136032 UE Creating content in science - Recording and editing technology (2024S)

Students will gain insight into the technical side of creating and editing various audiovisual media and thereby learn to create content themselves with high technical standards. The scope ranges from field research to science communication and focuses essentially on formats, conventions and technical aspects, less on the content itself.

In a theoretical part (Block I) the students will be familiarized with the technical equipment (cameras, microphones, accessories and software). This is followed by a practical part (Block II), in which students work in groups to create various media themselves (podcast/audiobook, interview, video lecture/presentation/vlog, documentary…), which consists of creating a “plan/script” and the actual recording itself. The created material is reviewed and discussed, followed by another practical part (Block III), in which the students edit the recorded raw material and bring it into a publishable form.

Note: All single projects will be short versions of only a few minutes of content to keep the workload manageable.