Syllabus

COURSE TITLE

INSTRUCTOR

ROOM

Media Production

Mrs. Vartuli

251

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course is offered to all students attending Queensbury High School. Students taking this course will learn how to tie together audio, video, photo, live broadcasting, and other communications with media productions. Students will have the opportunity to create various video projects including news broadcasting on the QHS Morning Show (optional), TV commercials, biographies, documentaries, music videos, news interviews, movie trailers, and more!

GRADES & SCORING

Every course assignment will have a total amount of points possible to earn, of which the student will earn some percentage with participation. Most files will be submitted to the instructor electronically. Receiving a final average lower than 65% is considered a "fail" for this course.

Assignments/Projects are worth 70% of the overall grade.

Quizzes are worth 10% of your overall grade.

Participation is worth 20% of the overall grade.

PARTICIPATION & TARDINESS POLICY

Students are encouraged to actively participate during class, which includes staying on task during independent or partner project work. Participation will be a grade between 0-100 points. This grade will be worth 20% of the final grade.

If a student arrives late to the class without a pass, they will be warned once. The second time a student arrives to class late they will be marked tardy. Further tardiness will result in detention, parent phone call, referral and/or detention.

CLASSROOM RULES

Behavioral Expectations

enter/exit room quietly
come prepared to work
follow instructions the first time they are given
do not hinder the learning process of your classmates
when I am talking, you are not
always treat camera and equipment with care, return them in the same condition as when they left (follow sign-out procedure)

Do NOT Bring to Class

food, candy, drinks
toys (I take them away)
magazines/whiteout
magnetic devices
anything that can damage computer equipment
Cell phones: first time = warning, second time = taken

TOPICS

1. Introduction to Sony Vegas and TriCaster Equipment

2. Camera Angles, Shots, and Lighting

3. Editing Effects

4. Interviewing

5. Broadcast Script Writing

6. Projects:

Commercial
Biography
Music Video
Spartan (student) of the Week
QHS Sports Highlights
Current Events (sports, clubs, community events, weather)
Opinion Interviews
Voice-over video

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