Radio Production Workshop

Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)

• 5. Gender equality
• 16. Peace, justice and strong institutions

Objectives

The subject Radio Production Workshop It is part of the subject Audiovisual Production. It covers the technological, artistic and content knowledge for the production of an audiovisual product. Students must understand the radio production process, which goes from the idea, to the production, the realization and until its broadcast, and that the students participate in this process.Radio Production Workshop integrates the knowledge and results acquired by students in previous subjects of the degree, such as Workshop on Writing and Voice-Over in Audiovisual Media and Radio Workshop, and from there he delves into the production process for the radio medium and for new windows of the audio industry.

The main objectives include, among others:

• Work on team cooperation in the production and execution of radio pieces.
• Promote autonomy in audiovisual production and realization.
• Evolve in audiovisual oral and written communication.
• Promote creativity.
• To train in the creation and production of complex radio programs.

Learning outcomes

• Applies knowledge to solve problems in professional and specialized fields in a creative and innovative way.
• Communicate knowledge, methodology, ideas, problems and solutions clearly and precisely.
• Learn about the production process of radio programs.
• Creatively and collaboratively designs productions for radio.
• Know and use the techniques involved in the assembly, visual and sound process, and editing of audiovisual projects.
• Analyzes the structures, contents and codes of radio and sound production.
• Use gender-respectful language.
• Design interventions in a way that is respectful of gender issues.

Competencies

General skills

• Acquire skills in project design and management by making appropriate decisions and using problem solving strategies.
• Demonstrate interpersonal skills and be able to adapt to new situations and work under pressure.
• Organize and plan tasks related to professional performance through proper time management and timing of these tasks.

Specific skills

• Create content and organize management and direction processes for the cinema, television, radio and interactive media.
• Create content and organize management and direction processes for the cinema, television, radio and interactive media.
• Develop narrative skills for different audiovisual and multimedia products and apply techniques for creating fiction, non-fiction and entertainment screenplays.
• Express oneself fluently and communicatively, orally and in writing, in Catalan, Spanish and English, using the discourse of traditional media and new digital media.

Basic skills

• Students can apply their knowledge to their work or vocation in a professional manner and have competencies typically demonstrated through drafting and defending arguments and solving problems in their field of study.
• Students have developed the learning skills necessary to undertake further studies with a high degree of independent learning.

Core skills

• Display professional skills in complex multidisciplinary contexts, working in networked teams, whether face-to-face or online, through use of information and communication technology.
• Use oral, written and audiovisual forms of communication, in one's own language and in foreign languages, with a high standard of use, form and content.

Content

1. Radio genres I. Concept and background. Areas of classification and description. Types of non-fiction radio genres
2. Radio genres II. Dialogic genres: interview, debate, round table, discussion, train of voices
3. Radio genres III. Monologue genres: chronicle, commentary, report
4. The radio program. Program parameters. Conceptualization and design. The program as a unit. The magazine program. The production process. Programming models
5. Asynchronous sound products. Parameters for the ideation and design of a podcast. The podcast non-fiction.
6. The radio sector and the audio industry. Industry structure. New and old players in the audio industry. Current trends: content, audiences, consumption
7. The role of communication in an inclusive society.

Evaluation

He Radio Production Workshop There are various assessment tasks, which are weighted towards the final grade.

The theoretical evaluation (20% of the final grade for the subject) consists of carrying out an individual work of analysis of a podcast Non-fiction. Critical analysis of the practical case based on the theory of the subject, the use of bibliography and specialized articles (2-3 references), as well as the integration of the appropriate language for the type of work and the subject being studied are especially valued. For the evaluation, a 5-minute podcast and the script are presented. This test can be recovered in the May test established by the faculty.

The carrying out practical work or projects This is a group task. It consists of the conception, production and execution of three radio productions: an interview, a report and two magazine programmes. It is especially valued that students integrate and apply in practice the fundamentals of radio narrative and language.

• Interview (15% of the final grade)
• Report (15% of the final grade)
• Magazine program I (20% of the final grade)
• Magazine II program (30% of the final grade)

To pass the course, a minimum grade of 5 is required in the evaluation tests and projects.

Monitoring individual work by evaluating an individual production report of the various projects carried out, in the form of a learning portfolio (15%). Includes: Description of the activities carried out individually that have allowed learning certain content or achieving specific objectives and skills; Reflections by students on the learning process based on answers to: "What have I learned?"; "What do I think about the content learned?"; or "How can I apply what I have learned?".

Recovery. A maximum of two productions can be recovered.

Students have a specific guide to follow the different assessment activities. In all cases, care is taken with the formal elements, as well as the wording.

Any irregularity in an evaluable activity (copying, plagiarism, identity theft, etc.) leads to a grade of 0 for the activity in question. If 3 irregularities occur, the final grade for the subject is 0.

Methodology

The course is taught using different methodological procedures. The theoretical content is covered in sessions with the entire group. This part allows students to address the conceptual foundations that are applied to sessions with subgroups, which work with the methodology of project-based learning. The laboratory practice sessions are held in the Carles Capdevila radio studio at UVic.

Bibliography

Key references

• Abel, J. (2015). Out on the wire: The storytelling secrets of the new masters of radio. Broadway Books.
• Bee, A. (2021). Station and programme formats. En J. Collins & A. Bee (Eds.), The Radio Handbook (pp. 67-92). London & New York: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429276637-4-4.
• Pedrero-Esteban, L. M., García Lastra-Núñez, J. M. (2019). La transformación digital de la radio: Diez claves para su comprensión profesional y académica. Tirant Humanidades.
• Rodero, E. (2011). Creación de programas de radio. Síntesis.
• Stewart, P., I Alexander, R. (2022). Setting Up the Interview. En Broadcast Journalism. Techniques of Radio and Television News (8.a ed., pp. 103-151). New York: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003026655-7.

Further reading

Teachers will provide complementary bibliography and compulsory reading throughout the course via the Virtual Campus.