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Module Specifications

Current Academic Year 2012 - 2013
Please note that this information is subject to change.

Module Title	Radio Writing and Production 1
Module Code	CM304
School	School of Communications
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Module Co-ordinator	Semester 1: Patrick Kinsella Semester 2: Patrick Kinsella Autumn: Patrick Kinsella
NFQ level	8	Credit Rating	10
Pre-requisite	None
Co-requisite	None
Compatibles	None
Incompatibles	None

Description

This module is a natural progression through from 2nd year elective Radio studies and places an emphasis on the range - scope - research -creativity aural Imagination and technicalities necessary to expand the students understanding of the world of radio making. The module will also prepare and educate the students for the challenge of completing a Radio Thesis documentary/feature for broadcast. Prominence will be placed on Radio Features/Documentaries/Radio Drama/Documentary as fact/truth and Feature as free/form will be identified and outlined using structure - form - content and delivery - and the consistency of the perceived structure. Concentration will be also placed on planning - research - and structure. The module will open up the range and diversity of radio at a greater depth, examining Writing for Radio at an advanced level and differentiating between creative writing, narrative spine and dramatic writing. Techniques of writing of a radio play and an exploration of radio drama will be looked at as a to the discipline of which uses sound alone to achieve its effects. The module will also study and analyse the challenge of the in-depth Radio Interview.

Learning Outcomes

1. Display advanced ability in studio operational/production/audio editing
2. Critically analyse broadcast interviews/broadcast standards/world of radio
3. Make an effective live professional studio broadcast.
4. Write imaginatively and functionally for the aural medium
5. Illustrate an in-depth radio interview.
6. Construct and build a radio Documentary/Feature.

Workload	Full-time hours per semester
*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Laboratory	24	No Description
Lecture	36	No Description
Tutorial	30	No Description
Independent learning	60	No Description
Total Workload: 150

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities

ATTENDANCE COMPULSORY.
MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS - 22.

Course Content.
The Radio as constant Revolution.

Stations - local-national-international-private-public-commerical.
Documentary and Feature Programmes - The Art of telling a Story.

Planning-research-content-style-delivery. Music - soundscape-sequence-editing-beginning-middle-end. Contributors. Imagination-creativity-fact-truth-impression-time. The ending..
Sound effects - The aural imagination.

Theatre backdrop for the ear. Sound as language - sound scape - lack of boundaries. Sound and association. Sound - convention and meaning. Background sound. Characteristics of sound making devices - wild track - live - pre-recorded..
Music.

Overall style - mood - time - emotion - place. Research. Music library. Matching music - the correct tune - melody-style - reason - timing. Editing - fading - volume..
Role and Purpose of the in-depth interview.

Interviewing techniques. Technical. Before, during and after. Research. Question technique - choosing-framing. Verbal non verbal communication. Listening - silence. Analysis. Editing - presenting..
Radio Drama.

Techniques. Narrative - dramatic form. Visual - aural drama. Language of radio play. Expressing in a new medium. Theme - plot - characters. Ideas. Sound effects - music. Construction - casting. Production..

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment	100%	Examination Weight	0%

Course Work Breakdown
Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date

Reassessment Requirement
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories; 1 = A resit is available for all components of the module 2 = No resit is available for 100% continuous assessment module 3 = No resit is available for the continuous assessment component
This module is category 1

Indicative Reading List