Diploma Course in Television & Video Production

The Guru Nanak Dev University's Faculty of Arts and Social Science offers Diploma Course in Television & Video Production course to its students. The course structure for it is as follows:

Paper-I : Telecommunications and new technologies in television and cinema.

Types and forms of communication
Introduction to the new media and digital image creation.
Development in telecommunication.
Group and organizational communication.
The world of communication.
Centrality of communication in the living world, communication and culture, communication and relation.
Communication and commonalities.
Interpersonal- mass communication.
Proposal writing and presentation.
Nature and characteristics of media writing.
Basics concepts of writing for audio visual moving image medium
What is script? What is screenplay?

Practicals Maximum marks : 25
Exercise on the use of microphones in TV Programmes
Practical exercise on creating effective visuals: framing, composition and focusing
Use of vision mixer for production of TV, Programmes.
Use of space and location in moving image medium.
Analysis of different commercials

Paper-II : Video Production

Film and TV standards
Who does what is films and TV?
Acting for directors
TV Production and post production tools- An overview.
Role of directors in film, tv, video.
Skill of director
Directing for multi cameras, floor plan, positioning camera, making set up.
Idea, symbol and stages in creating events.
Basic elements and stages in creating events.
Animation- history, scripting techniques
Puppet or object animation
Use of research in Writing script