Overview
In Herbert Zettl's field-defining text TELEVISION PRODUCTION HANDBOOK, the author emphasizes 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.
Full Product Details
Author: Herbert Zettl
Publisher: Cengage Learning, Inc
Imprint: Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc
Edition: 11th Revised edition
Dimensions:
Width: 19.30cm
, Height: 2.30cm
, Length: 24.90cm
Weight: 1.660kg
ISBN: 9781111347901
ISBN 10: 1111347905
Pages: 840
Publication Date: 01 January 2011
Audience:
College/higher education
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Tertiary & Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Out of Print
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
PART I: INTRODUCTION: PROCESS AND SYSTEM. 1. The Television Production Process. PART II: PREPRODUCTION. 2. The Producer in Preproduction. 3. The Script. 4. The Director in Preproduction. PART III: PRODUCTION. 5. Analog and Digital Television. 6. The Television Camera. 7. Lenses. 8. Camera Operation and Picture Composition. 9. Audio: Sound Pickup. 10. Audio: Sound Control. 11. Lighting. 12. Techniques of Television Lighting. 14. Switching, or Instantaneous Editing. 15. Design. 16. Television Talent. 17. The Director in Production. 18. Field Production and Big Remotes. PART IV: POSTPRODUCTION. 19. Postproduction Editing: How It Works. 20. Editing Functions and Principles.
Author Information
Herbert Zettl is a professor emeritus of the Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts Department at San Francisco State University, where he headed the Institute of International Media Communication and received the California State Legislature Distinguished Teaching Award and the Broadcast Education Association's Distinguished Education Service Award. Prior to joining the SFSU faculty, Zettl worked at KOVR (Stockton-Sacramento) and as a producer-director at KPIX, the CBS affiliate in San Francisco, where he participated in a variety of CBS and NBC network television productions. Because of his outstanding contributions to the television profession, he was elected to the prestigious Silver Circle of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Northern California Chapter. He also is a member of the Broadcast Legends of the NATAS, Northern California Chapter. Zettl is the author of VIDEO BASICS and TELEVISION PRODUCTION HANDBOOK, which are translated into several languages and published internationally. His numerous articles on television production and media aesthetics have appeared in major media journals worldwide. He has lectured extensively on both subjects at universities and professional broadcast institutions both nationally and internationally. In addition, Zettl developed an interactive DVD-ROM, ZETTL'S VIDEOLAB 4.0 (Cengage Learning). His previous CD-ROM version won several prominent awards, including the Macromedia People's Choice Award, the New Media Invision Gold Medal for Higher Education, and Invision Silver Medals in the categories of Continuing Education and Use of Video.
