1st Term | Study Guide ("Broadcasting" tab) | Media Release Form | Digital Media Contract

Mon., Oct. 25 through Fri., Oct. 29, 2010

I have moved the Final Cut Editing assignment to 2nd term so that you have plenty of time to thoroughly learn how to edit a newscast. I will grade your progress on Tuesday, November 2, 2010.

Tue., Oct. 19 through Thur., Oct. 21, 2010

In class, you received a tutorial on using Final Cut Pro for editing. This software was specifically purchased for the TV studio. Since this is new to all of us, we will need to teach ourselves and each other how to use this software. For this purpose, I am putting together links on the tutorial page to help us. In your Movies folder is a Broadcast Editing Practice folder with video shot in the first semester of last school year. Use these files to edit together a news broadcast. I will come around and grade you on your progress in learning editing in Final Cut Pro on Monday, October 25, 2010.

Fri., Oct. 1 through Wed., Oct. 13, 2010

I will not be in class this morning until the very end (hopefully). The production schedule on Evernote should explain everything. Continue with broadcast as if I was there. Turn your scripts in today for grading, then continue reading Ch. 1 and all should now be reading Ch. 2 in the Television Production Handbook when you are not in the studio.

Thursday, September 23, 2010

Turn your scripts in today for grading, then continue reading Ch. 1 and all should now be reading Ch. 2 in the Television Production Handbook when you are not in the studio.

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

The broadcasts keep getting better and we are integrating students into the more responsible positions of floor director and producer. Good job. Those of you not writing and not in production should now have finished reading Ch. 1 and all should now be reading Ch. 2 in the Television Production Handbook when you are not in the studio.

With Homecoming approaching, please start thinking about how you would like to cover it for the broadcast. It is time to take a production crew 'on location' to create 'packages'. Let me know what your plans are for covering Homecoming.

Wed., Sept. 15 through Fri., Sept. 17, 2010

Today (Sept. 15th) I would like you to turn in your scripts, whether used for the newscast or not, for grading. Also, if you are missing a script from last time, turn one in today since midterm is Thursday.

Our first broadcast that was done on time AND had our background chromakeyed into the broadcast. It looked good and that was not only through the great efforts of Gus Bustillos, but the fact that we were out of the studio early. Good job everyone, the administration even noticed how good the newscast was.

Monday, September 13, 2010

I was impressed by our crew today. We got the broadcast uploaded and ready by the time the bell rang. Normally this is 10 minutes late but today was Late Start Monday and all the class periods were shortened. Good job!

Thursday, September 9, 2010

Congratulations to all involved for getting the broadcast written, shot, edited and uploaded in time for the end of 2nd period (our goal everyday). This is the earliest in the school year we were able to accomplish this.

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Today we are still working on writing good scripts in a timely manner so that we can get our broadcast posted online by the end of second period. However, today I would like you to print out your script in the A/V format and turn it in for my review. When you are done writing, be sure to read Ch. 1 in the Television Broadcasting Handbook.

Tue., Aug. 31 through Thur., Sept. 2, 2010

This week we will be working on writing good scripts in a timely manner so that we can get our broadcast posted online by the end of second period. When you are done writing, be sure to read Ch. 1 in the Television Broadcasting Handbook.

Friday, August 27, 2010

You were given the school's daily announcements in class today and instructed to rewrite them in such a way that it would sound good if read by a news anchor. To do this, you needed to use script-writing software. In class, we use the free program Celtx. If you want to practice writing at home, you can download the program for practically any platform (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.). We also discussed the production schedule, editing, and throwing the Broadcast I students into the fire when we try to crank out the first broadcast on Tuesday, August 31, 2010.

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

As mentioned yesterday in our introduction, the news director at KUTV told me on my tour the day I started there that everyone has a college degree and can write well. It is now time to exercise our writing abilities. I told you that writing something that runs 25 seconds is quite a challenge. We won't start doing that just yet. Instead, we'll start with a simple writing exercise called "What's YOUR Story?" This is where you write about an event or defining moment in your life that tells something about you. This is not an autobiography, we don't have time to hear about your whole life. We just want a story that tells something about you. Your story should be written in Microsoft Word, OpenOffice, or some other word processor. It should be at least one page single spaced and be emailed to rathke@teacher.com by the beginning of class on Friday, August 27, 2010.

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Welcome to the first day of class. Today you will receive my disclosure, which is due back to me next time we meet or you will not have access to the computers. And you will forfeit points since this is your first assignment. I will discuss what my expectations are and what the rules in my classroom will be this year. Your disclosure is due back to me signed by you and a parent/guardian by Friday, August 27, 2010.