Television Production
- 1st Edition - August 19, 2009
- Latest edition
- Authors: Gerald Millerson, Jim Owens
- Language: English
For over 50 years, Gerald Millerson's various books have been the foundation texts for thousands of students and professionals studying television production. Translated into… Read more
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Description
Description
For over 50 years, Gerald Millerson's various books have been the foundation texts for thousands of students and professionals studying television production. Translated into Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Hebrew, French and German, these titles have become truly international.
Television Production offers you a very practical guide to professional TV and video production techniques. Here you will find straightforward description 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.
You will explore in detail all the major features of television production, learning the secrets of top-grade camerawork, persuasive lighting techniques, effective sound treatment, as well as the subtle processes of scenic design and the art of video editing.
Successful program-making is about communication and persuasion. 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 arouse their emotions. This book tells you how to do all this - and much more.
The fourteenth edition has been completely revamped:
* New: Coauthor Jim Owens brings his wealth of teaching and international broadcasting experience
* New: In brilliant full color for the first time; hundreds of new photos and illustrations
* New: Thoroughly overhauled with the latest developments in tools and technology
Television Production offers you a very practical guide to professional TV and video production techniques. Here you will find straightforward description 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.
You will explore in detail all the major features of television production, learning the secrets of top-grade camerawork, persuasive lighting techniques, effective sound treatment, as well as the subtle processes of scenic design and the art of video editing.
Successful program-making is about communication and persuasion. 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 arouse their emotions. This book tells you how to do all this - and much more.
The fourteenth edition has been completely revamped:
* New: Coauthor Jim Owens brings his wealth of teaching and international broadcasting experience
* New: In brilliant full color for the first time; hundreds of new photos and illustrations
* New: Thoroughly overhauled with the latest developments in tools and technology
Key features
Key features
* Everything you need to know about the tools and techniques of television production
* Doesn't just tell you how to use equipment, but also why and when: a big-picture approach to help you succeed on any type of shoot, regardless of the equipment
* In stunning full color for the first time
* Doesn't just tell you how to use equipment, but also why and when: a big-picture approach to help you succeed on any type of shoot, regardless of the equipment
* In stunning full color for the first time
Readership
Readership
Students of television and video production; beginning TV/video professionals
Table of contents
Table of contents
[needs to be updated]
Television in Action; How Television Works; What Your Camera Can Do; Handling Your Camera; The Persuasive Camera; Effective Picture Making; Video Editing; Lighting; Scenery; Make-Up; Audio; Video Recording; Titling and Graphics; The Background of Production; Production Practices; Production Organization; In Production; Style; Visual Effects; On Location; Video Engineering
Television in Action; How Television Works; What Your Camera Can Do; Handling Your Camera; The Persuasive Camera; Effective Picture Making; Video Editing; Lighting; Scenery; Make-Up; Audio; Video Recording; Titling and Graphics; The Background of Production; Production Practices; Production Organization; In Production; Style; Visual Effects; On Location; Video Engineering
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: August 19, 2009
- Language: English
About the authors
About the authors
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Gerald Millerson
Affiliations and expertise
was an internationally acclaimed author with a long and distinguished career in television with the BBC. He lectured on TV production courses in the US and UK, and his books are referred to as industry bibles.JO
Jim Owens
Jim Owens has worked and taught in the video and television industry for over 30 years. He has worked on local, regional and national productions. Owens’ international television work has included eleven Olympic broadcasts and has taken him to over twenty-five countries. He is the author of the Video Production Handbook, Television Production, and Television Sports Production (all published by Focal Press), and has had over thirty articles published in television and broadcast magazines in the United States and Europe. Owens is Dean of the School of Communication Arts at Asbury University in Wilmore, Kentucky, where he has taught since 1981.
Affiliations and expertise
Dean of the School of Communication Arts at Asbury University.