| Course Name | Advanced Radio Porduction |
| Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCS 414 | Fall/Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Prerequisites | None | |||||
| Course Language | English | |||||
| Course Type | Elective | |||||
| Course Level | First Cycle | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | - | |||||
| Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course | ||||||
| Course Coordinator | - | |||||
| Course Lecturer(s) | - | |||||
| Assistant(s) | - | |||||
| Course Objectives | To engage students in the principles and techniques of advanced recorded radio and sound production by exploring, creating and analysing various genres of radio and audio production. It is highly recommended that MCS 413 Radio Production class has been successfully completed before taking this course. |
| Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Description | Studio practice and audio editing are at the heart of this course. Students will have many hours of handson practice. This practice will be informed by weekly discussions of principles essential to making good audio productions. |
| Related Sustainable Development Goals | |
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| Core Courses | |
| Major Area Courses | ||
| Supportive Courses | X | |
| Media and Managment Skills Courses | ||
| Transferable Skill Courses |
| Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
| 1 | Introduction, discuss radio soap operas. | |
| 2 | Types of microphones. Select story, select roles. Plan for 10 week run of soap. | S. Alten (1986), Audio in Media, pp. 102150. |
| 3 | From plan to script, music, sound effects, jingles and promos | Crook p. 3 11 |
| 4 | Start recording radio soap opera. This continues every week until week 14. %30 | Crook p. 12 15 |
| 5 | Documentary review. | McLeish (2005), Radio Production, pp.264275. Biewen p. |
| 6 | Planning documentaries, preproduction | S. Alten (1986), Audio in Media, pp.264290. Biewen p. |
| 7 | Remotes | McLeish (2005), Radio Production, pp.204212 |
| 8 | Present midterm projects and dossiers (radio documentary) and critique (%30) | |
| 9 | Miking speech. | S. Alten (1986), Audio in Media, pp. 292308. McLeish (2005), Radio Production, pp.115127. |
| 10 | Drama review | McLeish (2005), Radio Production, pp.242251. Crook 2130 |
| 11 | Recording sound effects | S. Alten (1986), Audio in Media, pp.417422. |
| 12 | Recording dramas | S. Alten (1986), Audio in Media, pp.309315. Crook p. 30 37 |
| 13 | Drama postproduction | McLeish (2005), Radio Production, pp.252263. Ahiska p. 159 182 |
| 14 | Present final projects and dossiers (radio drama) and critique (%30) | McLeish (2005), Radio Production, pp.252263. |
| 15 | Review of the Semester | |
| 16 | Review of the Semester |
| Course Notes/Textbooks | Lecture and power point presentations |
| Suggested Readings/Materials |
| Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
| Participation | 15 | 10 |
| Laboratory / Application | ||
| Field Work | ||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
| Portfolio | ||
| Homework / Assignments | 10 | 30 |
| Presentation / Jury | ||
| Project | ||
| Seminar / Workshop | ||
| Oral Exam | ||
| Midterm | 1 | 30 |
| Final Exam | 1 | 30 |
| Total |
| Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 70 | |
| Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 30 | |
| Total |
| Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
| Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | ||
| Study Hours Out of Class | 15 | 1 | 15 |
| Field Work | |||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | |||
| Portfolio | |||
| Homework / Assignments | 10 | 1 | |
| Presentation / Jury | |||
| Project | |||
| Seminar / Workshop | |||
| Oral Exam | |||
| Midterms | 1 | 15 | |
| Final Exams | 1 | 32 | |
| Total | 120 |
| # | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | To be able to critically discuss and interpret the theories, concepts and ideas that form the basis of the discipline of new media and communication. | X | ||||
| 2 | To be able to critically interpret theoretical debates concerning the relations between the forms, agents, and factors that play a role in the field of new media and communication. | X | ||||
| 3 | To have the fundamental knowledge and ability to use the technical equipment and software programs required by the new media production processes. | X | ||||
| 4 | To be able to gather, scrutinize and scientifically investigate data in the processes of production and distribution. | |||||
| 5 | To be able to use the acquired theoretical knowledge in practice. | X | ||||
| 6 | To be able to take responsibility both individually and as a member of a group to develop solutions to problems encountered in the field of new media and communication. | |||||
| 7 | To be informed about national, regional, and global issues and problems; to be able to generate problem-solving methods depending on the quality of evidence and research, and to acquire the ability to report the conclusions of those methods to the public. | |||||
| 8 | To be able to critically discuss and draw on theories, concepts and ideas that form the basis of other disciplines complementing the field of new media and communication studies. | |||||
| 9 | To be able to develop and use knowledge and skills towards personal and social goals in a lifelong process. | X | ||||
| 10 | To be able to apply social, scientific and professional ethical values in the field of new media and communication. | X | ||||
| 11 | To be able to collect datain the areas of new media and communication and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1). | |||||
| 12 | To be able to speak a second foreign language at a medium level of fluency efficiently. | X | ||||
| 13 | To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to their field of expertise. | |||||
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