Television Anchoring
Teacher
Dr. Chinu Bohidar
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Core Courses
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Course Name : Television Anchoring
Code(Credit) : CUMC 2372 (0-4-3)
Course Objectives
- To develop news gathering and personality development skills
- To improve voice Modulation, News writing and Copy Editing
- To develop camera rehearsals, studio and outdoor
- To enhance skills of show hosting: talk shows, reality show and non-fiction program
Learning Outcomes
After successful completion of this course shall enable the student:
- The students will be a good news anchor.
- A learner can write be a reporter, copy editor and produce a bulletin for electronic media.
- At the end of this course the learner can organise live shows, group discussion and exclusive interviews with experts of any field
Projects List
- Television Anchoring both live and recording on Camera
- Interview Techniques and Group discussion skill on Camera
- Program Producer along with stage management
- Script writing of different special program
References:
- Encyclopedia of Radio Jockeying and News Anchoring by Dibyanshu Kumar
- Radio Jockeying and News Anchoring by Aruna Zachariah
- The Abc of News Anchoring by Author Richa Jain Kalra
Course Syllabus
Module -I
Formats of Television Programme, Basics of Production, Production Personnel: Roles and Responsibilities, Technical aspects of TV/VIDEO Production. Electronic News Gathering & Electronic Filed Production Television Channel- Roles & Responsibilities, Basics of Television News, Features of News and News Values, Functioning of TV News Channel, News room and News Bureau, Functioning of News Channel and News Room, Duties and Responsibilities of News Personnel. Role of Anchor in News gathering and news channel.
Module-II
TV/Video as medium of Communication, Characteristics & Essentials of Broadcast Language, Basics of writing for Television, Difference in writing for Electronic and other Media, News: Concepts and elements, Basics of Sentence Structuring, Methods of paraphrasing, attribution, quoting. Writing for visuals and Visual communication writing simple News stories, Writing Intros / Opening, Headlines & Closing / Concluding.
Module-III
News Bulletin, Anchor as a reporter as a reporter. Reporting Assignment- Local and Nation Issues Both, News Scripting for news and features. English, Odia and Hindi Typing in DTP/ Shrilipi or phonetic
Module-IV
Basic Principles of Television News Presentation, The TV News Anchor- Qualities, roles, skills and responsibilities, professional ethics, dress sense, performance, dealing with contingencies. Studio and Camera facing techniques- overcoming fright, Grooming for camera, on camera movement, holding props, scripts, peripheral vision, cue cards and makeup etc.
Module-V
Tele-prompter and its functioning, Voice analysis-pitch, volume, pronunciation and vitality. Broadcast Language Mechanics—Pronunciation (English, Hindi & Urdu), articulation, diction, inflection, accentual patterns, pitch, tone, emphasis, speed, breathing, voice modulation, voice projection, improvisation and impromptu Anchoring with and without Tele-prompter, Studio and Outdoor Anchoring. Last minute changes in teleprompter and uses of teleprompter in live news anchoring. Basic Difference between News and Non-News Programe, Non- news show anchoring, Anchoring different Journalistic genres- documentary, Interview-Based Shows, Interactive and Panel Discussion., Phone in programs .
Session Plan
Session 1
Television Program Format. Dry News, Anchor Voice, Anchor Voice Byte and Package.
Session 2
Basics of Production, Production Personnel: Roles and Responsibilities, Technical aspects of TV/VIDEO Production. Electronic News Gathering & Electronic Filed Production.
Session 6
Practice: News Writing from Press Brief.
Session 7
Practice: News Writing from Press Release.
Session 8
Project: News Writing for Press Brief and News release.
Session 11
Practice: Odia DTP and Hindi DTP
Session 12
Practice: Odia DTP and Hindi DTP
Session 13
Practice- Odia DTP and Hindi DTP
Session 14
Practice- Odia DTP and Hindi DTP
Session 16
Practice- 7
News Reporting and News writing on Bhubaneswar Campus
Session 17
Practice-8
News Story writing on Crime based event using press release.
Session 18
Practice- Writing for special event
Session 20
Practice- Reporting and Live Anchoring by students
Session 21, 22, 23
Project: 20 Min Bulletin of local and campus news by students which involves reporting, video capturing, voice over, editing and then final packaging.
Session 25
Practice- Reporting and Live Anchoring by students
Session 26
Practice: One to One Interview skill
Session 28
Practice- Script Writing in English/Hindi/ Odia in teleprompter and News reading practice using teleprompter.
Session 29
Practice- Script Writing and News reading and recording using Teleprompter
Session 30,31,32
Practice: 20 min Special Bulletin on current issue by students that includes reporting, scripting, editing, news anchoring and entire packaging.
Session 34
Practice- Edit, Rewrite copy of ANI, UNI and PTI website
Session 35
Practice- Copy edit and writing of ANI/PTI/ UNI copy
Session 36
Practice- Copy edit and write ANI, PTI and UNI copy by the students
Session 37,38
PROJECT: Vox Pop about a current issue.
Students will collect the reaction and bytes of people with an introductory speech and will edit it and present.
Session 42
Practice- 19, 20
News Anchoring and using Teleprompter
Session 44
Project: Interview with Experts of any field.
The Project involve short story, an one to one interview with multiple questions and complete package by students
Session 45, 46
Practice- PTC and Stand ups on current issue, shooting, Anchoring and complete packaging.
Session 47
Practice- News Anchoring and using Teleprompter
Session 48
Practice- News Anchoring and using Teleprompter
Session 49
Practice -News Anchoring and using Teleprompter
Session 50
Practice- News Anchoring and using Teleprompter
Session 51
Practice- News Anchoring and using Teleprompter
Session 52
Practice - News Anchoring and using Teleprompter
Session 53
Practice- News Anchoring and using Teleprompter
Session 55
Practice- Script Writing on special Occasion and News Anchoring using Teleprompter
Session 56
Practice- Script Writing on special Occasion and News Anchoring using Teleprompter
Session 57
Practice- News Anchoring and using Teleprompter
Session 59
Practice - Interview Technique with Single Camera handling with all set up by students.
Session 60
practice- Interview Technique with Single Camera handling with all set up by students.
Session 61
Practice- Interview Technique with Single Camera handling with all set up by students.
Session 62, 63
Project- Interview Technique with Single Camera handling with all set up by students.
Session 65
Practice- Interview Technique with Single Camera handling with all set up by students.
Session- 66
Practice- Outdoor Interview without Teleprompter by Students
Session 67
Project-Outdoor Interview without Teleprompter by Students and recording suing single camera.
Session 68
Project- Indoor interview using Single Camera by Students.
Session 69
Practice-Outdoor Interview with moving camera and without tripod by Students.
Session 70
Practice- Outdoor Anchoring on human interest story along with interview on camera, shooting, editing and complete packaging.
Session 71
Practice- Outdoor Anchoring on automobiles, its features, model, on-road performance etc
Session 72
Practice- Outdoor Anchoring on human interest story along with interview on camera, shooting, editing and complete packaging.
Session 73
Project- Indoor Anchoring on health issues story along with interview on camera, shooting, editing and complete packaging.
Session 74
Project- Outdoor Anchoring on automobiles, its features, model, on-road performance and complete packaging.
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Our Main Teachers
Ms. Chinu Bohidar, Assistant Professor, School of Media and Communication presently pursuing Ph.D in Journalism and Mass Communication from Berhampur University ( Already submitted the thesis). She has more than 5 years of experience in the field of TV Journalism. She has worked as field reporter, Bulletin Producer and as news Anchor in the leading […]