The bible of television production books--nwo thoroughly overhauled for the new millennium!
Television production is about storytelling and communicating your vision. It is not merely a matter of knowing which buttons to press, but how to influence and persuade your audience, hold their attention, develop their interest, and kindle their enotions. This book tells you how to do all this--and much more.
Television Production offers a practical guide to professional television and video production techniques. You will find straightforward, clear descriptions and explanations of the equipment you will use, and discover the best ways to use it. You will also learn how to anticipate and quickly overcome typical everyday problems found in television production. You will explore in detail all the major features of television production, learning the secrets of professional camerawork, persuasive lighting techniques, effective sound treatment, as well as the subtle processes of scenic design and the art of video editing.
Suitable for students and beginning television producers, the new edition of this classic text retains its clarity and directness but has been completely revised and updated.
- In brilliant full color for the first time, hundreds of new photos and illustrations demonstrate the techniques presented in the book
- Thoroughly overhauled with the latest developments in television production tools and technology
- Focuses on the latest equipment, delivery methods, and convergence of digital technology
- Detailed teaching ancillaries are available for instructors
Part 1 : The Foundations of Television Production
Part 2 : The Process, Script, and Production Plan
Part 3 : Visualizing the Story
Part 4 : Lighting, Backgrounds, and Sets
Part 5 : Recording and Editing the Production
Part 6 : Production Techniques
Part 7 : Engineering
Gerald Millerson's books on television and video production have become standard works in a number of languages since they were first published in the 1950s, and are based on a long and distinguisshed career with the BBC.
Jim Owens has worked and taught in the video and television industry for almost 30 years. He has worked on local, regional and national productions. Owens' international television work has inclued ten Olympic brodcasts and has taken him to over twenty-five countries. He is the author of the Video Production (both published by Focal Press), and has had over thirty articles published in television and broadcast magazines in the United States and Europe, He has taught video production in universities and colleges in the United States, Greece, Italy and China. Owens is Chair of the Communications Arts Department at Asbury College in Wilmore, Kentucky, where he has taught since 1981.