Then the instructor and students together mark an exercise-program script for production, just as a professional director would. This provides a vehicle for covering the production process, formats, production elements, terminology and directorial planning and decision-making. Depending on enrollment and on time available, a separate lecture will be given on television lighting. The remainder of the semester is taken up by the production of the Exercise Program, under immediate and detailed coaching by the instructor. Each time the Exercise Program is produced, the students are rotated among the production positions.
Every student has equal access to each position.
No matter how many courses you take in TV production, this is all the text you will ever need. For those who are taking this course simply for an orientation to TV production, the instructor will provide in his lectures and demonstrations all of the factual knowledge needed to function effectively on a studio production team at the elementary level. Since television is a least a practical craft and at best an applied art, the evaluation of the student does not depend on his or her ability to learn facts and return them to the instructor via written exams. Rather the student is evaluated each time he or she performs a major production job. More than six unexcused absences will result in the loss of a full grade-level.