- To develop an understanding of Television, its newsroom, organisational structure and reporting process
- To enable students to develop specialisation in niche areas of software training
About the Course
Duration of the Program (semester & hours): V Sem BCom /BBA & 15 hours
The Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, ST PAULS COLLEGE, Bengaluru has been organizing a variety of certificate courses, short-term courses, workshops, seminars and conferences on various themes related to communication and media.
The Certificate course in Television Production and Software Training will help the students who want to learn and upgrade their skills in communication, journalism, and allied fields in anchoring, reporting, camera handling. editing, etc. It also allows the working professionals to enhance and update their knowledge and get a formal certificate.
The students are given conceptual understanding, along with training in professional skills by senior academicians and professionals with rich experience. The syllabus is highly practical-oriented, with strong industry linkages.
Syllabus:
- Television Journalism
Organizational Structure of TV News Channels
Modern TV newsroom: Input/output and Assignment Desks
TV news production desk and its functions
Visual sources: servers, graphics, archives, MSR and OB
TV Newsroom Research and its functions
- Television News: Reporting & Editing
Developing TV stories: Process and planning
Planning and structuring the copy for various audio visual inputs
Structuring a TV news report, V/O‟s, packages and story formats
Editing bytes, procuring and editing visuals – archives, graphics and other sources
Writing anchor leads
Writing for astons, subtitles, scrawls and other TV screen value addition instruments
- Practical in Software
TV editing for different Types of Visuals
Multi-tasking – Planning video footage, generating news content and video editing
Compilation of news: Two-minute bulletins to one-hour news programme
Anchoring
Outcome
- Students will learn the art and craft of TV Journalism and equip them with skills and practices to readily take up journalistic and production jobs in TV Channels.
- To provide extensive hands on training in the latest digital audio-video technologies, social media and new media tools
Job Opportunities
After completing these certificate courses in Television Production and Software Training, the candidates can apply in various Television channels, production houses, OTT platforms, advertisement firms, media industries, news industries, public relation organizations and other journalism corporate segments where one can expect a handsome salary package.
