Digital Storytelling

Catalog description

This course will provide an introduction to multimedia storytelling with a journalism emphasis. Techniques that will be explored include use of video, photos, audio, animation, and text to convey interactive news and feature stories through the Internet and other electronic media. It also will include techniques in digital research, critical thinking, and synthesis. It will introduce the legal and ethical issues in the recording of sources. Emphasis is placed upon the methods and techniques of multimedia reporting, including scripting, storyboarding, camera use, lighting, sound, and editing with video editing software such as Adobe Premiere Pro. 36 hours lecture, 54 hours laboratory. Transfer: CSU, UC*; C-ID# JOUR 120. * JAMS 12, JAMS 23, and PHTO 72 combined: maximum UC credit, one course.