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PRODUCTION TRACK

(Film Production, Video, Audio: sub-sections below) The courses in this track give students hand-on experience in the different fields of film, video and audio production. All courses in this area require classroom sessions complemented by additional laboratory hours and production hours. Since courses in this area are sequential, and time consuming, students are recommended to select one production track only. Admission to production courses is highly competitive and not guaranteed by admission to the University. Please see "Production" described previously on this page.

Prerequistes for all upper-division courses in this track

All Software Costs for Production are Borne by the Student

FILM PRODUCTION
RTF 330L - INTERNSHIP IN FILM AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA
Pass/Fail course. Not restricted to production students; open to any qualified RTF student. Additional Prerequisites: 2 upper division RTF courses, and UT GPA of 2.5 minimum. The purpose of this course is to provide professional internship experiences with television and radio stations, film and video production companies, governmental agencies and media production units, audio recording studios, and industrial corporations. Two Mandatory meetings.

RTF 344 - Special Applications of Media Production
Special probems involved in audio, film and video production.

RTF 366 - Film Production I
This course introduces the student to the fundamental concepts, theories, and techniques of black and white, non-sync sound, 16-mm filmmaking. Students get hands-on experience in the operation of necessary production equipment. Individual and collective production assignments, with emphasis on visualization of ideas and critical evaluation of the visual text.

RTF 367K - Film II: Principles of Production Management
Prerequisites: RTF 338 or RTF 366.
Comprehensive consideration of the production process from the standpoint of fiscal and creative management; preproduction and production planning using computer budgeting and scheduling; packaging, financing, and marketing issues in feature filmmaking.

RTF 367L - Film II: Sync-Sound Production
Prerequisites: RTF 366. Concurrent enrollment in RTF 367K required.
Theory and techniques in color 16-mm synchronous sound production; individual and collective production assignments, with emphasis on technical proficiency, examination of the entire production process, visualization of ideas, and critical evaluation of the visual text. Includes group projects in which the student will specialize in a particular aspect of the production process while experiencing the fine art of collaboration.

RTF 368 - (Topic 1) Film III: Film & Electronic
Editing Prerequisites: RTF 367K and 367L
Presents advanced techniques of film and videotape editing, and trains students in their use through a series of film and video editing exercises.

RTF 368 - (Topic 2) Film III: Production Crafts

RTF 368 - (Topic 3) Film III: Film-TV Production
Prerequisites: RTF 367K and 367L
Provides students with the opportunity to apply, reinforce, and expand upon knowledge and skills already acquired in the film production sequence. Opportunity to collectively plan and produce a complete film.

RTF 368 - (Topic 4) Film III: Directing

VIDEO
RTF 330L - INTERNSHIP IN FILM AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA
Pass/Fail course. Not restricted to production students; open to any qualified RTF student.
Additional Prerequisites: 2 upper division RTF courses, and UT GPA of 2.5 minimum.
The purpose of this course is to provide professional internship experiences with television and radio stations, film and video production companies, governmental agencies and media production units, audio recording studios, and industrial corporations. Two Mandatory meetings.

RTF 331L - Corporate and Instructional Video
Prerequisites: RTF 338
Investigation of the many formats and uses of corporate/ instructional/ organizational video. Emphasis is placed on working with clients, with the student as a "communication consultant," and in producer-director production teams.

RTF 338 - TV Production I
This course is designed to help students learn the process of television studio production while becoming familiar with typical program formats, theories of narrativity, as well as production personnel and procedures. By providing hands-on experience, technical know-how and a multicultural awareness of media, this course introduces the process, language and techniques of live-on-tape, multiple camera television studio production.

RTF 340 - TV Production II: Editing
Prerequisites: RTF 338.
This course introduces the techniques and aesthetics of off-line videotape editing of picture and sound, including preparation for making the edit master. Lectures are augmented with series of editing exercises.

RTF 340 - (Topic 1) TV II: Drama/Music
Prerequisites: RTF 338.
The intermediate level of multi-camera studio television production for students concentrating their experience in the "creative" or interpretive aspects of programming. Emphasis is on improving artistic skills and developing dependable production techniques for realizing dramatic and music programs.

RTF 340 - (Topic 2) TV II: Public Affairs Production
Prerequisites: RTF 338
The goal of this course is to allow students to probe deeper into the creative and technical aspects of television production, with an emphasis on public affairs and video journalism. Students will be involved in newscast production and field production of documentary style public affairs television.

RTF 340 - (Topic 3) TV II: Editing
Prerequisites: RTF 338
This course introduces the techniques and aesthetics of off-line videotape editing of picture and sound, including preparation for making the edit master. Lectures are augmented with series of editing exercises.

RTF 340 - (Topic 4) TV II: Stagecraft and Lighting
Prerequisites: RTF 338.

RTF 343 - Advanced Television Production and Performance
Prerequisite: RTF 340.
Specialized problems in single-camera dramatic and nondramatic video for producer, director and performer; professional-level production.

RTF 344 - Special Applications of Media Production
Special probems involved in audio, film and video production.

RTF 366K - Television Field Production: News Gathering
This course is designed as a practical approach to television news production, focusing on the production aspects of television news & all the elements necessary to get the news łon-the-air˛ in a professional manner.

RTF 366K - TV Field Production: Documentary/Ethnographic
Prerequisites: RTF 305, 317 and 318, and 1 additional lower division RTF course.
This course focusses on the concepts, theories and production of documentary and ethnographic video products.

AUDIO
RTF 330L - INTERNSHIP IN FILM AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA
Pass/Fail course. Not restricted to production students; open to any qualified RTF student.
Additional Prerequisites: 2 upper division RTF courses, and UT GPA of 2.5 minimum.
The purpose of this course is to provide professional internship experiences with television and radio stations, film and video production companies, governmental agencies and media production units, audio recording studios, and industrial corporations. Two Mandatory meetings.

RTF 337 - Radio Production
This is a lecture-discussion-demonstration-participation course designed to acquaint students with the basic principles of radio production techniques, and give students an understanding of radio station practices and procedures.

RTF 341 - Audio Production
Prerequisites: RTF 337.
Theory and practice of stereo and multitrack audio recording for applications in radio, television, and film. This course is devoted to the study of acoustics, audio electronics and technology, and audio production.

RTF 341C - Advanced Audio for Broadcast and Film
Prerequisites: RTF 341. The purpose of this class is to establish a forum where the meta-language of sound for film and video will be studied and discussed, and to apply sound aes-thetics and technology to post production sound sweetening for video and film.

RTF 344 - Special Applications of Media Production
Special probems involved in audio, film and video production.