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The Name of the Course: Specific Features of Television

The theme of Term 2, Year 1: Special Lighting Apparatus in Television and Safety Rules

The Scope of the Course: 64 hours (34 lectures, 4 hours of seminars, 28 hours of practical work).

The Author of the Course: Ass. Prof. Alvis Indriksons

The Content of the Course: The course introduces students to lighting apparatus used in television, the peculiarities of their exploitation and the safety rules in their application. The course enables the students to be competent in lighting issues dealt in “The Art of Cameramen” and “Specific Features of Television”.

reconditions for the Acquisition of the Course: Physics at the secondary school level shall be acquired.

Thematic Planning:

THEMES	Week	Type of classes and hours
Technical and aesthetical significance of TV lighting. Technological differences between the cinema and TV.	1	L2
Units of measurement and concepts of light.	2	L2
Rules of the distribution of light. Diffused and directional light.		L2
The sensitivity of the human eye. Colour temperature.	3	L2 S2
Daylight. Astronomical and meteorological factors.	4, 5	L6 S2
Artificial light in television, its sources: filament, halogen, metal halogen and gas discharge lamps. Mercury high-pressure bulbs.	6	L4
Spotlights, their technical characteristics. Fresnel’s lens.	7	L2
The source of diffused light.		L2
The creation and dosage of light flow. Filters in lighting.	8	L2
Safety rules in television.	9	L4 S2
A test: work with electric devices max. 1000 V.		a test.
An introduction to lighting apparatus in a TV studio. Work with a lighting team.	10, 11	8 h
The analysis of the experience in the studio. The clarification of unclear questions.	12	L4
Work with a lighting team.	13, 14	8 h
A tutorial for the examination.	15	L4

Preconditions for the Acquisition of the Credit Points:

1.A positive assessment at the seminars.

2.A positive assessment of the test on safety rules.

3.No serious violations in the work with the lighting team shall be permitted.

4.A positive assessment at the examination.

Literature:

1. 
   L.Ždanovs, G.Ždanovs “Fizika vidējām spec. mācību iestādēm”, Rīga, Zvaigzne, 1984
   
2. 
   I.Goraičiks, V.Peļs “S pravočņik kinooperatora“ ,Maskava, Iskusstvo, 1979
   
3. 
   Gerald Millerson “Lighting fot Video“, Oksforda, Focal Press, 1991
   
4. 
   Hilmar Mehnert “Film-Licht-Farbe” Ein Handbuch fuer Kameraleute
   
5. 
   Halle(Saale) Fotokinoverlag, 1958
   
6. 
   Hilmar Mehnert “Filmfotografie”, Halle, Fotokinoverlag, 1965
   

The Name of the Course: Specific Features of Television for Cameramen

Term 3.

The Scope of the Course: 64 hours (60 lectures, 4 hours of seminars).

4 credit points. Type of assessment – an oral examination.

The Author of the Course: Ass. Prof. Alvis Indriksons

The Content of the Course: The course includes two separate themes: it compares the peculiarities of film and TV technology, especially, the changes occurring in the feature film when broadcasting it on television and when producing a film with an objective to broadcast it on TV. The course introduces students to the conditions to be observed and explores the regularities of the perception of the screen image.

Preconditions for the Acquisition of the Course: The knowledge of English and Russian is desirable.

Thematic Planning:

THEMES	Week	Type of classes and hours
Differences caused by the sensors of TV image in relation to the film negative.	1	L2
Differences caused by the possibilities of the cinemascope in relation to the film screen.	2	L2
The TV rule about the constant presence of “the light” in the shots.	3	L2
Requirements to be observed by the cameraman when preparing highlighting an image to be shown on TV (versus the cinema).	4	L2, S2
Eyesight. The structure of the eye. The main tasks of eyesight. The field of eyesight. The keenness of eyesight.	5	L4
The sensitivity of the eye. The speed of perception.	6	L2
Contrast, contrast of brightness, adaptation.	7	L2
Eyesight as a component of perception.	8	L2, S2
Perspectives: air, shade, mirror, bird’s-eye, etc.	9	L4
Linear perspective.	10	L4 ; P2
Texture.	11	L2
Rhythm, metre, tempo rhythm.	12	L4
Symmetries.	13	L4
Asymmetry of the shot.	14	L2
Scale.	15	L2
Mass.	16	L2
Direction.	17	L2
Visual representation of space.	18	L2
Movement in the shot. The representation of time.	19	L2
The movement of the shot: panoramas, zooms.	20	L2
The activity of interchangeable lenses.	21	L2
The techniques of movements of the dynamic camera and the interchangeable lens.	22	L2
Programme-oriented techniques of perception.	23	S2

Preconditions for the Acquisition of the Credit Points:

A positive assessment at the seminars.

A positive assessment at the examination.