Check out the Syllabus (below)

Listen to student productions (below) that were broadcast in upstate NY and VT.
(may require audio plug-in/player)
 

Teen Driver Safety Radio Campaign (Spring '07)
(Team 1)
PSA#1     -     PSA#2 

Diabetes Awareness Radio Campaign (Spring '07)
(Team 2)
PSA#1     -     PSA#2 

Diabetes Awareness Radio Campaign (Spring '07)
(Team 3)
PSA#1 

Emergency Contraception Awareness Radio Campaign (Spring '07)
(Team 4)
PSA#1     -     PSA#2 
 

Stop Aggressive Driving Radio Campaign (Spring '06)
(Team 1)
PSA#1     -     PSA#2 

Agricultural Awareness Radio Campaign (Spring '06)
(Team 2)
PSA#1     -     PSA#2 

Love Your Lakes Radio Campaign (Spring '06)
(Team 3)
PSA#1     -     PSA#2  
 

Plattsburgh For Peace Radio Campaign (Spring '05)
 

  PSA#1     -     PSA#2  

Proper Use of Roundabout Radio Campaign (Spring '05)
 

  PSA#1     -     PSA#2 

Scoop Your Pet's Poop Radio Campaigm (Spring '05)
 

  PSA#1     -     PSA#2 

Lake Placid Sinfonietta Radio Campaign (Spring '04)
  
PSA#1     -    
PSA#2     -    
PSA#3




Pull Over for Emergency Vehicles Campaign (Spring '04)
  
PSA#1     -    
PSA#2     -    
PSA#3     -    
PSA#4

Stop Domestic Violence Campaign (Spring '04)
  

PSA#1     -    
PSA#2

Syllabus for CMM428

Objectives:
This course is designed to provide you with in-depth exposure to complex digital audio editing techniques through the application of advanced radio productions. During this semester you will be exploring how to produce various types of radio productions (PSAs, stingers, bumpers, imagers, drops, & vox pops—to name a few) by using advanced digital audio editing tools to craft messages geared towards specific target audiences. This will afford you the opportunities to improve your audio production skills and further develop your critical ear. We will be using Adobe Audition (aka Cool Edit Pro) to increase your knowledge of editing techniques as well as to help you gain more experience using digital audio tools to achieve your production objectives.

Targeting Your Future--Goals and Expectations:
Many of the productions you create in this course will be aired on several different radio stations—both on and off campus. Those productions that qualify to air beyond the classroom walls provide you with both experience in the field and publication pieces for your resume. Since your days as undergraduates are numbered, you should be focusing on creating professional products that are even better than those which air on radio every day. My goal is to train and equip you with the necessary expertise in this area to accomplish this. Your goal should be to focus beyond the classroom—identifying and targeting audiences in future job markets (not just peer-based efforts) and attempting to assemble your resources to produce portfolio material in the form of employer-ready productions. 
     Basically, don’t sell yourself short by simply working for a grade. Work to produce something that you can use to get a job. This class will give you several of these opportunities. Many of you even have the talent to work beyond this—creating productions that are award-winning and can be submitted to production competitions like NBS, BEA, and others.In essence, work to create productions that will:
1)      Add to your resume in the form of field experience
2)      Add to your resume in the form of publication (airing on commercial, non-NCE stations)
3)      Add to your production portfolio—your showcase for employers (and required for graduation—see course policies)
4)   Offer you something to submit to competitions to win production awards (providing you with another resume hit)

Required Readings:
Modern Radio Production (7^th Ed.) by Carl Hausman, Philip Benoit, & Lewis B. O’Donnell, Wadsworth Publishing, ©2007.

Using Audition by Ron Dabbs, CMP Books, ©2004.

            (+Various handouts to be distributed in class)

Course Policies:  

• It is expected that all students enrolled in this class support the letter and the spirit of the Academic Honesty Policy as stated in the college catalog.
• Course Prerequisite: a "C" or better in CMM232 Basic Audio Production.
• NOTE: There is a mandatory lab fee of $25 for media materials/lab maintenance for this course.
• A grade of B or better in this course is required for any audio/radio-related internships.  
• Attendance is required. More than 2 absences will result in a 5% grade drop for EACH  additional absence.
• Class will begin promptly. Students who arrive more than 10 minutes late will be marked absent for that class.  
• Completion of production assignments is essential and compulsory. Students who fail to complete production assignments will receive a 5% grade drop for each incomplete assignment.     
• Students disrupting class with the use of laptops (or other devices/means) may be ejected from class at the instructor’s discretion and will be marked as absent for that day.
• Walkmans/headphones/earbuds are not allowed to be worn in class and can result in a 5% grade drop.
• Projects and assignments are due when scheduled. Project completion requires the use and familiarity of Adobe Audition. On-campus access to Audition is provided in the Audio Lab.
• Late assignments will result in a 25% deduction per day for the assignment. Makeups will only be allowed under extenuating circumstances (requiring notification to the Dean of Students Office).
• Required readings provide the necessary background for project completion. Chapter comprehension will be monitored through class participation and chapter quizzes.
• This is a “portfolio class.” You are required to maintain a portfolio of the projects/productions created as a part of this class. As such you are responsible for making/keeping copies of these projects (before handing them in). This includes having blank CD-R’s, labels, and proper documentation as well as coordinating your efforts in team-based production activities. Portfolios are a required part of graduation and it is your responsibility to maintain and store your portfolio until needed in your Senior year. (Note: it’s a good idea to have copies anyway for audition CDs.   
• As a student in an advanced level class your focus should be shifting towards your post-graduation goal (i.e. a job?). This class consists of real-world projects (some involving clients). As such it is up to you to study the book, take good notes, coordinate your schedule responsibly, and attend all classes. The efforts you put in here are a reflection of what you may be called upon to do in a variety of potential careers. It is my job to open up this world to you, and your job to use it as a starting point to further your knowledge, skills, and expertise in this area.

FCC Production Standards:

As defined by FCC standards, the use of obscenity, indecency, and racial slurs are prohibited. Production work cannot use language or material that depicts or describes, in terms patently offensive as measured by contemporary community standards for the broadcast media, sexual or excretory activities or organs. The work cannot depict or describe in a patently offensive way sexual conduct specifically defined by applicable state law. The work cannot include the use of obscene or indecent language, or material that is insensitive or defamatory with reference to race, creed, or color.

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