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Understanding TV production This cable company‘s broadcast area is predominantly _ in _ the borough of York. As part of their ‘"community parâ€" ticipation‘‘ program, Graham Cable wants to teach as many people as possible the basics of television studio techniques to achieve programming designed ‘‘for the people by the people". That‘s why they initiated this production technique course for all interested citizens. This 42 hour course is held 2 nights a week at Humber College‘s north Campus and it‘s free. Thirteen men from York‘s community were gathered in Humber College‘s control reom and studio, having a great time messing around with three cameras, various headsets and sound mixing systems. All that was missing were the director‘s chair and the clapboard. Blame Graham Cable for Page 8 â€" The Westonâ€"York Times â€" Thursday, June 17, 1971 It looked like a play way "If you‘re committed, then it should be done well." Graham‘s motives are not entirely altruistic, however. They‘re planning their cable programming around the cry of citizen participation. The more groups they can lure into their studio to do their own productions, the happier they‘ll be. Kip Moorecroft, program director of Graham Cable, "This will give us honest programming,‘‘ Mr. Moorecroft said in an in terview last week. ‘"We get better programs if they‘re conceived by someone who knows the subject well and who also knows his way around a television studio." explained his company‘s he added "‘We‘re always willing to train someone who just drops into our studios, too" The course currently in session at Humber College is called ‘‘Production Techniques". basically to enable students to understand all that is involved in production," he continued. ‘"Anyone can produce â€" all you need is an idea and the knowledge of how its done. It is easy to teach how something is done, but the difficulty comes in understanding the aesthetic ‘"why‘" it was done." ‘"‘Most people can learn how to produce programs," Mr. Milan explained, "but only some ever do it creatively." As proof of his "anyone can do it‘ theory, Mr. Milan on‘"‘ approach to scripting, production planning, picture composition sound mixing and videotape operation . . . in 42 hours. It is, as instructor Jerry Milan says, a "concentrated course learn a basic "hands the college, and Tony ‘‘The goal of this course is Other people taking the course are doing so for more diverse reasons. Emrys Evans, for example, is a bookbinder at University of Toronto. He enrolled on a "spur of the moment" decision thinking Borough‘s â€" Parks _ and Dave DuShane, director of parks, Gregory Spears, coordinator, and Bob Dalby , student employee, directors, cameramen, sound mixers and even the stars of their first show. Among the baker‘s dozen learning to think visually, were three members of the parks department will probably be working in close conjunction with cable television. _ 1 Students of the course he would learn enough to do were taking turns being floor _ a documentary on the art of directors, cameramen, paper marbling. He‘s Their interest in the course Bill Ridell for whom the course is tailor made. Bill is representing the North Runneymede Church. He handles sports events for the church. RAll wants to see a sports program on cable television four times a week." The _ program shouldn‘t consist of someone reading out scores; there should be lots of filmed items," he explained. ‘‘This course is going to do it," he said enthusiastically, ‘"because it‘s not a course but a workshop." discovered since then, that the course won‘t give him this knowledge but he feels he‘ll benefit just the same. "‘It‘s a challenge and I like Students of Graham‘s Cable‘s production course get their first crack to be on both sides of the camera. ( C . (Photo by Colin Bowlden).