Radio and Television Program Researching

Description

1. Knowledge and Understanding 1.1 Understand the fundamentals of finding and evaluating stories for production 1.2 Identifying the possibilities to be considered when undertaking research 1.3 Recognize basics guidelines of researching data for a program production 1.4 Diagnose problems that may encounter and help resolve them 2. Intellectual Skills 2.1 Recognize the role of a television researcher on factual and dramatic programs. 2.2 Understand and write research briefs and factual scripts. 2.3 Learning how to set up a shoot, including finding and contracting contributors and locations. 2.4 Understand the compliance process and legal requirements for television production. 3. Professional and Practical skills 3.1 Defining valid ideas for TV stories. 3.2 Understand how to research and develop factual stories for television. 3.3 Suggest the best way to tell a particular story on TV. 3.4 Understand how to find and contract contributors 4.General and Transferable skills 4.1 Understand how to find and contract locations for different production format 4.2 Developing research briefs and short factual scripts. 4.3 Understanding broadcast compliance and location law, including copyright and trespass. 4.4 Identifying a researcher's ethical obligations to their contributors.

Program

Media Department

Objectives

• This course is designed to introduce students to some of the key skills that combine to make a successful TV researcher. It will cover underlying disciplines like story finding. It will focus on ethics, compliance, and the researcher’s duties to both contributor and broadcaster. It will explore different program forms and formats. In addition to how the researcher adapts their practice to different editorial demands. As well as exposing students to some of the professional procedures in the industry.