Television Production Handbook (9TH 06 - Old Edition)

This classic, best-selling text introduces students to the basic skills required in all aspects of television production, including camera and studio, field equipment and production, and multicamera directing, at the same time emphasizing the latest production techniques and technology, such as audio workstations, non-linear editing, and HDV (High Definition Video). TELEVISION PRODUCTION HANDBOOK introduces cutting-edge developments in the field, while maintaining its reputation as the standard for the Television Production course. Presented in full-color for the first time, this is the most current, technically accurate reference text available, and it offers the most extensive teaching and learning package for the course.

In the tenth edition of Herbert Zettl's field-defining text TELEVISION PRODUCTION HANDBOOK, the author's emphasis shifts to how production proceeds in the digital age --from idea to image — and how it moves through the three major phases, from preproduction to production to postproduction. In this context, you will learn about the necessary tools, examine what they can and cannot do, and explore how they are used to ensure maximum efficiency and effectiveness. This edition also features the latest digital equipment and production techniques, including HDV and HDTV.

Dr. Herbert Zettl is Professor Emeritus of Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts at San Francisco State University, where he taught in the areas of video production and media aesthetics. He received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley after receiving a B.A. and M.A. from Stanford University. While at San Francisco State University, he was the Director of the Institute of International Media Communication. Prior to joining the San Francisco State University faculty, he worked at several professional television stations, including KPIX, the CBS affiliate in San Francisco, where he was producer-director. He participated in numerous CBS and NBC network television productions, such as Edward R. Murrow's PERSON TO PERSON. While at KPIX he won an Emmy Award from the San Francisco Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for innovation in entertainment shows. He has been inducted into the prestigious Silver Circle of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Northern California Chapter, for outstanding contributions to the television profession, and in 2004, he won the Broadcast Education Association Distinguished Education Service Award. Dr. Zettl has written numerous articles, many of which have been translated into foreign languages and/or published abroad. In addition to VIDEO BASICS, he has also written two other books on television production and aesthetics (both published by Thomson Wadsworth), TELEVISION PRODUCTION HANDBOOK and SIGHT, SOUND, MOTION: APPLIED MEDIA AESTHETICS.

1. The Television Production Process. 2. Analog and Digital Television. 3. The Television Camera. 4. Lenses. 5. Camera Mounting Equipment. 6. Camera Operation and Picture Composition. 7. Lighting. 8. Techniques of Television Lighting. 9. Audio: Sound Pickup. 10. Audio: Sound Control. 11. Switching, or Instantaneous Editing. 12. Video-Recording and Storage Systems. 13. Postproduction Editing. 14. Visual Effects. 15. Design. 16. Production People. 17. Producing. 18. The Director in Preproduction. 19. The Director in Production and Postproduction. 20. Field Production and Big Remotes. Epilogue. Glossary. Selected Reading.