CMS 4410 Schedule

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Reading assignments should be completed at the beginning of class on the days indicated. Homework projects will begin for each group on the date listed. All homework is due one week after the start date.

Week 1: January 9: Focus and Proximity
Reading Online syllabus
Screening  
Monday  
Wednesday  
Week 2: January 16: ENG
Textbook Electronic News Gathering (ENG)
Screening  
Monday No Class - MLK Memorial Holiday
Wednesday  
Week 3: January 23: Tripods
Textbook  
Screening  
Monday  
Wednesday  
Week 4: January 30: Composition
Textbook Whittaker, "Television Production" modules 22, 23, 24, and 25
Due  
Monday  
Wednesday  
Week 5: February 6: Preproduction
Reading Hewitt and Vazquez, chapters 1-2 and 4
Screening  
Monday Workshop: Script breakdown
Wednesday  
Week 6: February 13: Preproduction 2
Reading Hewitt and Vazquez, chapters 3 and 5
Screening  
Monday  
Wednesday  
Week 7: February 20: Sound and Interviews
Reading Hewitt and Vazquez, chapters 6 and 7
Monday  
Wednesday  
Week 8: February 27: Light and Lighting
Reading Hewitt and Vasquez, chapter 8 and Whittaker modules 27, 28, and 29
Monday  
Wednesday  
Week 9: March 5: Spring Break
Reading  
Monday  
Wednesday  
Week 10: March 12: Exam 1
Reading  
Monday Exam 1
Wednesday  
Week 11: March 19: Editing 1
Reading  
Monday  
Wednesday  
Week 12: March 26: Editing 2
Reading Hewitt and Vasquez chapters 12 and 13
Monday  
Wednesday  
Week 13: April 2: Editing 3
Reading  
Monday  
Wednesday  
Week 14: April 9: Distribution 1
Reading Hewitt and Vasquez chapters 12 and 13
Screening  
Monday  
Wednesday  
Week 15: April 16: Distribution 2
Reading  
Monday  
Wednesday  
Week 16: April 23: Careers in Video Production
Reading Whittaker modules 63, 64, and 68-70
Screening  
Monday  
Wednesday  
Monday Last day of class: April 30
Final Exam: TBA
TBA TBA