MCM 210: Presentation and Performance

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students will:

1. explain announcing and performance;
2. discuss voicing and the nature of speech;
3. describe performance techniques with regard to the microphone and the camera, as well as of performance types; and
4. perform as actor and/or straight announcer, disc jockey, news anchor/reporter, interviewer, master of ceremonies and narrator.

Course Contents

Examination of the fundamentals of voicing and the nature of speech; review of performance techniques with regard to the microphone and the camera, as well as of performance types, viz: the actor, the straight announcer, the disc jockey, the news reporter, the interviewer, the master of ceremonies and the narrator. There shall be practical exercises in the various roles.