Television Reporting I

Catalog description

This beginning course introduces students to field reporting. Students learn to develop story ideas, write to picture, structure a story and conduct interviews and shoot and edit. Beat assignments cover a variety of topics in the neighborhoods of New York. As the course develops, detailed script analysis is combined with in-depth discussions of the completed pieces. A discussion of aesthetics is supported by viewing a variety of documentaries. Students work in teams of 2. They use small DV cameras, linear and non-linear editing systems.