- Code
- JMC 212
- Name
- Television and Documentary Production
- Semester
- 0
- Lecture hours
- 1.00
- Seminar hours
- 1.00
- Laborator hours
- 1.00
- Credits
- 2.00
- ECTS
- 5.00
- Description
-
The course aims to exchange theoretical but also mostly practical knowledge from working in television media. Explaining the work and functioning of programming, selecting topics and the relationship with audiences is one of the main directions of the course. Then the explanations focus on the work of television documentaries and mainly those with investigative and social themes.
- Objectives
-
1- To get knows the functions of television programs for students 2- Explanation of the typology of programming, the program grid in function of meeting the interests and demands of the audience 3- How a documentary is built, structure, information gathering, video and text writing 4- How television programs function in online networks, web inserts, etc
- Java
- Tema
- 1
- General explanation of the concepts and terms of television programming. Typology and program schedule. Functions and objectives of the work of the programming director in a television.
- 2
- The legal and professional normative basis on which television programming is established. Explanation of the structure and work of the relevant Directorates according to thematics and issues of ethics in programs.
- 3
- How does the work of designing television programs work based on themes, the framework of the text, the protagonists and the relationship with the audience
- 4
- Television documentary. Explanation of how a documentary is structured., Explanation of theoretical theses, referring to different schools of Europe and America.
- 5
- Schedule and work on a documentary. Collection of official and informal information and sources. How to work with the text, interviews, finding characters and parties to be interviewed.
- 6
- Investigative documentary. Journalistic concepts, approach. How the process of setting a journalist's agenda and finding information sources works.
- 7
- Class discussion on some well-known documentaries on various topics, prepared by Albanian and foreign national televisions,
- 8
- Middle test
- 9
- Meeting with a journalist with experience in the field of television documentary. Explanation of the process from the start of the work to its broadcast.
- 10
- Journalism in the Field-work. Students are sent to prepare a mini-documentary with a topic from the field. They are guided by the instructions and knowledge obtained from various television experiences.
- 11
- Continuation of students' fieldwork for the television documentary
- 12
- Detailed discussion and analysis of the work done by the students. The strengths and weaknesses of their work, SWOT analyze .
- 13
- Developing an analysis of the programming of various national televisions. Which typology dominates the programming of these televisions and the reasons why and what happens with the audience
- 14
- Explanation of some theoretical theses on program selection and projections of audience demands and needs from television programs. Jacob Washlag, KJames Webster , ( A theory of television program choice) McQuail Noam, E.M., 1991, Television in Europe (Oxford University Press, New York...
- 15
- Theory and practical examples on investigative television documentaries. This communication space includes also a meeting with the BIRN portal editorial staff.
- 16
- Final Exam
- 1
- Students will be able to understand basic terms and concepts of television programming, as well as trained in the field to draft the structure of a documentary.
- Quantity Percentage Total percent
- Midterms
- 1 30% 30%
- Quizzes
- 0 0% 0%
- Projects
- 1 30% 30%
- Term projects
- 0 0% 0%
- Laboratories
- 0 0% 0%
- Class participation
- 1 10% 10%
- Total term evaluation percent
- 70%
- Final exam percent
- 30%
- Total percent
- 100%
- Quantity Duration (hours) Total (hours)
- Course duration (including exam weeks)
- 16 3 48
- Off class study hours
- 14 5 70
- Duties
- 1 0 0
- Midterms
- 1 1 1
- Final exam
- 1 1 1
- Other
- 1 1 1
- Total workLoad
- 121
- Total workload / 25 (hours)
- 4.84
- ECTS
- 5.00