Undergraduate - UnitAZA2789 - Journalism: Video perspectives

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2014 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

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6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Arts
Offered	South Africa Second semester 2014 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Ms Michelle Alexander

Synopsis

The unit provides an opportunity to undertake detailed examination of the production practices, resources, technologies and genres of video journalism. Examination topics covered include broadcast and online modes. It develops the major performance practices of voice presentation and interviews, image and sound recording, editing and post-production. The unit critically analyses and evaluates the implications for journalists of differing forms of audience engagement and editorial positioning, including news, current affairs and feature/documentary genre. In a South African and African context, access to certain technology/equipment will be required for this unit. Contact the unit coordinator for details.

Outcomes

On satisfactory completion of the unit students will be able to:

Identify a television news or current affairs story, research and prepare a brief;
Shoot, interview, script and edit a television story;
Demonstrate the ability to successfully undertake individual and group work;
Analyse and evaluate key ethical and legal issues and obligations associated with television reporting, particularly as they apply to the South African and African contexts.
Demonstrate the capacity to apply basic professional standards to production and presentation of television news.

Assessment

Minor project (News/current affairs video reports totalling 3-minutes): 25%
Major Project (Current affairs/feature video reports totalling 6-minutes): 50%
Online critical reflection and in-class invigilation: 25%