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COMM 282Introduction to Video Field Production

3 credits · Communications · Penn State

COMM 282 provides an introduction to the pre-production, production and post production techniques when creating video content. The course will explore the grammar and syntax of constructing and criticizing video messages in single camera productions. Students will apply shooting and editing concepts while doing a variety of projects typical of single camera shoots. Students will learn the particularities of single camera production from the textbook, the lectures, discussions and classmates' experiences. While learning the technical aspects of video production, the students will learn the managerial aspects of production. Students will practice and apply the processes of budgeting, topic and location research, script writing, production treatments, dealing with unions, releases, etc.

Before you enroll

Prerequisites

None listed in the catalog.

Where it fits

Where it sits in degree plans

Suggested plans most often put it in Year 2 · Spring (1 program).

One of the options in (6)

  • Communications, B.A. (Altoona)
  • Digital Journalism and Media, B.A.
  • Digital Multimedia Design, B.Des.
  • Media Production, Minor
  • Media and Communication, B.A.
  • Telecommunications and Media Industries, B.A.
What it opens up

Courses that list COMM 282 as a prerequisite (6)