2023-2024 Academic Catalog 
    
    Nov 23, 2024  
2023-2024 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

MCA 180 - Podcasting - technique & story


This course is designed to acquaint students with all aspects of podcasting and to help them become better producers and storytellers. Students will learn to think critically about stories they consume, and will develop a working knowledge in all aspects of current trends in podcast production. There will be lessons on sound gathering using professional sound gear as well as cell phones, both studio and field production & post-production techniques, as well as practice in interviewing, script writing, and developing a “radio voice.” The semester is structured around three podcast projects and several analytic writing assignments. Along the way in each class session, we will share lively group discussions structured by a variety of listenings & readings - on popular, historical and theoretical approaches ­to podcasts & their production, genres, and aesthetics.

Prerequisites: MCA 101 and one of: MUSC 141; MUSC 142; SCRN 107

Corequisites: MUSC 141; MUSC 142; SCRN 107 may be taken as co-requisites

Course Designation/Attribute: POP

Anticipated Terms Offered: bi-annually