Television Production—Writing, Producing, and Performing
Television Production—Writing, Producing, and Performance is a one-credit course that provides students with a variety of real-world learning opportunities through laboratory experiences in television writing, producing, and performing. Students perform specialized roles in a regularly scheduled television program along with students specializing in Television Production—Studio Operations and Television Production—Photography and Editing. Students who successfully complete this course are prepared for Advanced Television Production; further study in television, film, and communications at the college level; or for entry-level positions in television, film, and communications industries. The prerequisite for this course is Introduction to Television Production.
Career and technical student organizations are integral, cocurricular components of each career and technical education course. These organizations serve as a means to enhance classroom instruction while helping students develop leadership abilities, expand workplace-readiness skills, and broaden opportunities for personal and professional growth.
Safety
Students will:
1. Use safety skills associated with writing, producing, and performing roles in television
production.
Ethics and Practices
2. Apply aspects of writing, producing, and performing to television information-gathering techniques for a studio production.
> Examples: video and audio consent, fact confirmation, Internet use, copyright laws
3. Differentiate among television styles of writing, producing, and performing.
> Examples: informative, entertainment, sensational
4. Utilize correct writing, producing, performing, and public relations skills for television production.
> Examples: positive attitude, polite demeanor, listening techniques
5. Demonstrate ethical behavior of a television writer, producer, and performer.
> Examples: presenting unbiased content, verifying accuracy in subject matter, seeking formal permission, adhering to libel laws
Writing, Producing, and Performing
6. Demonstrate teamwork as a writer, producer, and performer.
> Examples: giving and following instructions, initiating participation, engaging in team critiques, organizing content
7. Use standard interviewing skills.
> Examples: question formation, pre-interview techniques, interview evaluation
8. Utilize proper format, style, and content organization for television writing techniques.
9. Apply on-camera performance skills to obtain desired results.
> Examples: clear speech, diction, eye contact, posture, gestures, appearance
10. Organize television content, including time management and assignment editing.
11. Use writing, producing, and performing skills in a regularly scheduled television program.
12. Compare career options in television production, including writing, producing, and performing for a career specialization.
> Examples: reporter, producer, anchor, writer, actor, researcher, assignment editor, promotions editor