Student Media V

Study Course Description

Course Description Statuss:Approved

Course Description Version:7.00

Study Course Accepted:30.08.2022 09:15:06

Study Course Information
Course Code:		KSK_273		LQF level:		Level 6
Credit Points:		2.00		ECTS:		3.00
Branch of Science:		Communication Sciences; Communication Theory		Target Audience:		Information and Communication Science
Study Course Supervisor
Course Supervisor:		Marta Herca
Study Course Implementer
Structural Unit:		Faculty of Communication
The Head of Structural Unit:
Contacts:		Riga, 16 Dzirciema Street, kfkorsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67409183
Study Course Planning
Full-Time - Semester No.1
Lectures (count)		2	Lecture Length (academic hours)		2	Total Contact Hours of Lectures		4
Classes (count)		6	Class Length (academic hours)		2	Total Contact Hours of Classes		12
Total Contact Hours								16
Part-Time - Semester No.1
Lectures (count)		2	Lecture Length (academic hours)		2	Total Contact Hours of Lectures		4
Classes (count)		6	Class Length (academic hours)		2	Total Contact Hours of Classes		12
Total Contact Hours								16
Study course description
Preliminary Knowledge:
The course “Introduction to the Studies and Speciality” has been mastered.
Objective:
Student media is a place where students develop their skills to tell media stories. During the class students learn to pitch their ideas, develop storylines, make research, and go through all the basic phases of media story publishing, including postproduction and social media coverage.
Topic Layout (Full-Time)
No.	Topic			Type of Implementation		Number	Venue
1	Making a video			Lectures		1.00	auditorium
				Classes		1.00	auditorium
2	Doing the research and script writing			Lectures		1.00	auditorium
3	Storyboard			Classes		1.00	auditorium
4	Field production			Classes		1.00	auditorium
5	Stages of editing, voiceover			Classes		1.00	computer room
6	Postproduction - editing, sound design, coloring, graphics			Classes		1.00	auditorium
7	Social media story			Classes		1.00	auditorium
Topic Layout (Part-Time)
No.	Topic			Type of Implementation		Number	Venue
1	Making a video			Lectures		1.00	auditorium
				Classes		1.00	auditorium
2	Doing the research and script writing			Lectures		1.00	auditorium
3	Storyboard			Classes		1.00	auditorium
4	Field production			Classes		1.00	auditorium
5	Stages of editing, voiceover			Classes		1.00	computer room
6	Postproduction - editing, sound design, coloring, graphics			Classes		1.00	auditorium
7	Social media story			Classes		1.00	auditorium
Assessment
Unaided Work:
During the class students will create and publish multimedia stories online.
Assessment Criteria:
Workshop and small assignments during the week (30%), media publications (70%).
Final Examination (Full-Time):		Exam (Written)
Final Examination (Part-Time):		Exam (Written)
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge:		At the end of the class students know when and why video is the best way to tell the story, and if they have what it takes - time, human resources, equipment.
Skills:		All the aspects and phases of video making is well known - development of ideas, script writing, drawing the storyboard, filming, editing, postproduction, publishing.
Competencies:		Ability to deconstruct and analyze a videostory in a proffesional way.
Bibliography
No.	Reference
Required Reading
1	Ward, Frazer. No Innocent Bystanders : Performance Art and Audience. 2012
2	Apple, J., Lapalma M. Performance / Media / Art / Culture : Selected Essays. 2019
3	Spencer, C., Meskimmon M., Jones, A. Beyond the Happening: Performance Art and the Politics of Communication. 2020. (PRIMO)
4	Rosenberg, Tiina. Don’t Be Quiet, Start a Riot! 2016. (PRIMO)