Multimedia Production Skills
- categories:
- digital media
- duration:
- 5 days
what you need to know about this course
Central to the course is understanding the new vocabulary of multimedia and the new applications that come with that. Using existing video and audio production techniques, adapting writing for online and upgrading technical know-how participants would learn about blogging, vodcasts, podcasts, SMS messaging, RSS feeds, digital narratives, videostreaming and mobile journalism.
who it's for:
outline:
Teaching will combine talks, discussions, workshops and practical exercises. Emphasis will be on understanding these communication skills- using examples and hands-on demonstrations, plus practical sessions.
- Definitions of new media
- The broadband revolution- how Web 2.0 changed journalism and allowed for online interactivity.
- Understanding the different techniques and their applications
- Audio and video production skills applied to making podcasts and vodcasts
- Blogging and online journalism
- The rise of the citizen journalist and ‘user-generated content’.
- Mobile journalism and technology: taking photos and video and editing on mobiles; uploading to websites.
- Creating digital narratives for storytelling
- SMS messaging, its uses for two-way sending of information
- Videojournalism- solo reporting, writing and shooting video
- Videostreaming on websites
- Ethics, copyright and legal issues.
- E-tools for marketing purposes
this course is provided by Thomson Foundationregister your interest
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The Foundation is one of the world's premier media for development organisations. It was founded in 1962 and since then has worked across the media to build the capacity and develop communications skills for thousands of individuals - journalists, producers, radio and TV technicians. It also provides ...
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