Radio Production Workshop

Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)

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

Objectives

The Radio Production Workshop course is part of the Audiovisual Production course. Both cover the technological, artistic, and content knowledge required to create an audiovisual product. Students must understand the radio production process, which ranges from the idea to the production, execution, and broadcast, and must participate in this process. The 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 the Radio Workshop, and from there delves into the production process for the radio medium and for new windows of the audio industry.

Among others, the central objectives are:

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

Learning outcomes

• Apply your 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 radio program production process.
• Creatively and collaboratively design radio productions.
• Learn and use the techniques involved in the visual and audio editing and assembly processes of audiovisual projects.
• Analyzes the structures, contents and codes of radio and sound production.
• Use gender-sensitive language.
• Design interventions that are 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. Scope of classification and description. Typologies of non-fiction radio genres.
2. Radio genres II. Dialogic genres: interview, debate, round table, discussion, and train of voices
3. Radio genres III. Monologue genres: chronicle, commentary and 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 nonfiction
6. The radio sector and the audio industry. Industry structure. New and existing players in the audio industry. Current trends: content, audiences, and consumption
7. The role of communication in an inclusive society

Evaluation

The Radio Production Workshop has various assessment tasks, each weighted toward the final grade.

The theoretical evaluation (20% of the final grade for the subject) consists of carrying out an individual work analyzing a podcast Non-fiction. Critical analysis of the case study based on subject theory, the use of specialized bibliography and articles (2-3 references), and the integration of language appropriate to the type of work and the subject matter are especially valued. A 5-minute podcast and the script are presented for assessment. This test can be made up for in the May exam established by the Faculty.

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

• Interview: 15% of the final grade
• Report: 15% of the final grade
• Magazine Program I: 20% of the final grade
• Magazine Program II: 30% of the final grade

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

Monitoring individual work by evaluating an individual production report of the various projects completed, in the form of a learning portfolio (15%). Includes: a description of the individual activities that led to the learning of specific content or the achievement of specific objectives and skills; student reflections on the learning process based on answers to the following questions: "What have I learned?", "What do I think about the content I learned?", or "How can I apply what I learned?"

Recovery. A maximum of two productions can be recovered.

Students have access to a specific guide to follow the various assessment activities. In all cases, attention is paid to the formal elements, as well as to the writing.

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

Methodology

The course is taught using various methodological procedures. The theoretical content is covered in full-group sessions. This section addresses the conceptual foundations that are applied to subgroup sessions, which use project-based learning methodology. The laboratory 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.