Credit given for active participation on the staff of the College's student newspaper, The Collegiate. Course may be taken for credit no more than six times. Special emphasis is given to news values and the structure of preparing copy for the eye. This is a writing-intensive course. A detailed introduction to video production, studio directing, camera operation, switching, audio, and lighting theory.
Course is based on systems approach to video production.
An introduction to basic audio electronics, microphone and loudspeaker design, microphone techniques, principles and practice of analog and digital recording and an overview of the recording studio. Focuses on contemporary issues in the mass media with special emphasis on their historic origins and current influence on society. Important are economic, political, sociological, and technical forces. Legal and ethical issues are addressed. A study of the theoretical basis of sound production, sound synthesis, and synthesizer techniques for creation of sound effects and other sounds used in the production of audio for video, broadcast television, and radio.