Summer RTV 3511 Course Schedule

 

DATE SUBJECT READINGS
May 16
Course Introduction and Overview
Lecture:  What is Production?
 
May 18 Lecture: Production Formats/Genres/Settings
                 -and-
Lecture: The Physiology of  Visual Sensing

Text:  Zettl Chapter 1
Zettl DVDROM
(Process section; only the Methods subsection)

 

May 23 Quiz #1:  Production Genres and Visual Physiology (from your May 18 notes)
Lecture:  How Do We Make Production? - Video Gear & Video Storage Systems

Text: Zettl Chapters 5-7,12,13
Zettl DVDROM
(entire Camera and Switcher sections)

 

May 25

Quiz #2:  Zettl Readings/DVDROM and May 23 notes
Lecture: Production Employment and People

(See Crew Positions Study Sheet)

Text: Zettl Chapters 2,4,15,16
Zettl DVDROM
(Process section; only the People subsection)

 

May 30 Lecture:  How Do We Make Production? (Light and Sound)

Text: Zettl Chap.’s 8-11
Zettl DVDROM (entire Audio and Lights sections)

 

June 1 Viewing - Visions of Light  
June 6 MID-TERM EXAM
 
June 8 Lecture:  How Do We Make Production? (Pre-production and Post-production)
Viewing - The Cutting Edge
Text:  Zettl Chapter 3,18,19
Zettl DVDROM
(entire Editing section and Process section, but not the Methods and People subsections)
June 13 Quiz #3: Zettl Readings/DVDROM from June 8 (and potentially questions from the screening)
Lecture:  How Do We Manage The Production Signal?
Text:  Zettl Chapter 17
June 15 Lecture:  Digital Technology  
June 20 Quiz #4:  Group Quiz (Cumulative - Open Notes)
Putting all the pieces together...meaningful production
Viewing - Searching for Sugarman
Text: Zettl Chapter 3,18,19
Zettl DVDROM (entire Editing section and Process section, but not the Methods and People
subsections)
June 22 FINAL EXAM (cumulative)
(12:00-3:50 p.m. - regular classroom)