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Fundamentals of Television Production

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Fundamentals of Television Production is a comprehensive, in-depth text for both basic and advanced television production courses. Authors Ralph Donald and Thomas Spann have provided a number of unique

Fundamentals of Television Production covers the technical aspects of production, including cameras, lenses, lighting instruments, microphones and graphics, as well as discussions of the aesthetic considerations that should be given to such areas as shot composition and lighting. The text also covers the relative side of production, from scriptwriting to production design to the artistic skills necessary for directing. Beginning with an overview of the three phases of the production process for a situation comedy, a commercial and news story, students are introduced to the activities associated with preproduction, production and postproduction.
Written in and accessible, engaging manner, Fundamentals of Television Production will help students develop an understanding of the basic skills needed for below-the-line technical personnel and above-the-line creative personnel.

315 pages, Hardcover

First published May 25, 2000

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