Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
Audiovisual Report
Other languages of instruction: English
Teaching staff
Appointment by mail.
Introduction
The course aims to develop in students the sensitivity and critical perspective necessary to observe their own environment and to discover within it the potential to analyse, reflect upon and represent reality through an audiovisual reportage.
This is an eminently practical course, based on the development of specific group tasks corresponding to professional roles according to the stages of audiovisual reportage production (with medium-length duration), from the thematic selection phase, through research, planning of staging, and final editing of a medium-length film that responds to one of the genre formats reviewed in class.
Students will be divided into working teams of four members: two from the Audiovisual Communication degree and two from the Journalism degree per group. Each member will fulfil specific professional roles within the respective phases of pre-production, production and post-production of the reportage.
Projects must submit their progress to weekly follow-ups, considering approximately four weeks for pre-production, four weeks for production and four weeks for post-production.
Pre-course requirements
No requereix requisits previs, tot i que es valoren els coneixements bàsics de llenguatge audiovisual i l’experiència prèvia en registre d’imatge i so i edició de vídeo.
Objectives
- To design, conceive, research and produce a reportage with professional characteristics, both in terms of its production phases (pre-production, production, post-production), technique, narration and format, demonstrating practical, expressive, sensitive, ethical and aesthetic mastery in the treatment of reality.
- To demonstrate the creative use of the main narrative resources of audiovisual reportage (interviews, commentary, social actors, actions, archive material, etc.) and to place them at the service of a critical, analytical, ethical and socially responsible reflection in the treatment of sources and information.
- To learn to master both the research and the production of a reportage, with special emphasis on the importance of audiovisual documentation in the group development of a product of an informative, interpretative and creative nature that delves into a problem of contemporary reality.
- To be able to work autonomously, to lead learning processes as active protagonists of their education, with the instructor acting as a facilitator and guide for the achievement of the established objectives.
- To value teamwork as the essence of audiovisual production and to demonstrate the ability to collaboratively face and solve problems that may arise within the context of group work.
Competences/Learning outcomes of the degree programme
- 01 - The ability to adapt to varying circumstances
- 02 - The ability to understand, accept criticism and correct errors
- 03 - The ability to administer and manage human and technical resources
- 04 - The ability to work in a team and autonomously
- 05 - The ability to organise time and workspace
- 06 - The ability to develop academic rigour, responsibility, ethics and professionalism
- 07 - The ability to apply the deontology and respect for the audiovisual sector
- 08 - The ability of critical analysis, synthesis, concretion and abstraction
- 10 - The ability to confront difficulties and resolve problems
- 11 - The ability to generate debate and reflection
- 12 - The ability to meet deadlines, develop the ability to be punctual and respect for human, technical and material resources
- 13 - The ability to create spoken and written communication
- 14 - Knowledge and mastery of rhetoric and oratory to communicate own ideas
- 16 - The ability to manage, analysis and reflect on content
- 19 - The ability of informative documentation
- 21 - Knowledge and mastery of the digital culture
- 22 - Knowledge and mastery of the distinction between opinion and information / colloquial and cultured register
- 23 - The ability to prioritize newsworthy events and contrast information
- 24 - The ability to plan and organize both short term and long term projects
- 25 - The ability to maximize creative development
- 26 - The ability to develop a sense of taste and perfection in the aesthetics and finalization of projects
- 32 - The ability to confront audiovisual and film projects in all phases (pre-production, shooting, post-production, distribution)
- 33 - The ability to create and direct.
- 34 - The ability to know and respect the different roles of the artistic and technical teams
- 42 - The ability to distinguish, analyze and dominate the distinct genres and formats of television, film and radio
- 43 - the ability to create scripts for film, television and radio according to the demands of the genre
- 44 - The ability to adapt to new audiovisual formats
- 45 - The ability to know and dominate the techniques of audiovisual narrative.
- 46 - The ability to dominate resources used for image (Photographs, lighting...) and sound.
- 48 - Knowledge and mastery of the techniques of filming, directing, producing and editing
- 49 - The ability to write fluent texts, step outlines or scripts
- 51 - Knowledge and mastery of the functioning of Corporate and Institutional Communication.
- 53 - Lingustic ability in Catalan, Spanish and English
- 54 - The ability to skillfully manage the literature, terminology and linguistic structures of the English language related to the field of communication.
Learning outcomes of the subject
- Students will have succeeded in developing original ideas, formally creative and with correct, attractive and innovative audiovisual technique, for the production of a divulgative reportage, with a critical spirit, feasible to be carried out within the time frame and resources available to the course.
- They will have become familiar with the audiovisual reportage format as a fundamental tool for approaching and interpreting —from a creative, ethical and sensitive perspective— the problems of contemporary reality.
- They will have developed a personal perspective, the progress of which will have been gradually shaped in group creation workshops and in the monitoring of their projects.
- They will understand the diversity and the different informative and creative possibilities offered by the various formats of contemporary reportage.
- They will demonstrate ethical conduct, commitment and social responsibility consistent with the medium in which they will operate in the future as communication professionals, understood as a public good.
Syllabus
Contents (Complementary and Transversal Axes)
AXIS 1 – Concepts and antecedents of audiovisual reportage.
-Characteristics of audiovisual reportage.
-Differences between reportage and documentary.
-Types of audiovisual reportage:
- Informative reportage.
- Interpretative reportage.
- Investigative reportage.
- In-depth reportage.
AXIS 2 – Project development. Weekly follow-up and tutoring in the phases of pre-production, production and post-production.
-Selection of the topic and development of the idea.
-Selection of the format.
-Documentation and research. Film libraries, libraries, video libraries, newspaper archives, internet, museums, press, ethnographic observation, interviews, advisory processes, surveys, etc. Preliminary contacts with interviewees. List of characters to be interviewed and questionnaire.
-Narrative elements for reportage:
- Characters.
- Interviews.
- Locations and settings.
- Action.
- Voice-over narration or commentary.
- Archive material (still and moving images)
- Music and soundtrack.
-Motivation and concept.
-Audiovisual treatment.
-The script (idea, storyline, synopsis, argument, outline, literary script, technical script).
-Production schedule. Shooting and editing timetable.
AXIS 3 – Study of practical case studies, analysis of the strategies deployed by specific reportages.
Teaching and learning activities
In person
In-class activities:
-Lectures for the delivery of basic concepts on audiovisual reportage, theoretical and conceptual frameworks and contents.
-Monitoring of practical research and planning activities, whose progress must be presented weekly by each group.
-Screening and analysis of audiovisual excerpts. Discussion.
Out-of-class activities:
-Bibliographic and audiovisual research, writing and preparation of weekly progress reports, script writing, conducting interviews, etc.
-Shooting and editing of the final reportage.
| TRAINING ACTIVITY | ECTS CREDITS |
| Peer learning. The aim of this activity is to ensure that students gain the ability to analyse and be critical. One way of achieving this is by correcting their peers' exercises and results, etc. Each student will be evaluated twice: as both a recipient and a transmitter of critical knowledge. | 0.6 |
| 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. | 0.4 |
| Practical workshop. A highly practical working activity, where students can acquire skills that are practical or also theoretical (intellectual skills, logical skills, critical skills, intellectual learning skills, study skills, quoting skills, etc). | 0.2 |
| 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. | 0.6 |
| Mentoring programme. Ensuring a review of and in-depth look at competences and knowledge, as well as the development of habits involving social commitment and responsibility, with the strongest students providing guidance for students from lower years, particularly if they have any type of disability (physical, etc). | 0.2 |
| Focused Praxis. Handing in occasional exercises to learn theory through practice. | 0.8 |
| E-learning. Virtual learning based on ICT. | 0.4 |
Evaluation systems and criteria
In person
General aspects
-Continuous assessment. There is no exam.
-Therefore, and given that this is an eminently practical course, class attendance is 100% compulsory.
-It is essential to demonstrate a proactive attitude of involvement in the course, autonomy and rigour in meeting deadlines and work guidelines.
-A grade equal to or higher than 5 must be obtained in each of the following assessments in order to pass the course.
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Average of weekly follow-ups:
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30% |
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Written research report for the reportage:
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15% |
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Literary script:
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15% |
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Final reportage:
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40% |
Second Examination Period (Resit Examination)
If the course is failed in continuous assessment (because one of the grades is below 5 or due to attendance issues), a resit examination covering all theoretical contents of the course must be passed on the dates scheduled for the second examination period.
Only those students who have obtained a grade below 5 in the final audiovisual reportage must also submit an improved version of it. In this case, the grades of the theoretical and practical exams will be averaged equally (only if a grade higher than 5 has been obtained in both parts). To pass the course, a grade higher than 5 must be obtained in both parts.
The second examination period examination will be equivalent to 100% of the final grade, and a grade higher than 5 must be obtained in order to pass the course.
In the third examination period and subsequent ones, the course must be retaken.
*The instructor reserves the right to fail students who do not meet minimum standards of initiative and participation during the process.
*Faculty regulations regarding spelling mistakes and plagiarism will be strictly observed.