Television

42.03.04  Television

St. Petersburg State University of Film and Television is the only university in the Northwest of Russia that trains bachelors in the specialization "Television". The television screen is a window to the huge and multifaceted world of politics, culture, sports, nature, travel, human relations. State, society and people need information, education and entertainment provided by the television industry.

Television is a means of mass media. Correspondents, editors and presenters create the information field that has an impact on attitudes of the audience about the society and state.

Television is an art. Each television programme reflects a director’s, artist’s, cameraman’s artistic vision of the world.

Television is business. Production and broadcasting of TV programmes require effective management of TV company resources by producers, broadcast programming managers, specialists in advertising and public relations.

Television is technology. Picture and sound recording, programme editing with computer graphics, programme broadcasting via network, cable, satellite and the internet television are carried out by television engineers.

At the end of study, students become well qualified experts in the field of television and develop their editorial, analytical, organizational, managerial, socio-organizational and technological competencies. Hundreds of organizations provide television broadcasting and production, and large media holdings are among them. Well and widely qualified experts are especially in demand in medium-sized and small TV companies broadcasting in each Russian region.

Industrial companies, TV companies, state bodies need professionals capable of reflecting the activity of an organization via audio-visual materials using artistic and technological TV resources. The internet provides the opportunity to everyone to express themselves by uploading their audio-visual work and let the network media community evaluate it.

Personal video camera and video editing software are publicly available, and those who are talented and professionally educated will certainly succeed.

Curriculum Disciplines for "42.03.04 Television" (Bachelor's Degree)

Basic part: philosophy, history, basic professional foreign language, foreign language in professional area; second foreign language; study of culture, management in mass media; legal basis of mass media; introduction to literary studies, history of Russian literature; history of foreign literature; modern Russian language, stylistics and literary editing, history of foreign and Russian cinematography; history of Russian journalism; history of foreign journalism; history of Russian television; technique and technology of television broadcasting; basics of actor's art; basics of TV directing; television montage technology; basics of screenwriting; basics of camera art; computer graphics basics; organizational behaviour; language of modern television; project management.

Variable part: linguistics, TV advertisements; culture and technology of speech in the media space; sociology of television; mediametry; history of foreign television; journalist’s professional ethics; genres and formats of TV programmes; basics of photography; informational broadcasting; information technology; theory and practice of television; basics of television programming; sound design television broadcast; interactive television; graphic design of television broadcast; modern television technology; basics of narrator's art of TV and radio programmes; producing in media industry; basics of cultural politics in the Russian Federation.

Electives: mass culture and mass communication; history and culture of St. Petersburg; economy of film and TV; modern media industry; establishing correct lighting in television; history of Russian and foreign art; art and religion; media art; multi-screen television; work in convergent edition; TV interview; job stringer; digital television technology; colour solution in television.