IDEAS FOR BEFORE AND AFTER CLASSROOM VIEWING

Before Viewing The Program:
1. Show an episode of 24. Entire seasons are available on DVD at video rental stores.
2. Talk to the class about the general organization and premise of 24 as given in 24 Background Information on this CD-ROM. If some of the students are regular viewers of 24 let them give basic information about the show.
3. Give the class an overview of the program based on the material found in the Summary of Program Content.
4. Discuss the Meaning of Below-the-line as presented on this CD-ROM.
5. Go over glossary terms that you feel might not be familiar to your class using the Alphabetic Glossary or Interactive Glossary.

AFTER VIEWING THE PROGRAM:
1. Discuss the content of the program and get student reactions. You might particularly want to ask students:
A. what they thought of the amount of detail a script supervisor has to deal with
B. about additional ideas they might have for how the editors can cope with all the footage shot for the show
C. if they have had any experiences in their production classes that could have benefited from knowing some of the techniques or advice given on the program
D. how they think they, as editors, would handle a situation of differing demands from different producers
2. Show the class the complete interviews of Kiefer Sutherland, Penny Johnson Jerald, and Joel Surnow (all of these are on the DVD that contains the program) and discuss if this additional information changes any of their perceptions about the editing process.
3. Show the class the guild interviews with the Script Supervisor Guild representative and the Editors Guild representative that are included on the DVD.
4. Show the class the additional Q&A on the DVD and see if there are any other questions they would have liked to ask.
5. Show the class the other outtakes that are included on the DVD. Discuss with the students how they might incorporate some of the comments into their own careers.
6. Show the class the Forms Used for Script Supervision and Editing that are on this CD-ROM, printing them out for class if you wish.
7. Show students the list of Staff and Crew Positions on 24 emphasizing the wide variety of jobs available in TV production.
8. Share with students how this episode of Journeys Below the Line was produced, using the material in The Making of Journeys Below the Line and Bios of Journeys Below the Line Staff sections.
9. Explore some of the Web Links that are linked to this CD-ROM.

AS FOLLOW-UP:
1. Have the students watch an episode of 24 with the following in mind:
A. What material was used for the boxes and how did the style of the boxes compare to what the various people in the program said about them?
B. Did you feel there were too many boxes? Too few?
C. Can you give any examples of places where the editing intensified the pace of the program?
D. What things do you think the script supervisor would be noting as the material was filmed?
Once the students have all viewed a program, discuss the answers to these questions in class.
2. Have students do research on one of the people associated with or mentioned on this program and write a report about the person or give the information orally in class. (They can use Biographies of Panelists provided on this CD-ROM as a starting point.)
3. If you are not currently a faculty member of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, use the Faculty Academic Membership Application to join. Also have your students use the Student Academic Membership to join as student members so that they can benefit from other programs of the Academy.
4. View more programs from this series or other programs distributed by First Light.