TV Broadcasting I

TV Broadcasting I–In semester one, students will learn the five components of television camera operations, audio, lighting, writing, and editing. This class uses a “hands-on” approach to teaching.  In semester two, students will continue perfecting the five basic components of television broadcasting.  The “hands-on” approach will continue as we will introduce studio production.  Students will have the opportunity to learn anchoring, directing, producing, studio cameras, audio, and studio lighting.  Students will produce programming that will be aired on closed-circuit television at Ben Davis High School.

TV Broadcasting II–Students will continue with the five components of television broadcasting and studio production in this “project oriented” class.  Students will have the opportunity to provide content for and the production of programs produced by BDTV including the announcement newscast and any cable programs.  The second semester of this course uses skills developed in the previous three semesters.  Students will have the opportunity for internships, co-op programs, and job shadowing at local stations.

Television Broadcasting I

• Lights, cameras, action!  Be a star on WBDTV or work behind the scenes
• Learn television camera operations, audio, lighting, writing, and editing
• “Hands-on” approach to learning about studio production: anchoring, directing, producing, studio cameras, audio, and studio lighting
• Produce programming that will be aired on closed-circuit television at Ben Davis High School

Dual Credit Information for 2022-23

Dual credit offerings are subject to change at the discretion of postsecondary partners, the Indiana Commission for Higher Education, The Indiana Department of Education, or the Indiana Office of Career and Technical Education.

Television Broadcasting II

• Live from Ben Davis, it’s WBDTV!
• Continue working with the components of television broadcasting and studio production in this “project oriented” class
•  Provide content for and the production of programs produced by BDTV including the announcement newscast and any cable programs
• Use everything you learned in the previous semesters
• Opportunity for internships, co-op programs, and job shadowing at local stations

Dual Credit Information for 2022-23

Dual credit offerings are subject to change at the discretion of postsecondary partners, the Indiana Commission for Higher Education, The Indiana Department of Education, or the Indiana Office of Career and Technical Education.

Academic Standards for Success

• Plan and develop; draft; revise using appropriate reference materials; rewrite; try a new approach, focusing on addressing what is most significant for a specific purpose and audience; and edit to produce and strengthen writing that is clear and coherent.
• Understand relationships between and among words, including subject–verb agreement, pronoun reference, and verb form and tense.
• Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media (e.g., quantitative data, video, multimedia) in order to address a question or solve a problem.
• Use vocabulary skills, context, roots, prefixes and suffixes to determine the meaning of words.
• Gather relevant information from multiple types of authoritative sources, using advanced searches effectively; annotate sources; assess the strengths and limitations of each source in terms of the specific task, purpose, and audience; synthesize and integrate information into the text selectively to maintain the flow of ideas, avoiding plagiarism and overreliance on any one source and following a standard format for citation (e.g., APA or CSE).

Area 31 Eligibility Statement

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NOTE: Required prerequisites include the successful completion of Algebra I and English 10 for academic credit.