Journal #6

-Kiyomi Kimura, right, hugs her daughter Manami Numakura after reuniting at a shelter in Ishinomaki on March 15, 2011.


-Bodies found in the ruins of the residential area of Otsuchi are collected in a gymnasium on March 15, 2011.


-Syunsuke Doi, 22, left, mourns after finding the bodies of his wife and two children at a makeshift morgue built after the earthquake in Higashimatsushima on March 14, 2011.


-A resident stands on the ruins of a home in Kesennuma, in Miyagi prefecture, on March 15, 2011.


-Police officers gather the bodies of victims in Rikuzentakata, in Iwate prefecture, on March 16, 2011.



-On March 16, 2011, medical staff use a Geiger counter to screen a woman for radiation exposure in Hitachi, in Ibaraki prefecture, after she was evacuated from an area near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. (The woman tested negative.)



-Rescue workers from Japan's Self-Defense Forces dig though the debris of houses that were destroyed in Minami Sanriku, in Miyagi prefecture, on March 16, 2011.



-Evacuees sort through secondhand clothes in Minamisanriku city, March 17, 2011


-With his mother still missing, Yoshikatsu Hiratsuka cries in front of his house, which was destroyed by the earthquake, March 17, 2011.



-A family collects the ashes and bones of a relative killed by the earthquake and tsunami.


-Coffins lie on the floor of a hall in Rifu, March 18, 2011.



-Officials measure radiation levels of people in Koriyama, about 37 miles from the stricken nuclear power plant.


-A girl rides her bicycle past wreckage in a town devastated by the March 11 8.9- magnitude earthquake and tsunami.



-A woman pauses as she cleans what used to be her fishing after it was destroyed by the earthquake and tsunami in Minamisanriku, March 22, 2011



-Japanese citizens stand in shock as they realize the impact that their country has recieved.





HDTV System
- 16 X 9 aspect ratio
-a digital system
-High quality computer monitors
-Ranges from 24-60 frames per second

Four Stages of Television Production

1- Pre-production
2- Setup & Rehearsal
3- Production
4- Post-production

Producer
Pre-Production
-develop program concept and program budget
- assign program;s director
-work with writer on script

Set up and Rehearsal
-Supervise overall production activities
-keep production moving on time and within budget
-approve last minute changes as they arise
etc...

Producers- Creative Aspects
-Must be a creative individual
-Someone with a broad and varies background
-Sensitive to events

Producers- Organizational Aspects
-Television-complicated and technical medium that demands and efficient organizer to coordinate hundreds of different details.

The Program Proposal
-Brief outline of the proposed program

Questions to ask as a Producer

-Who is target audience?
-Why should audience watch?
-When should audience watch?
-How long should program be?
-What are the production costs?
-Is the idea doable?
etc...