topics for the news; respondents; what makes good video
  • Week: 3 7. 10. 2024
  • Topic:
  • Let the pictures tell the story - rules for filming and editing; what is visually interesting; essential first and last shot; graphics; chicken or egg? (pictures or words?)
  • Week: 4 14. 10. 2024
  • Topic:
  • Let the sounds tell the story - interviews and listening for your sound bite; setting up your equipment; setting up your respondent; natural sound; speaking for the news - only one chance to make your point
  • Week: 5 21. 10. 2024
  • Topic:
  • A) MoJo - the basic course for mobile journalists; use your phone as a camera B) The perfect lead - rules and ideas for writing a lead to your story; headlines and teases; teleprompter - let's try it!
  • Week: 6 28. 10. 2024
  • Topic:
  • Fit the story into 25 sec., write a V/O - rules and ideas for V/Os; what information to use, what to discard; let's give it a try
  • Week: 7 4. 11. 2024
  • Topic:
  • Stand-up - how and what; why and where; let's give it a try!
  • Week: 8 11. 11. 2024
  • Topic:
  • Nothing beats the package - building the package; time in the news
  • Week: 9 18. 11. 2024
  • Topic:
  • Going live - rules and ideas for live broadcast; let's give it a try!
  • Week: 10 25. 11. 2024
  • Topic:
  • I am out of the country on a business trip. There will be no class, but there is a ton of interesting literature for you to study instead. Dive into it.
  • Week: 11 2. 12. 2024
  • Topic:
  • Going online - social networks - the future of news?; visual explosion; different networks, different audiences, different stories; what works and what does not
  • Week: 12 9. 12. 2024
  • Final class:
  • Screening and feedback
  • Q's & A's: anything about this course
  • Week: 13 16. 12. 2024
  • Spare class:
  • Whatever we didn't have time for during the semester Free topics - discussion of whatever may interest you If any of our Erasmus students are interested, possibly a trip to the Czech TV studio (but it is not in the center of Brno)
Literature
  • TATANO, Randy. Broadcast journalism street smarts : 20/20 vision for 2020 and beyond. First published. United States: [nakladatel není známý], 2020, 299 stran. ISBN 9781674780726. info
  • WENGER, Debora Halpern and Deborah POTTER. Advancing the story : quality journalism in a digital world. Fourth edition. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage, 2019, xxxi, 365. ISBN 9781544332451. info
  • Journalism and truth in an age of social media. Edited by James Everett Katz - Kate K. Mays. New York: Oxford University Press, 2019, xix, 283. ISBN 9780190900267. info
  • SHOOK, Frederick, John LARSON and John DETARSIO. Television field production and reporting. Seventh edition. New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis group, 2018, xxi, 359. ISBN 9780415787666. info
  • BOYD, Andrew. Broadcast journalism : techniques of radio and television news. Boston, MA: Elsevier, 2008, 377 s. ISBN 9780240810249. info
Teaching methods
seminar, discussion, try-it-yourself, homework, individual project
Assessment methods
The credits will be granted to those who submit all homework and whose final project will be accepted.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023.
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