The latvian academy of culture

The Name of the Course: Practical Work in TV Journalism for Cameramen

The Scope of the Course: 64 hours in 2 terms.

Type of Assessment – a test and an examination. Both imply the assessment of the news reported by students.

I.The Author of the Course: Lecturer Aldis Šēnbergs

The Content of the Course: The two previous terms have introduced students to the fundamentals of the work of a reporter television. After having mastering the minimum of the cameraman’s skills they will learn the real work of a cameraman as a reporter in practice. Since the art of cameramen is acquired in a separate course this study programme develops the students’ practical abilities to implement their journalists’ viewpoint in the reporting of news.

There are practically no lectures in this course. In fact the course is practical work of the cameramen in TV news services. An agreement hereupon has been reached with the managers of the news services of Latvian Television and Independent Television. The students are tutored by experienced practical workers - deputies of the managers of the news services. The best students’ materials will be used in the news programmes of the studios. The students write their “Diary of Practice” during the practice work.

Preconditions for the Acquisition of the Course: To have acquired the skills of the cameraman.
Thematic Planning:

THEMES	Week	Type of classes and hours
The explanation of the objective of the course, the distribution of tasks.	1	L2
The execution of practical tasks.	2	P2
The analysis of the filmed material.	3	L2
The execution of practical tasks.	4,5	P4
The analysis of the filmed material.	6	L2
Individual tasks in journalism.	7	L2
Their execution.	8	P2
Their analysis.	9	L2
Individual tasks in journalism.	10	L2
Their execution.	11,12	P4
Their analysis.	13	L2
A survey of the reasons of the most typical mistakes.	14	L2
Tasks of the topic of sports and its shooting.	15	P2
Their analysis.	16	L2
The introduction of the groups with their mentors and their requirements.	17	L2
A practice session in TV organisations.	18,19	P4
The exchange of the experience acquired during the practice session. A survey of the shot materials.	20	L2; L2
A practice session in TV organisations.	21,22	P4
The assessment of the practice session.	23	L2
The analysis of the reasons of the mistakes in the shot material.	24	L2
A practice session in TV studios.	25,26	P4
A seminar on the cooperation with other TV groups who have been involved in the practice session.	27	S2
A practice session in the news services.	28,29	P4
A summary of the results of the practice session.	30	L2
The interpretation of the students’ experience and recommendations.	31,32	L2; L2

Preconditions for the Acquisition of the Credit Points:

8. 
   The performance of all the practical tasks.
   
9. 
   A positive reference from the TV studio - the mentor of the practice session.
   
10. 
    A qualitatively kept “Diary of Practice”.
    
11. 
    A positive assessment in the test and the examination for the work presented.
    

II.

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