PODCAST DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION

Podcasts offer writers and creative producers an opportunity to showcase their talents in new ways and in an accessible, highly producible format. This course is a hands-on workshop in which students will learn the fundamentals of narrative podcasting (fiction and non-fiction), as well as video podcast and talk-show hybrid formats. Topics will include research, market research, pitch writing, script writing, audio interviewing techniques, workflow and organization,
episode construction and structure, recording, editing and mixing, and setting up a basic multicamera video production.
The semester will be divided into two parts. The first half of the semester will focus on development. Each student will develop and pitch an original podcast concept, including format, audience, comparables, and a pitch deck. Following the pitches, the class will select three
projects to move into production.
The second half of the semester will function as a collaborative production workshop. Students will divide into production teams around the three selected projects and take them through preproduction, recording, editing, and post-production. Each team will complete a proof-of-concept episode or pilot by the end of the semester.
Students will leave the course with an understanding of both the creative development process and the practical mechanics of producing audio and video podcasts.