BROADCAST ENGINEERING B - 2023/4

Module Overview

This module is intended to develop understanding and awareness of aspects of professional video engineering.  The module investigates the channel coding systems for broadcasting television as well as format for film recoding. Broadcast communication and methods are also explored.

Module provider

Music & Media

Module Leader

GILBERT Andrew (Music & Med)

Number of Credits: 15

ECTS Credits: 7.5

Framework: FHEQ Level 5

Module cap (Maximum number of students): N/A

Module Availability

Semester 2

Prerequisites / Co-requisites

Broadcast Engineering A  FVP2002 (pre-requisite)

Module content

Indicative content includes:

• Source coding


• Channel coding


• Hamming code and Shanon Coding


• Reed soloman coding


• FEC


• Broadcast transmission


• OFDM


• DAB


• Microwave links


• QAM


• PSK 


• Wireless links in TV production

Assessment pattern

Alternative Assessment

N/A

Assessment Strategy

The academic accreditation regulations published by the Institution of Engineering Technology state the following Guidance note G1.

Where modules include two assessment modes (coursework and examination) that assess different Learning Outcomes, a pass threshold should be adopted for each mode contributing more than 30% to the overall module mark. This pass threshold is no more than 10% below the normal module pass mark. 

In practice, this means that the average mark for all the coursework should be at least 30%, and the average mark on the exams and class tests should be 30% to pass the module.

 

The assessment strategy is designed to allow students to demonstrate their technical skills and theoretical understanding of video in film and TV. They can demonstrate knowledge and critical thinking in video technology by writing and presenting an essay.

Thus, the summative assessment for this module consists of:

• Coursework - 40% (addresses learning outcomes 1-5)


• Seminar Presentation 1 15% (addresses learning outcomes 1-5)


• Seminar Presentation 2 15% (addresses learning outcomes 1-5)


• Exam - 1 1/2 hours - 30% (addresses learning outcomes 1-6)

Formative assessment

There are no formal formative assessment components for this module, but formative feedback will be given to individual students through in-class tutorials.

Feedback

Students receive written feedback on their coursework and verbal feedback on their practical work throughout the module.

Module aims

• expand understanding of professional video systems
• introduce lossy and lossless compression in channel coding and transmission
• reinforce channel propagation types
• explore media formats for film and television

Learning outcomes

Methods of Teaching / Learning

The learning and teaching strategy is designed further to develop theory and practice film and broadcast technology; using lecturers, the students will expand their knowledge of the video distribution process and understand the compression format required for the channel coding.  The students will also explore the necessary compression to film set filming and production review, and editing.

The learning and teaching methods include:

• Two two-hour lectures per week (weeks 1-11


• Including a 2 hour Revision lecture in Week 11

Indicated Lecture Hours (which may also include seminars, tutorials, workshops and other contact time) are approximate and may include in-class tests where one or more of these are an assessment on the module. In-class tests are scheduled/organised separately to taught content and will be published on to student personal timetables, where they apply to taken modules, as soon as they are finalised by central administration. This will usually be after the initial publication of the teaching timetable for the relevant semester.

Reading list

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Programmes this module appears in

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