Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
Production and Filming
Teaching staff
Introduction
The course aims to familiarize students with the processes that make it possible to carry out a project in the field of television and professional audiovisual production. All issues related to the main stages of the audiovisual project will be analyzed: pre-production, production and post-production.
Pre-course requirements
No specific prerequisites are required to pursue this subject. However, it is advisable to have previously completed the following subjects: Advertising Language, Plato, Television Communication (First course); Advertising Language Workshop (Second course) and Audiovisual Narrative Techniques (Third course).
Objectives
The main objective of the subject is to teach students to become aware of all the phases and tasks that make up the process of realization and production of an audiovisual project, emphasizing the realization of different television genres, advertising , report, etc. It will try to give a concrete vision of all the theoretical and organizational phase of preproduction, as well as the phase of production, more practical stage where the previous knowledge converge with the creative capacity of realization.
As secondary objectives, they are the consolidation of the knowledge of the language and audiovisual narrative, and the capacity of analysis of the own techniques of accomplishment of the different sorts from the televising means.
Competences/Learning outcomes of the degree programme
- 01 - The ability to plan technical resources
- 02 - The ability to plan human resources
- 03 - The ability to plan personal resources (personnel, materials, seasonal...)
- 05 - The ability to learn autonomously
- 06 - The ability to act autonomously and responsibly
- 07 - The ability to work in a group
- 24 - The ability to plan and carry out audio visual and cinematographic projects
- 25 - The ability to plan and carry out the economic repayment of a film or product
- 26 - The ability to coordinate yourself and /or work together to / with a team
- 41 - The ability to understand and apply lighting and sound techniques of a film production
- 42 - The ability to understand and apply the techniques and methods of film editing and post production
- 43 - The ability to understand and apply different television genres and formats
- 44 - The ability to understand and apply the various stages of development of a television programme
- 45 - The ability to understand and apply different types of programme scripts
- 46 - The ability to understand and apply the different lighting, graphic and staging resources
- 47 - The ability to understand and apply the processes of television programme creation
- 48 - The ability to understand and apply the expressive possibilities of new technologies
- 51 - The ability to understand and apply the theories and techniques of image
- 52 - The ability to design and critique an audiovisual script
- 53 - The ability to design and critique an audiovisual or media product
Learning outcomes of the subject
- The student's learning outcomes once the subject has been taken are as follows:
- To know the different stages of the process of creating an audiovisual project: from the initial idea and the pre-production, to the final production and post-production.
- Distinguish the different agents and roles that make up the production of an audiovisual project.
- To know how to work an audiovisual commission, executing each and every one of the phases of creation of the project.
- Know how to present a project and grant document in television format, clearly presenting the ideas and making the proposal attractive.
- Know how to draw up the different documents that are needed in the production process: from a production budget to a sheet center, storyboard, etc.
- Have organizational skills and know how to lead teams.
- Achieve the technical bases of audiovisual narration applied to different genres of television production.
- Use audiovisual narrative resources to be able to adequately express creativity through models, moodboards, etc.
- Know how to use different expressive techniques of the audiovisual.
Syllabus
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Teaching and learning activities
In blended
The work methodology of the subject is based on a previous theoretical knowledge that will be put into practice through the different exercises that will be developed during the course. The objective of the practices (which will be individual and group) is to know all the phases and processes that make up the production of a tv commercial.
TRAINING ACTIVITY:- Lectures. In lectures, lecturers/professors not only transmit content or knowledge, but also, and above all else, attitudes, motivation, skills and values, etc. They also ensure that participants can express their opinions and arguments to the other students.
- Seminar. This activity will consist of taking an in-depth look at specific up-to-date topics in a monographic manner-in some cases these topics will have been debated socially-, via active work in small groups.
- Meeting Point. Meetings will be organised with notable people from the professional and scientific fields or the international field, and students. These sessions will take the form of conferences, work sessions, discussions, or interviews, etc.
- Coaching. Monitoring how students learn the content of the subject, either individually or in groups. In the coaching sessions, mistakes will be corrected, queries answered, and exercises and activities to achieve the established objectives will be suggested.
Evaluation systems and criteria
In blended
Exercises
All exercises and exams must be submitted online.
Exercise 1: Theory Genres and Formats.
Exercise 2: Pre-production Analysis.
Exercise 3: Production Memory.
Exams
1 Partial exam. Individual. 25%
2 Partial Exam: Presentation and Final Exercise Video Project. 25%
In order to pass this class, students must complete all exercises and exams. In case a student failed, he/she would have to:
- Do an exam of all class contents (50%), create a Production Document (30%), and handle a paper (20%)
Bibliography and resources
Bibliography
Andreu, Cristina. Guía de Creación audiovisual. De la idea a la pantalla. Apartado Glosario. Cooperación Española. Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID). Dirección de Relaciones Culturales y Científicas.
Carrasco Campos, Angel. Teleseries: géneros y formatos. Ensayo de definiciones. Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (Madrid) art. Nº9 /ISSN: 1989-8681/págs. 174-200
Mas Manchón, Lluís. Estructura del Discurso Televisivo: Hacia una Teoría de los Géneros. Cuadernos de Información, núm. 29, julio-diciembre, 2011, pp. 77-90 Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
Luna, Christian. La historia de la televisión: de la imagen muda a Netflix. Historia y Tecnología, La Vanguardia, Mayo 2020.
Recommended Bibliography
Aumont, Jaques. Estética del cine. Paidós Comunicación. Barcelona.
Barroso García, J. (2008). Realización audiovisual. Madrid: Síntesis.
Comparato, D. (1989). El guió: art i tècnica d’escriure per al cinema i la televisió. Bellaterra: Publicacions de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.
Fernández Díez, F. & Martínez Abadía, J. (1999). Manual básico de lenguaje y narrativa audiovisual. Barcelona: Paidós.
Marimón, Joan. (2016) El Montaje Cinematográfico. Ed. UB.
Millerson, G. (2001). Técnicas de realización y producción en televisión. Madrid: IORTV.
Web references
During the class, links and other recommended online resources will be provided.