TV Production
Courses
TVPR 100 TV Studio: Basic Operations 3.0 Credits
This course will focus on developing operational skills for all studio production facilities including camera operations and composition, microphones and audio mixers, basic lighting, teleprompter, video switcher and graphics playback.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
TVPR 200 TV Studio: Live Directing 3.0 Credits
This course is an Introduction to directing live and taped multi-camera television productions in a studio setting. The emphasis will be on developing solid, basic directing technique that will be built upon in subsequent additional directing courses. Students will direct simple programs in almost every class.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: TVPR 100 [Min Grade: D] or FMTV 130 [Min Grade: D]
TVPR 201 TV Studio: Comedy 3.0 Credits
This course gives students instruction and experience in producing, interpreting, staging, directing, shooting, and live-cutting scenes in a studio. Students also experience the challenge of managing a cast and crew while simultaneously dealing with the kind of time, resource, and technical limitations that exist in the professional world.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: TVPR 100 [Min Grade: D] or FMTV 130 [Min Grade: D]
TVPR 205 TV Studio: Advanced Live Directing 3.0 Credits
This course is designed to build on skills acquired in TVPR 200 TV Studio: Live Directing. Students will direct increasingly more complex programs, primarily news and information shows. Additional directing opportunities for the production of programming for DUTV will be offered to students taking this course.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: (TVPR 100 [Min Grade: D] or FMTV 130 [Min Grade: D]) and TVPR 200 [Min Grade: D]
TVPR 210 TV Studio: Narrative 3.0 Credits
This course gives students instruction and experience in producing, interpreting, staging, directing, shooting, and live-cutting scenes in a studio. Students will experience the challenge of managing a cast and crew while simultaneously dealing with the kind of time, resource, and creative challenges that exist in the professional world.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Restrictions: Cannot enroll if classification is Freshman
TVPR 212 TV Commercials and Promos 3.0 Credits
Students will analyze and produce a wide varity of television commercials and promos. Fundamental concepts of brand marketing will be presented and utilized in the production of student’s own script-to-screen commercials and promos. This history of commercials, both in the United States and worlwide, will also be studied.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: (FMVD 110 [Min Grade: D] and FMVD 115 [Min Grade: D] and FMVD 120 [Min Grade: D]) or (FMTV 110 [Min Grade: D] and FMTV 115 [Min Grade: D] and FMTV 120 [Min Grade: D])
TVPR 220 TV News Writing 3.0 Credits
This is a basic introduction to writing for television news broadcasts. Students will learn to conceptualize, confirm and write stories on deadline, and develop basic interviewing skills. Issue of journalistic ethics will be presented and discussed. Weekly story assignments will be given to augment classroom work.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
TVPR 221 TV News Production 3.0 Credits
This course is an introduction to single camera field production for TV news, exposing students to the basics of writing, shooting, field lighting and remote news production logistics. Students will learn techniques of video and audio acquisition as well as satellite, microwave and STL type operations.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: FMVD 110 [Min Grade: D] or FMTV 110 [Min Grade: D]
TVPR 230 Scripted TV Production 3.0 Credits
This course gives students instruction and experience in scouting, prepping, producing, interpreting, staging, directing, and shooting dramatic scenes on location. Students also experience the challenge of managing a cast and crew while simultaneously dealing with the kind of time, resource and technical limitations that exist in the professional world.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: (FMVD 110 [Min Grade: D] or FMTV 110 [Min Grade: D]) and (FMVD 115 [Min Grade: D] or FMTV 115 [Min Grade: D]) and (FMVD 120 [Min Grade: D] or FMTV 120 [Min Grade: D])
TVPR 236 Reality TV Production 3.0 Credits
This course gives students instruction and experience in doing Reality TV shows in the field.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated 2 times for 9 credits
Prerequisites: (FMVD 110 [Min Grade: D] and FMVD 115 [Min Grade: D] and FMVD 120 [Min Grade: D]) or (FMTV 110 [Min Grade: D] and FMTV 115 [Min Grade: D] and FMTV 120 [Min Grade: D])
TVPR 242 TV On-Camera Performance 3.0 Credits
Students will receive practical experience in all aspects of television performance, including anchoring, reporting, announcing, hosting, and acting. This class is designed specifically for those production students with little or no acting or on-camera experience, but who will benefit from a greater understanding of the performance process.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
TVPR 291 Television Internship 1.0-3.0 Credit
The student does a non-paying internship in the field of television for academic credit, working a minimum of 100 hours in a 10-week term for 3 credits. The student provides an initial informational sheet on the internship and submits a final paper on the experience. May be repeated for credit. The first time the course may be taken for 3 credits. After that, the course may be repeated, but for 1 credit each time. Department permission required.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated 3 times for 12 credits
TVPR 495 Senior Project: TV Production I 3.0 Credits
Both production tracks in the Television major, TV Comedy & Drama Production and TV News & Nonfiction Production, take this first course in a 3-course sequence for senior project. Students will take on significant roles, such as producer, writer, director, videographer, or editor in the production of television programs.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Restrictions: Can enroll if major is TELE and classification is Senior.
Prerequisites: FMTV 340 [Min Grade: D]
TVPR 496 Senior Project: TV Production II 3.0 Credits
Both production tracks in the Television major, TV Comedy & Drama Production and TV News & Nonfiction Production, take this second course in a 3-course sequence for senior project. Students will take on significant roles, such as producer, writer, director, videographer, or editor in the production of television programs.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Restrictions: Can enroll if major is TELE and classification is Senior.
TVPR 497 Senior Project: TV Production III 3.0 Credits
Both production tracks in the Television major, TV Comedy & Drama Production and TV News & Nonfiction Production, take this third course in a 3-course sequence for senior project. Students will take on significant roles, such as producer, writer, director, videographer, or editor in the production of television programs.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Restrictions: Can enroll if major is TELE and classification is Senior.
TVPR I199 Independent Study in TV Production 0.0-12.0 Credits
Self-directed within the area of study requiring intermittent consultation with a designated instructor.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit
TVPR I299 Independent Study in TV Production 0.0-12.0 Credits
Self-directed within the area of study requiring intermittent consultation with a designated instructor.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit
TVPR I399 Independent Study in TV Production 0.5-12.0 Credits
Self-directed within the area of study requiring intermittent consultation with a designated instructor.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit
TVPR I499 Independent Study in TV Production 0.0-12.0 Credits
Self-directed within the area of study requiring intermittent consultation with a designated instructor.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit
TVPR T180 Special Topics in TV Production 0.0-12.0 Credits
Topics decided upon by faculty will vary within the area of study.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit
TVPR T280 Special Topics in TV Production 0.0-12.0 Credits
Topics decided upon by faculty will vary within the area of study.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit
TVPR T380 Special Topics in TV Production 0.5-6.0 Credits
Topics decided upon by faculty will vary within the area of study.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated 6 times for 18 credits
TVPR T480 Special Topics in TV Production 0.0-12.0 Credits
Topics decided upon by faculty will vary within the area of study.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit
