COURSE DURATION: 4 WEEKS
LEARNING HOURS: 160
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH WITH SIMULTANEOUS TRANSLATION INTO YOUR NATIVE LANGUAGE
OPTION: MASTER CLASSES CONDUCTED BY HOLLYWOOD STARS
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The program ‘School of a contemporary TV broadcaster’ is designed for people who already have a journalism background, students of faculties of journalism, for those wishing to re-train from their existing creative occupation to the profession of a TV broadcaster or obtain additional vocational training. However, basically our course will be useful and interesting to all aspiring journalists without exception. Our course targets three main objectives:
A 4-week training course ‘School of a contemporary TV broadcaster’ is designed for teaching foreign students the contemporary American approach to the profession. Our course has been designed to provide students with conditions for an active immersion into the fundamentals of the profession in the short period of their stay in Hollywood. For this purpose the HOLLYWOOD INTERNATIONAL MOVIE CENTER (HIMC) in collaboration with Columbia College Hollywood (CCH), Emerson College LA (ELA) and Musicians Institute (MI) provides students access to fully equipped classrooms and sets/stages for training, and comfortable dwelling quarters not far from the Academy.
The curriculum is designed so as students can apply the theoretical knowledge obtained in class to practice. For that purpose we provide the opportunity to conduct hands-on training at one of the biggest TV studio, where our students, using cutting-edge digital technologies, will be able to practice their skills in all aspects of the broadcasting profession, and get acquainted with the advanced digital technologies and methods presently used in this professional field. Students will work with digital HDTV and HDCAM cameras that afford them the opportunity to shoot in a variety of formats and styles. Experienced faculty will help students understand the complexities of modern video cameras, which can dramatically enhance the storytelling quality of their broadcasts. Great importance in our course methodology is given to editing, where students use nonlinear editing digital software, which guaranties them the highest level of creative control over the edited material. That in turn allows them to create news stories, which combine a sophisticated contemporary look with dynamic engaging content.
Journalism is a highly specific discipline, especially TV journalism. Undeniably, the top performance in this profession is the TV broadcaster, for this vocation combines knowledge and the ability to apply all the skills of contemporary journalism. Upon the completion of our training course an aspiring journalist will have acquired the following professional skills:
To teach someone a profession, be it journalism or any other, in 4 weeks is impossible. However it is absolutely realizable to upgrade the already existing qualification, understand and familiarize oneself with allied disciplines, get an insight into contemporary journalism, and even master its main techniques.
It should be understood, that our Program does in no way repeat, duplicate the educational programs of your schools, but is a separate independent course. Our objective is not to show the difference in training strategy in your home country and in the USA, but to teach you something new, inculcate new skills, necessary in the profession of a contemporary video journalist.
The extensive training course ‘The School of a Contemporary TV Broadcaster’ consists of theoretical and hands-on training in TV journalism with a specialization in TV broadcasting.
In addition to the basic course, HIMC organizes master-classes conducted by famous Hollywood actors and directors, and of course TV journalists and showmen.
All lectures, seminars and practical sessions are provided with simultaneous translation into your native language!
Classes, lectures and seminars are conducted daily, 5 days a week. Classes begin at 9.00, 2 double periods 90 min each, with a 15-min break.
Hands-on training starts after lunch, at 13:00. Hands-on assignments are planned according to the principle: ‘from simple to complicated’. During their training period students will be given the following hands-on assignments in the form of homework:
А) Insert Close Up Shot ie. face
B) CU subject Shot ie. hands
C) Medium Shot ie. hands and face together
D) Medium Shot ie. reverse angle, over the shoulder
Е) Come up with either an establishing wide shot, or a creative filler shot like a low or high
angle.
As an option students are offered an extensive entertainment program for the week-ends: tours of LA, visiting the legendary concert hall ‘Hollywood Bowl’, concerts, exhibitions, museums, film premiers, etc.