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Current Academic Year 2012 - 2013
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Module Title Advanced Audio and Features 2
Module Code CM314
School School of Communications
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Module Co-ordinatorSemester 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
The module will build on the students learning over their past 2 years study of elective radio.It will concentrate on the variety, expanse and types of Radio Documentary and Radio Feature .It will further their development of Editing Skills to a broadcast and professional level.The module will address Advanced Radio Writing to allow students test and develop their writing both creatively, dramatically and factually around the overall demands of writing for the ear.The power of Listening to and Researching World Radio will also be a feature of the module, to continue to develop the student’s knowledge, range and scope of the medium.The module will also introduce the students to Radio Drama as a process of story telling, within the craft and skill of Documentary making and as an amalgam of many of the skills and the elements of Radio generally from sound through to dialogue.

Learning Outcomes
1. Demonstrate a proficiency in audio editing
2. Source, record and lay down soundscape and wildtrack
3. Write proficiently for radio
4. Use music as an element of effective radio production
5. Record, edit, produce, and critique broadcast quality radio narratives
6. Work in small team to develop and produce radio feature incorporating interviews, commentary, wild track/music/sound effects into dramatically engaging radio narrative
7. Plan, compile, research, develop and produce an individual Radio documentary / radio feature/ radio drama/



Workload Full-time hours per semester
Type Hours Description
Lecture11No Description
Tutorial11No Description
Seminars22No Description
Lecturer-supervised learning (contact)11project consultation
Independent learning time55radio study
Group work56group project
Assignment84solo project
Total Workload: 250

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
1 Listening and Critiquing …..Award winning Documentaries..
Exploring and testing documentary boundaries..

2 From the Package to the Documentary: The Development.
3 Advanced Audio Elements.

Soundscape: Wild track: Music: Literature; Poetry: Prose: Voices:How these elements are chosen used and positioned organised and brought to live within themed Radio structures or independently. (Individual assignment).
4 Advanced Radio Writing.

Words:Pictures:Talk:Voice: speech - speaking on RadioThe script: (creative- imaginative- dramatic- factual ) combinationsCreating a Narrative Spine:(Individual assignment).
5 Professional Editing.

Technical practise:Making sense:The power and purpose of arrangement:Time limits and choices;Creative positioning of sound: speech: music: silence:Layering and timing of music:( Individual assignments).
6 Radio Drama.

Independent Radio Element:Use of / Dramatic Structures within radio story telling Documentary / Features:Adaptation:Conflict:Characters/ Characterization:Dialogue:Plot:Imagination:Story construction:Truth /Fantasy:Sound effects:Music;Original new radio programme/(Original class project assignment ).
7 Making a Documentary/ Feature.

Presenting a storyBringing the idea alivePlanningResearchingInterviewingCompilingCombiningOverall structureAudience as listeners(Preparation Package Assignment ).
Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment100% Examination Weight0%
Course Work Breakdown
TypeDescription% of totalAssessment Date
Practical/skills evaluationTo write and record a piece for radio broadcast10%Week 2
Practical/skills evaluationTo record and edit soundscape and wildtrack10%Week 4
Group assignmentTo develop and produce a 15 minute radio programme25%Week 4
Reflective journalTo write a report reflecting on their participation in a simulated live radio broadcast session20%Week 8
Practical/skills evaluationTo plan, compile, research and develop a individual radio documentary35%Week 8
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
  • McLeish, Robert: 2005, 5th Edition, Focal Press,
  • Bennett, Alan: 2008, The Works of Alan Bennett for Radio, BBC Audio,
  • Thomas, Dylan: 1999, Under Milk Wood, BBC Audio,
  • Ash, William: 1985, The Way to Write a Radio Drama, Elm Tree Books, London,
  • Elms, Simon: 2007, And Now, on Radio Four: A celebration of the world's best radio station, Arrow Books,
  • Littleton, Michael: 1986, Prizewinning Radio Stories, Mercier Press, Dublin,
  • Trewin, Janet: 2003, Presenting on TV and Radio: an insider's guide, Focal Press,
  • Barnard, Peter: 1999, We Interrupt this Programme: Twenty stories that mark the century, BBC,
  • Stynan, J. L.: 1985, The Elements of Drama, Cambridge University Press,
Other Resources
None
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Programme or List of Programmes
CSBA in Communication Studies
Timetable this semester: Timetable for CM314
Date of Last Revision03-JUN-12
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