A Trip To TVNZ STUDY GUIDE

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Television (TVNZ) is New Zealand’s leading Technology network. It employs a large number of people to undertake a wide Levels 3-6 Technological Knowledge and Understanding range of interesting and challenging jobs – to consistently bring the programmes they love to watch. English A Trip To TVNZ has been developed to give students an overview of the All levels Oral Language - interpersonal listening, interpersonal types of people and jobs at TVNZ. The presentation also provides answers speaking and using texts to some of the questions TVNZ is most frequently asked by young people. Visual Language - personal reading, close reading, We recommend watching this more than once with your students, as some poetic writing and transactional writing light hearted additions have been included to add to the entertainment Written Language – viewing value of the presentation. Social Studies This study guide provides teachers with starter ideas and curriculum links Level 1 Resources and Economic Activities for using the presentation in classrooms. The guide has been divided and linked to the ten sections of the presentation to allow you to focus on Mathematics many, or just one section as appropriate to your class needs and interests. Level 2-6 Statistics This guide also provides links to other resources, including full unit plans available online. Science Levels 4-6 Making Sense of the Physical World Levels 3-6 Making Sense of Planet Earth and Beyond

one two INTRODUCTION PROGRAMMING MAIN IDEAS/CONCEPTS MAIN IDEAS/CONCEPTS TVNZ Choosing programmes Diversity of roles Scheduling Making TVNZ work Different genres Overseas vs. local productions VOCABULARY Television New Zealand (TVNZ) VOCABULARY Genre ACTIVITY IDEAS - Drama Choose and investigate an interesting television career from those outlined in the - Children video, and online at Kiwi Careers. Have students choose one career at TVNZ and - Entertainment describe what they think would be the most exciting aspects of it, and the most - Documentary challenging. - Sport OTHER RESOURCES - Arts TVNZ website Commissioning - A comprehensive website with links to both TVNZ’s programming and corporate Charter information ACTIVITY IDEAS www.tvnz.co.nz Classify different types of programmes. - Follow this link to access the ‘Working at TVNZ’ pages http://corporate.tvnz.co.nz/tvnz_detail/0,2406,111445-240-266,00.html Choose one genre and develop a programme concept, which could be produced in New Zealand. Avalon Film & Television School - A registered Private Training Establishment owned and operated by TVNZ at List the different programme genres. Choose one full day of programmes on a TV Avalon Studios in channel and identify how many of each genre are shown. Why do you think this is? www.avalonfts.tvnz.co.nz Can you see any pattern to the times certain genres are shown? Kiwi Careers website Debate the positive, negative and interesting aspects of using locally made - provides information on a variety of careers including those in TV productions as opposed to overseas productions. Consider employment, www.kiwicareers.govt.nz/industry/i11_cul/i11a_mot.htm economic and content issues. Investigate a current television programming schedule. Consider why certain programmes are on at certain times? Do you agree with these times? What would you change and why? Make your own schedule. OTHER RESOURCES TVNZ website - Programming schedules and information www.tvnz.co.nz Keyword: TV ONE / Keyword: TV2 - Information about the profiles of TV ONE and TV2 and their target audiences http://corporate.tvnz.co.nz/tvnz_detail/0,2406,111493-242-254,00.html - Information about the TVNZ Charter www.tvnz.co.nz Keyword: TVNZ Charter - Information about programme classification codes (eg: G, PGR, AO) http://corporate.tvnz.co.nz/tvnz_detail/0,2406,272049-246-468,00.html - Getting your programme idea on TV http://corporate.tvnz.co.nz/tvnz_detail/0,2406,200036-419-421,00.html NZ On Air - Information about how locally made programmes get made and receive funding www.nzonair.govt.nz English Online - A unit of work focusing on ‘documentary’ as a genre http://english.unitecnology.ac.nz/resources/units/documentary/home.html three four STUDIO CAMERAMAN ADVERTISING MAIN IDEAS/CONCEPTS MAIN IDEAS/CONCEPTS How the camera works History of adverts Autocue History of ‘soaps’ One way mirror VOCABULARY VOCABULARY Sponsorship Viewpoint Advertising Lens Autocue ACTIVITY IDEAS List all of the advertisements that you can recall from television at the moment. ACTIVITY IDEAS Investigate and describe how a camera works. Use pictures and text to show the Consider why certain advertisements are shown during certain programmes. different parts and what they do. Explore the history of advertising from its beginnings in the USA in the 1950s. List the different types of places and situations that camera crew may need to Discuss an advertising campaign in NZ that has run and evolved for several years film in. What might be the challenges of these situations? Why do you think crew – what’s it trying to achieve, why do you think it uses TV to reach people? sometimes put themselves in dangerous situations? OTHER RESOURCES OTHER RESOURCES TVNZ Website TVNZ website - Information for advertisers and about advertising on TVNZ’s channels and - Resources section of the TVNZ website that explores the creative and technical website services throughout each phase of television production http://www.tvnz.co.nz/view/tvnz_story_skin/413579?format=html www.tvnz.co.nz Keyword: Resources - Division of TVNZ that deals directly with advertising clients NZ Science Curriculum Resources http://www.tvnzdirectsales.co.nz/ - Unit about making a pinhole camera - Advertising guidelines information http://www.tki.org.nz/r/science/scienceschool/resources/physical/pinhole_e.htm http://corporate.tvnz.co.nz/tvnz_detail/0,2406,111538-246-269,00.html Interactive Museum of News Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) - First hand experiences of camera & news crews reporting from war zones - Information about advertising standards and regulations in NZ http://www.newseum.org/warstories/index.htm www.asa.co.nz New Zealand Television Broadcasters’ Council (NZTBC) - Information about the power of advertising on television http://www.nztbc.co.nz/ad_issues/index.html English Online - Unit plans about advertising http://english.unitecnology.ac.nz/resources/units/persuading/home.html http://english.unitecnology.ac.nz/resources/units/advertisements/home.html Land Transport Safety Authority - Road safety advertising campaign www.ltsa.govt.nz/advertising/

five six ENGINEER AUDITING VIEWERSHIP MAIN IDEAS/CONCEPTS MAIN IDEAS/CONCEPTS Cabling People meter systems Linking systems Random nature of auditing TV station equipment Selection and analysis Meaningful numbers VOCABULARY CAR (Central Apparatus Room) VOCABULARY Digital Set top boxes Auditing ACTIVITY IDEAS Random selection Discuss what the cables might be specifically used for. Ratings How does the amount of equipment TVNZ uses help other industries in NZ e.g. People meter electricians, technical equipment producers, etc. ACTIVITY IDEAS OTHER RESOURCES Conduct class, school and/or home statistical investigation into television viewing, by TVNZ Website channel, watching hours, genre etc. - Information on TVNZ’s outside broadcast systems Draw conclusions about television viewership in the surveyed group. Make http://corporate.tvnz.co.nz/tvnz_detail/0,2406,276626-314-480,00.html predictions about their future viewership. BCL OTHER RESOURCES - Information on how TV ‘works’ TVNZ Website http://www.bclnz.co.nz/index.php/pi_pageid/46 - ‘Frequently Asked Questions’ about Ratings http://corporate.tvnz.co.nz/tvnz_detail/0,2406,112152-249-273,00html#whatareratings New Zealand Television Broadcasters’ Council (NZTBC) – Information and statistics from research into television viewership http://www.nztbc.co.nz/research/index.html Neilsen Media Research - Worldwide TV Ratings Measurement Company http://www.nielsenmediaresearch.com/ NZ Maths - Units about planning and carrying out statistical research http://www.nzmaths.co.nz/statistics/Investigations/planninginvestigationL2.htm http://www.nzmaths.co.nz/statistics/Investigations/planninginvestigation.htm

seven eight NEWS AND CURRENT AFFAIRS WEATHER MAIN IDEAS/CONCEPTS MAIN IDEAS/CONCEPTS Number of reporters Why it’s important for New Zealanders to know tomorrow’s weather Geographical spread Met service Newsroom processes Training for extreme circumstances VOCABULARY Met service VOCABULARY Satellites Lead Weather stations Kicker Temperature Crew Humidity Reporters Bulletin ACTIVITY IDEAS Edit Discuss what might happen if we didn’t know what the weather would be like tomorrow? What might happen if there was an extreme weather pattern ACTIVITY IDEAS coming? Discuss the key features of a “lead story” and a “kicker”. Develop and present one of your own. Investigate how satellites help predict the weather. What did people do before satellites? Watch a news bulletin and discuss the order of stories. OTHER RESOURCES Record and then edit a news bulletin. Ask students to put it in order. Discuss why TVNZ Website stories were placed where. – ONE Weather pages www.tvnz.co.nz Keyword: Weather Research the effect the news can have on the public. Consider how important it is to have access to up to date news and information from New Zealand and around Met Service NZ the world. What might happen if we didn’t have that access? - Official New Zealand Meteorological Service Website www.metservice.co.n OTHER RESOURCES TVNZ Website English Online - ONE News pages - Unit plans focusing on transactional writing about the weather www.tvnz.co.nz Keyword: ONE News http://english.unitecnology.ac.nz/resources/units/weather/home.html Hotshots Building Science Concepts - Examples of news interviews captured by young people - Material about extreme weather patterns http://www.wellingtonnz.com/cam/hotshots/ http://www.tki.org.nz/r/science/curriculum/bsc/overview/short_desc_ e.php?order=1&page=p50_e.php Living Future - An example of location reporting by young people NIWA www.livingfuture.org.nz - Links for teachers to weather/climate projects and curriculum resources http://www.niwascience.co.nz/edu/resources/ Wicked TV - Video making techniques and examples of student’s work www.wickedtv.org.nz

nine ten SIGNAL TRANSMISSION CLOSING MAIN IDEAS/CONCEPTS MAIN IDEAS/CONCEPTS Transmitting to NZ TVNZ – the station you own Shaded areas and translators Getting more information VOCABULARY VOCABULARY Prime feed Public broadcaster Splitting signals Microwave systems ACTIVITY IDEAS Transmitter Discuss what the host meant at the end of the video when he said TVNZ is the Translator station you own. What rights and responsibilities does that give us? Shading OTHER RESOURCES ACTIVITY IDEAS TVNZ Website Investigate how your local community receives its television signal? Looking at a - TVNZ Corporate Website map of New Zealand what areas might be ‘shaded’? http://corporate.tvnz.co.nzfront/0,2393,,00.html - Talk Television Public Meetings Investigate and explain how microwave systems work. What other communication http://corporate.tvnz.co.nz/tvnz_detail/0,2406,270054-248-467,00.html technologies might use microwave systems? - Contacting and giving feedback to TVNZ http://corporate.tvnz.co.nz/tvnz_detail/0,2406,111442-239-251,00.html OTHER RESOURCES TVNZ Website Ministry of Broadcasting - TVNZ Resources pages - Information about the Minister of Broadcasting and the portfolio www.tvnz.co.nz Keyword: Resources www.beehive.govt.nz Portfolio: Broadcasting - History of television transmission in NZ http://corporate.tvnz.co.nz/tvnz_detail/0,2406,111544-247-252,00.html - ‘Frequently Asked Questions’ about transmission http://corporate.tvnz.co.nz/tvnz_detail/0,2406,111701-249-279,00.html

eleven twelve WEBLINKS APPLE EDUCATION - DESKTOP MOVIES IN EDUCATION This section of the Apple Education Inc website provides information and resources on using desktop movies in NEW ZEALAND TELEVISION ARCHIVE the classroom. This explains how video can enhance teaching and learning, build communities, and record best practice. Provides movie examples, lesson plans, tips and techniques, and information about iMovie video-editing A division of TVNZ that holds New Zealand’s largest collection of audiovisual material and television software. Includes lesson plans and ideas for integrating desktop video into the curriculum. programmes. http://www.apple.com/uk/education/dv/ http://www.nztvarchive.co.nz/ APPLE EDUCATION: DESKTOP MOVIE PRODUCTION PROCESS BBC LEARNING ZONE This section of the Apple Computer Inc. website provides a step-by-step guide to the process that students BBC online tools for schools and teachers on a variety of topics at Grossmont High School go through to create desktop movies. Steps include planning, shooting, editing, http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/schools/ and enhancing. MEDIA AWARENESS NETWORK http://www.apple.com/education/k12/imagine/0203/grossmont/process/production/ This Canadian site in both English and French language encourages critical thinking about media information, media entertainment, communications technologies and the power of the media. Provides information on how to manage television, surveys of Internet and television use, suggestions for privacy, teaching units, student handouts, downloadable games, and student activities. Topics include news reporting, stereotyping, body image, the media’s influence, and marketing directed at children. http://www.media-awareness.ca

THE LANGUAGE OF FILM AND VIDEO This English Online webpage features some explanations and definitions for film students. Terms include vocabulary for different types of shots and structures of film, terms for camera movements, angles, and editing techniques. http://english.unitecnology.ac.nz/resources/resources/film.html WHAT’S IN A VIDEO? In this level 3-5 unit intended for year 7-8, students will analyse ways in which effects are used to create meanings in videos and create a video of their own combining a variety of effects. Includes use of storyboarding. Involves the use of a digital camera. For those without access to a video camera an interactive film making simulation web site is recommended. http://english.unitecnology.ac.nz/resources/units/video/home.html

AMERICAN MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE: SHUTTERS, SPROCKETS AND TUBES This American Museum of the Moving Image website introduces students to the science and technology of television and film. Students can investigate the illusion of movement or find out how film projectors work. Animations support each interactive tutorial contained on the website. http://www.ammi.org/sprockets/menu.htm

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