ZURb1205 Video journalism

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Barbora Telferová (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. MgA. Jan Motal, 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
Tue 10:00–11:40 Střižna 531
Prerequisites
ZURb1115 The professional behavior && ZURb1116 Technological competence
Interest in filming and processing of video, at least basic knowledge of both.
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: 10/10, only registered: 2/10, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 1/10
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
In the age when the media are full of moving pictures and sounds, when news are more and more often consumed off social networks, when we ourselves in our personal lives film and publish little personal news and stories for others, it is essential to understand a couple basic things about how videos work.
How to express ideas through images? What to do about the sounds? How to act and speak to the camera? How to write for video?
Based on literature and practical experience, the students of this course will gain the basics of news and feature video making. They will try to create various formats. They qill acquire skills for the work in audiovisual media, and more than that. They can use the skills when managing the web or social media of other organisations.
Through practical tasks, the students acquire skills for operating professional AV equipment and learn about its potential. An important part of the course is feedback for homework, as well as analyzing professional audiovisual work.
Learning outcomes
By the end of this course, the students will have good grounds for working with video as a means of delivering information. They will learn to think of pictures and to connect pictures with sound into stories. They will not fear to stand in front of the camera, they will know what is necessary to do in such a situation. They will master the specific language of audiovisual media. And in every step of the journalistic work (finding topics and respondents, deciding about the way of handling them etc.), they will we able to take into account what the result will look like.
Syllabus
  • Week: 1
  • Introduction
  • Work of the video journalist
  • Week: 2
  • Information - topics - respondents
  • Week: 3
  • Pictures - stories with pictures
  • Week: 4
  • Pictures II - a guest speaker
  • Week: 5
  • Sound - interviews, natural sound, voice-overs
  • Week: 6
  • Video journalistic language
  • Week: 7
  • Pictures of me - standup and live
  • Week: 8
  • Pictures + sound + language = story
  • Week: 9
  • Heavy vs light weight - equipment for different situations
  • Week: 10
  • Coming up next... + headlines and anchor lead-ins, social networks posts
  • Week: 11
  • The web
  • Week: 12
  • The web II - a guest speaker
  • Week: 13
  • Preparation of final stories
  • Q's & A's
  • Reflection and feedback
Literature
    required literature
  • Zpravodajství v médiích. Edited by Barbora Osvaldová. Vydání třetí, revidovan. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, nakladatelství Karolinum, 2020, 139 stran. ISBN 9788024646121. URL info
  • SHOOK, Frederick, John LARSON and John DETARSIO. Television field production and reporting : a guide to visual storytelling. 6th ed. Boston: Pearson, 2013, xv, 351. ISBN 9780205111589. info
  • BOYD, Andrew. Broadcast journalism : techniques of radio and television news. Boston, MA: Elsevier, 2008, 377 s. ISBN 9780240810249. info
  • TRAMPOTA, Tomáš. Zpravodajství. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2006, 191 s. ISBN 8073670968. URL info
    recommended literature
  • Dahlman Chris,Television Production & Broadcast Journalism, Goodheart-Willcox; 3 edition (September 23, 2016), ISBN-13: 978-1631262760.
  • Arya Bob, Kurtis Bill. Thirty Seconds to Air: A Field Reporter's Guide to Live Television Reporting by Bob Arya and Bill Kurtis. 2007.
  • Cappe Yvonne. Broadcast Basics: A Beginner's Guide to Television News Reporting and Production, 2006.
  • JUKES, Stephen, Katy MCDONALD and Guy STARKEY. Understanding broadcast journalism. First published. London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2018, 154 stran. ISBN 9781138240995. info
  • STEWART, Peter and Ray ALEXANDER. Broadcast journalism : techniques of radio and television news. Seventh edition. New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2016, xiv, 434. ISBN 9781138886032. info
  • TATANO, Randy. Broadcast journalism street smarts : the 2013 survival guide for today's television newsroom. [s.l.]: Accio Books, 2013, 258 s. ISBN 9781481800174. info
  • SMITH, Stuart G. Going solo : doing videojournalism in the 21st century. London: University of Missouri Press, 2011, xiii, 199. ISBN 9780826219237. info
  • Broadcast journalism : a critical introduction. Edited by Jane Chapman - Marie Kinsey. New York, NY: Routledge, 2008, x, 278. ISBN 9780415441551. info
  • TUGGLE, C. A., Forrest CARR and Suzanne HUFFMAN. Broadcast news handbook : writing, reporting, and producing in a converging media world. 2nd ed. Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2004, 284, 26. ISBN 0072853514. info
    not specified
  • Přesný seznam literatury najdete v sylabu ve studijníh materiálech.
Teaching methods
Lectures, seminars, discussions, analysis of samples, practical work with audiovisual material. Simulated practical learning by doing. Creating a media product. Project oriented learning. Developing teamwork.
Assessment methods
Credits will be given to those students, who finish the creative work.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught each semester.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Spring 2021, Autumn 2021, Spring 2022, Autumn 2022, Spring 2023, Autumn 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
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