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Introduction to Broadcasting ­ MCM 411
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LESSON 05
OUTDOOR BROADCASTING II
Regular Public Events
The outdoor broadcasting is a huge area, perhaps as much spread out as the indoor. One
major aspect of outdoor broadcast is covering the regular public events.
Horse and Cattle Show
This weeklong show is held as part of spring festivals in Lahore. From day one to the
concluding day the venue is visited by local and foreign dignitaries with a large number of
people coming from all over the country. Not only the day time; have the events continued to
take place till midnight.
The Sibbi Mela in Balochistan
It is a similar event as Horse and cattle show in Lahore. From day one to the concluding day
the venue is visited by local and foreign dignitaries with a large number of people coming from
all over the country.
Pakistan Day March Past
It is held in front of the Parliament House on March 23 every year, with a lot of other activities
going on at different capital city's spots and which have to be covered by the broadcasting
houses.
These are but few examples of events which are held regularly. Some times events take place
at far flung areas like the Shandhoor polo matches in northern areas, Thar Mela, or Urs of
Hazrat Data Gunj Bukhsh or Shah Abdul Latif. A broadcasting house simply cannot miss these
events. They have to send OB teams to cover these events.
General Elections
The days when general elections are held are the real field days for the broadcasting houses.
Since the activity is spread over all around the country, broadcasting houses run short of OB
teams to cover the event. Usually, missings are noticed and a notice of negligence is served
on some producer.
Sports
One very major area of outdoor broadcast is the coverage given to sporting events.
Pakistan is a leading nation in cricket, hockey and squash and features very prominently
whenever these sports are held in any part of the world.
The OB teams not only manage coverage of these events when they are held within the
country, but at times they go abroad to arrange live commentary on these games.
Floods
Rainy season in Pakistan usually brings floods as rivers overflow and rainfall intensified in the
catchment areas in the north. The OB teams are assigned to go and bring first hand
information about the damage caused by the downpour and the deluge.
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It is a tough task as some of the sophisticated equipment may not turn friendly in the moist
conditions. Special care is done to keep the instruments and leads dry and in working order,
even in the worst weather conditions.
Authorities' visits
In the flooded parts, and for that matter, in any other emergency like rail accidents,
earthquakes etc., president, prime minister, governors or chief ministers along with senior
officials of departments meant to do the rehabilitation work, visit the calamity hit areas.
Normally OB teams go along with them to cover these visits.
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Table of Contents:
  1. BROADCASTING:Historical Facts about Radio, Wireless and Radio
  2. CLASSIFICATION OF PROGRAMS:NEWS, Language, Sensationalizing
  3. CURRENT AFFAIRS:Talk Shows, Discussions, Seminars, Live Shows
  4. OUTDOOR BROADCASTING I:VIP Movement, Suddenly Assigned Events
  5. OUTDOOR BROADCASTING II:Pakistan Day March Past, General Elections
  6. CURTAIN RAISER:Political, Financial, Sports, Academics
  7. RADIO FEATURE:Personality Features, Features on Events
  8. MUSICAL PROGRAMS:Classical Music, Light and Film Music, Folk Music
  9. RADIO DOCUMENTARY:Narrative, Dramatized, Imagination, Close to places
  10. DISC JOCKEY:Women in Focus, Daily/ Weekly Division, Making Titles
  11. VOICE IN BROADCASTING:Speech, Accent, Loudness, Stress
  12. NOISE:Physical, Medium itself, Problem at sender’s end, Semantics
  13. STUDIO:Drama Studio, Studios for Talk Shows/ Discussions, Music Studios,
  14. RADIO DRAMA I:Stage Dramas, Early Radio Dramas, Ethics, Classification
  15. RADIO DRAMA II:Selection of director, The Playwrights, Script, Voices
  16. ADVERTISEMENT – INCOME GENERATION:Similarities, More Analysis
  17. ADVERTISERS’ APPROACH:Dramatized, Dialogue based, News
  18. FM – A NEW GENERATION IN BROADCASTING:Low Cost, The Difference
  19. MICROPHONE TO TRANSMITTER:Amplifiers, Modulator, Transmitter
  20. WRITING SCRIPT FOR RADIO BROADCAST:NEWS Script, Interviews
  21. INTERACTIVE BROADCASTING:On-line, E-mails, Interview, Views in News
  22. REVISION:CURRENT AFFAIRS, RADIO FEATURE, MUSICAL PROGRAMS
  23. HISTORY OF TELEVISION:Early History, The Black & White Images, Color Television
  24. PAKISTAN TELEVISION (PTV):The Excitement, Timing, Live Broadcast
  25. BROADCASTING LAWS:Laws in the 19th century, Press Council of Pakistan
  26. REPLICAS OF RADIO BROADCAST:The Staff, News Reading, Programming
  27. NEW SCRIPT WRITING AND DIRECTION TECHNIQUES:TV Script
  28. SETS:Permanent Sets, Hot & Cover Sets, Special Sets, Economical
  29. CAMERA SHOTS – THE VISUAL LANGUAGE:Angle Shots, Movement shots
  30. LIGHTS IN VISUAL BROADCASTING:Light Temperature, Light and Distance
  31. INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR:NEWS and Interviews, Dramas and Music
  32. BROADCASTING AND MEDIA IMPERIALISM:The truth in the debate
  33. ENVIRONMENT OF TV BROADCAST:Optical Illusions, POV, Depth of Field
  34. BUDGET:First Part, Second Part, Third Part, The Sponsors
  35. COMPARISON AND CONTRAST OF DIFFERENT RADIO AND TV FORMATS:TV NEWS
  36. CURRENT AFFAIRS – FROM RADIO TO TV:Seminars, Interviews
  37. PRE-PRODUCTION:Brain Storming, Scripting a new program, Approval
  38. PRODUCTION & POST-PRODUCTION:Booking Shifts, Rehearsals
  39. TV ADVERTISEMENTS – MONEY WITH ENTERTAINMENT:Early Phase, Getting Spots
  40. ENIGMA OF MORE CHANNELS:The Investment, Fresh Ideas, Closure of channels
  41. ANCHORPERSON:Appearance and Confidence, Job Opportunities
  42. COMPARISON BETWEEN RADIO AND TV BROADCAST:The Difference, Script
  43. TERRESTRIAL TO SATELLITE TO CABLE TV:Cable Network, CD Channels
  44. CAREER IN BROADCASTING:Production, Direction, Lighting Director, Script Writer
  45. REVISION (LESSON 23 TO 44):Broadcasting Laws, PEMRA, Budget