Students in Communications Media Professor Kevin McCarthy's Intermediate Documentary course headed out to the Highland Ave. Plaza recently to get some hands-on experience with cameras and microphones. This course covers professional production techniques used in modern non-narrative production environments. In addition to achieving competency in lighting, exposure, composition and framing with video cameras, students master the basics of audio production both on location and in studio environments and the editing of the Documentary topic. Documentary genres explored include Documentary, Electronic News Gathering, Human Interest and Public Service Announcement Production.
