MCOM 4153 Advanced Video Production Syllabus CRN 17170 Dept. of Mass Communication, College of Liberal Arts University of Central Oklahoma Fall 2017 Friday 1:00 3:45 pm Instructor: Mark Scott Room: MCOM 119 Phone: # 974-3846 Mass Comm. Office: # 974-5303 Mass Comm. Fax: # 974-5125 Office: COM - 137 Office Hours: Tuesday 12:30 2:30 pm Thursday 12:30 2:30 pm Friday 12-1 pm E-mail: mscott@uco.edu Prerequisite: ENG 1113, ENG 1213, MCOM 1113, MCOM 1133 and (MCOM 2033 or MCOM 2443). CATALOG COURSE DESCRIPTION Advanced Video Production is designed to create and produce a variety of creative video projects that are intended to assist the student in developing captivating video portfolios of their work. The course will focus on directing, producing, editing, and writing while creating live music performances, public service announcements, commercials, promotional videos, and short films. TEACHING METHOD The course is arranged in a series of lectures and projects designed to showcase the student s individual and group increase in difficulty and demonstrate how theories learned in class translate into real world applications. This course will use lecture, demonstration, video examples, guest speakers, and after-project critiques to illustrate basic television field techniques that are the building blocks of good photography, editing, and effective story telling. STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES: Upon completion of the Television Field Production Course, the learner will be able to: 1. identify advanced theories of video and television as a communication medium. 2. interpret appropriate language of key video elements. 3. demonstrate essential elements of video production by producing and assembling broadcast programming.
4. employ advanced principles of media aesthetics and visual literacy to producing high quality video projects. TRANSFORMATIONAL LEARNING OBJECTIVES Discipline Knowledge the student will demonstrate essential elements of video production by creating and completing a variety of projects increasing in difficulty. Problem Solving (Research, Creative Activities) the student will be able to effectively create a live music video segment using writing, audio, video, and editing skills. Service Learning, Civic Engagement the student will be required to create video music segments within their community. Global and Cultural Competencies the student will be required music video segments containing national and international musical genres. REQUIRED SUPPLIES: 1 SDHC Card CLASS PARTICIPATION: Class participation in this course is vital to student success in this class. Although you will be required to produce work outside of class the in-class discussions and critiques will play a crucial roll in your understanding of important video production elements. ATTENDANCE: Attendance in this course is vital to your success. In-class discussions will help determine the level to which you understand the concepts of video production and how to implement these concepts. After two absences ten points will be deducted from your final point total for each class period missed. PROJECTS Individual Projects Public Service Announcement (PSA)/Commercial (100 pts) Mini-Documentary/Short film (100 pts) Resume/Demonstration Reel (100 pts) Group Projects Academy of Contemporary Music (ACM) Promotional Spot (100 pts)
ACM 15 to 30 min. Television/Online Segments (200 pts) Produce 15 to 30 min Music Television/Online program in conjunction with the Academy of Contemporary Music. *see schedule for due dates. All projects are required to demonstrate the highest level of video production principles which are essential to effective professional television programming. All assignments turned in must be shot and edited by you and your group. If it comes to my attention that you are turning in assignments produced by someone else, you will receive a failing grade for the course. All: See plagiarism and academic dishonesty statement. ALL LATE ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE PENALIZED 50%. Semester course work ends Dec. 8, 2017. No course work can be accepted after this date. EXAMINATIONS: There will be 2 written examinations. The first exam will be comprised of short answer and fill in the blank items. The second exam will consist of short answer, fill in the blank, and multiple choice items selected from the text and in-class lecture. The Final Exam is scheduled for Dec. 15, 2017 at 1:00 pm. QUIZZES: 4 quizzes comprised of topics discussed in class or out-of-class media observation: 5 points each (=20 points) (2.4%) *No make up exams will be allowed unless PRIOR arrangements are made. GRADING: PSA/Commercial 100 pts. (12.2%) Mini-Doc/Short Film 100 pts. (12.2%) Resume/Demo Reel 100 pts (12.2%) ACM Promo 100 pts. (12.2%) ACM Segment 200 pts. (24.4%) 2 Exams 200 pts. (24.4%) 4 Quizzes 20 pts. (2.4%) 820 (Total pts.) A 820-738, B- 737-656, C- 655-574, D- 573-492,F- 491 and below
(90-100%) (80-89%) (70-79%) (60-69%) (59-0%) ADVANCED TELEVISION COURSE SCHEDULE: Week 1 Aug. 25 Introduction to the course. Discuss Key elements of live music performance production. Week 2 Sept. 1 - Discuss key studio production elements involved in producing effective commercial and Public Service Announcement production. Week 3 Sept. 8 Begin production process for ACM Segment #1. Continue production of PSA/Commercials. Begin production process for Doc. Segment #1 Week 4 Sept. 15- ACM Television/Online Segment #1 Production Week 5 Sept. 22 Critique ACM Segment #1. Discuss key elements involved in producing minidocumentary pieces. Begin producing mini-docs. Finalize production elements for ACM Segment #2. Week 6 Sept. 29 ACM Television/Online Segment #2 Production Week 7 Oct. 6 Continue producing mini docs. Critique ACM Segment #2. Finalize production elements for ACM Segment #3. Assign ACM promo projects. Week 8 Oct. 13 ACM Television/Online Segment #3 Production Week 9 Oct. 20 Mini-docs due. Critique ACM Segment #3. Finalize Production elements for ACM Segment #4. Discuss key elements in producing television promotional spots. Week 10 Oct. 27 No Class Spring Break
Week 11 Nov. 3 Doc. Segment #4 Production Week 12 Nov. 10 Critique ACM Segment #4. Week 13 Nov. 17 Discuss key elements involved in advanced television field productions. Week 14 Nov. 24 ACM Segment #5 Production Week 15 Dec. 1 Post production of ACM Segment #5, Doc. Segment #6 and continue production of resume reels. Week 16 Dec. 8 Critique ACM Segment #5. Continue Post Production on ACM Segment #6 and. Review for Final. Demo/Resume Reels, PSA s, and ACM Promos due. Week 17 Dec. 15 - Final Exam December 15 at 1:00 pm Department of Mass Communication Policies Spring 2017 College of Liberal Arts University of Central Oklahoma Departmental Phone: (405) 974-5303 Website: http://www.uco.edu/la/masscomm/ UCentral Student Media has an app! Go to itunes to download it for free! Follow the department Twitter account @UCO_MCOM Like the UCO - Department of Mass Communication Facebook Page! MCOM Majors Email: The department, the college, and the university utilize the UCO email address assigned to each UCO student. Official information will be emailed through the UCO system. Students have the option of forwarding their UCO email to a personal email account if preferred. For information, go to http://www.uco.edu/technology/student/email/index.asp. If students do not check their UCO email, they risk missing vital information. If you do not use your UCO email account, please forward your UCO email to an email account you check frequently. Student Advisement MCOM has two Student Success Advisors for MCOM majors. Each student is responsible for seeking advisement information each semester in order to graduate in a timely manner. Mr. Gary Parsons o Office: COM 103A o Phone: 974-5140 o Email: gparsons2@uco.edu
Ms. Laura Donner o Office: COM 103 o Phone: 974-5108 o Email: ldonner@uco.edu UCentral Student Media: http://www.uco.edu/la/masscomm/ucentral/index.asp UCentral is the student media network at the University of Central Oklahoma, featuring traditional media (television, radio, newspaper) and new media (web, netcasts, social networking) created by students majoring in professional media. UCentral is located within the Mass Communication Department on the campus of UCO. Spring Events Monday, January 9th: First Day of Spring Classes! Monday, January 16th: Martin Luther King Day UCO Classes Dismissed Friday, February 17 th : Fusion Conference Wednesday-Thursday March 1-2: MCOM Faculty Mentoring Days March 12-18: Spring Break Wednesday, March 29 th : Liberal Arts Symposium Saturday, April 1 th : Mass Communication Awards Ceremony Friday, April 28th: Last Day of Regular Classes Monday-Friday, May 1-5: Finals Week Saturday, May 6th: Graduation (Probable date for MCOM/CLA Graduation Ceremony) Expectation of Work Full-time college students are expected to spend approximately 40 hours each week in class attendance and study outside of class. According to Regents policy, for each hour in class a student is expected to spend two (2) to three (3) hours studying for the class (OSRHE II-2-34). For each three-credit hour course, the Regents expect students to study/prepare 6-9 hours per week. UCO Student Code of Conduct Students are responsible for all information in the Student Code of Conduct 2015-2016. This can be accessed on the Student Affairs Publications website at http://www.uco.edu/studentaffairs/conduct/index.asp. ACADEMIC DISHONESTY AND PLAGIARISM: The UCO Student Code of Conduct describes Academic Dishonesty and outlines the steps for disciplinary action in the Guidelines for Alleged Academic Dishonesty. This information can be found in Section III, C, 3 & 4. Academic dishonesty: Includes but is not limited to the giving and taking of improper assistance in examinations and assignments; not adhering to correct procedures for identification of sources in reports and essays and all creative endeavors; intentional misrepresentation; cheating; plagiarism; and unauthorized possession of examinations. The UCO Student Code of Conduct provides further details. Additionally, any work submitted as an assignment for one class may not be submitted for credit in another class, without prior permission of the professor. Any work so submitted will receive an automatic "0." Plagiarism: When a student submits any assignment for a course (written, oral, videotape, audiotape, photograph or Web Site), the student will submit entirely original work or will properly cite all sources utilized in the preparation of the assignment. Without proper citation, the student is guilty of plagiarism, which is not tolerated at UCO. As a student, you are responsible for understanding
what constitutes plagiarism. You should talk to your professor to ensure that you can recognize and avoid all types of plagiarism. Plagiarism occurs in two primary ways: 1. Word-for-word copying, without acknowledgement, of the language or creative work of another person. Having another person complete all or part of your assignment is plagiarism and is clearly forbidden. But, in addition, the student should include NO written, video, audio, or photographic material from an existing source, no matter how brief, without acknowledging the source. When using the written words of an existing source in your assignment, either place the borrowed words in quotation marks or set the quotation aside as a block quotation. Additionally, you must include the citation for the material in your assignment. This applies to even the briefest of phrases if they are truly distinctive. 2. The unacknowledged paraphrasing of an author s ideas. The student should no more take credit for another person s thoughts than for another person s words. Any distinctive, original idea taken from another writer should be credited to its author. If you are not sure whether or not an author s idea is distinctive, you should assume that it is: no fault attaches to overacknowledgement, but under-acknowledgement is plagiarism. Most style manuals (e.g., Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association) provide information concerning how to paraphrase and cite the ideas and writings of existing sources. Students may be dismissed from the university for plagiarism. University guidelines provide a range of disciplinary action dependent upon the severity of the offense including but not limited to: requiring a substitute assignment, awarding a reduced grade, awarding a failing grade for the assignment, awarding a failing grade for the course, or expelling the student from the university. Acknowledging that instances of plagiarism may range from minor to severe, the Department of Mass Communication allows the course professor to determine the severity and the disciplinary action for the first instance of plagiarism committed by a student in the professor s course. However, if that student commits plagiarism a second time in the course, departmental policy requires that the student receive both a failing grade ( F ) for the course and a referral to the UCO Student Conduct Officer. Students should make sure they understand professor expectations for sources and content to be cited. Turnitin.com Plagiarism Syllabus Statement: UCO subscribes to the Turnitin.com plagiarism prevention service. Students agree that by taking this course, all required assignments may be subject to submission for textual similarity review to Turnitin.com for the detection of plagiarism. All submitted assignments will be included as source documents in the Turnitin.com restricted access reference database for the purpose of detecting plagiarism of such assignments. Use of the Turnitin.com service is subject to the Terms and Conditions of Use posted on the Turnitin.com website. Turnitin.com is just one of various plagiarism prevention tools and methods which may be utilized by your faculty instructor during the terms of the semesters. In the UCO Student Handbook, there is a process for contesting any plagiarism allegations against you. ADA Statement Regarding Special Accommodations: The University of Central Oklahoma complies with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Students with disabilities who need special accommodations must contact Sharla Weathers, B.S., C.S.R. in Disability Support Services [sweathers2@uco.edu] in room 309 of the Nigh University Center, (405) 974-2549. It is the student s responsibility to contact the instructor as soon as possible after DSS has verified the need for accommodations to ensure that such accommodations are implemented in a timely fashion. Transformative Learning: http://www.uco.edu/central/tl/ At the University of Central Oklahoma, we help students learn by providing transformative experiences so that they may become productive, creative, ethical and engaged citizens and leaders contributing to the intellectual, cultural, economic and social advancement of the communities they serve. Transformative learning is a holistic process that places students at the center of their own
active and reflective learning experiences. All students at UCO will have transformative learning experiences in five core areas: leadership; research, creative and scholarly activities; service learning and civic engagement; global and cultural competencies; and health and wellness. Class Attendance: (Taken from the Faculty Handbook) The university expects students to regularly attend classes in which they are enrolled. Faculty members are expected to establish specific attendance policies governing their classes. Attendance policies must appear in the course syllabi. Faculty members may require appropriate documentation to verify absences. Students are responsible for work missed due to absences. It is the student s responsibility to initiate a request to make up class work or examinations missed. Individual policies must allow for a reasonable but not unlimited, number of excused absences, for legitimate reasons. Excused absences approved by faculty members should be consistently applied to all students. An excused absence means that an instructor may not penalize the student and must provide a reasonable and timely accommodation or opportunity to make up exams or other course requirements that have an impact on course grade. Excused students should be allowed the same opportunities as students who were present in class. Faculty members are obligated to honor the following circumstances as excused absences: a. travel considered part of the instructional program of the university and requiring absence from class (e.g. field trips, research presentations, etc.); b. invited participation in activities directly and officially sponsored by and in the interest of the university (e.g. athletic teams, debate teams, dance company, etc.); in cases of student athletes, refer to UCO Compliance Policy Manual for Athletics or contact the Faculty Athletic Representative; c. jury duty; d. military obligation (See Appendix K in Faculty Handbook.) e. serious illness, medical condition, pregnant and parenting students rights (as outlined in Title IX), accident, or injury; and f. death or serious illness in immediate family Additional policies for this course are included in the Fall 2016 UCO Student Information Sheet and Syllabus Attachment that can be accessed at http://www.uco.edu/academic-affairs/files/aa-forms/studentinfosheet.pdf "The professor reserves the right to amend the syllabus at any time. The contents of this syllabus are subject to revision 24 hours a day, seven days a week through the entire semester. Students are put on notice as the contents of this syllabus during the course of the semester."