Television Production Handbook (Tenth Edition)

Part I Introduction: Process and System - 1 1 - The Television Production Process - 2 1.1 - What Television Production Is All About - 4 1.2 - Technical Production Systems - 12 Part II Preproduction - 23 2 - The Producer in Preproduction - 24 2.1 - What Producing Is All About - 26 2.2 - Information Resources, Unions, and Ratings - 38 3 - The Script - 42 3.1 - Basic Script Formats - 44 3.2 - Dramatic Structure, Conflict, and Dramaturgy - 51 Part III Production - 55 4 - Analog and Digital Television - 56 4.1 - Analog and Digital Processes - 58 4.2 - Scanning Systems - 65 5 - The Television Camera - 70 5.1 - How Television Cameras Work - 72 5.2 - Resolution, Contrast, and Color - 87 6 - Lenses - 92 6.1 - What Lenses Are - 94 6.2 - What Lenses See - 106 7 - Camera Operation and Picture Composition - 112 7.1 - Working the Camera - 114 7.2 - Framing Effective Shots - 128 8 - Audio: Sound Pickup - 138 8.1 - How Microphones Hear - 140 8.2 - How Microphones Work - 158 9 - Audio: Sound Control - 166 9.1 - Sound Controls and Recording - 168 9.2 - Stereo, Surround Sound, and Sound Aesthetics - 182 10 - Lighting - 186 10.1 - Lighting Instruments and Lighting Controls - 188 10.2 - Light Intensity, Lamps, and Color Media - 208 11 - Techniques of Television Lighting - 214 11.1 - Lighting in the Studio - 216 11.2 - Location Lighting - 236 12 - Video-recording and Storage Systems - 246 12.1 - Tape-based and Tapeless Video Recording - 248 12.2 - How Video Recording Is Done - 260 13 - Switching, or Instantaneous Editing - 268 13.1 - How Switchers Work - 270 13.2 - Electronic Effects and Switcher Functions - 283 14 - Design - 292 14.1 - Designing ans Using Television Graphics - 294 14.2 - Scenery and Props - 305 15 - Television Talent - 314 15.1 - Television Performers and Actors - 316 15.2 - How to Do Makeup and What to Wear - 329 16 - The Director in Production: Preparation - 334 16.1 - How a Director Prepares - 336 16.2 - Communication and Scheduling - 355 17 - The Director in Production: Directing - 360 17.1 - Multicamera Control Room Directing - 362 17.2 - Single-camera and Digital Cinema Directing - 378 18 - Field Production and Big Remotes - 382 18.1 - Field Production - 384 18.2 - Covering Major Events - 400 Part IV Postproduction - 419 19 - Postproduction Editing: How It Works - 420 19.1 - How Nonlinear Editing Works - 422 19.2 - How Linear Editing Works - 437 20 - Editing Functions and Principles - 446 20.1 - Editing Functions and Continuity Editing - 448 20.2 Complexity Editing - 459