Fully updated second edition of this funny, honest and practical guide to writing, shooting, reporting and producing for TV and multimedia journalism, from one of America's best-known and most-requested journalism trainers.

Emerging filmmakers need to know the basics of their art form: the language of the camera, and lenses, the different crew roles, the formats, the aspect ratios. They also need to know some bare-bones theory: what an auteur is, what montage is, what genres are. Most important, all filmmakers require serious grounding in film. You cannot...

The first comprehensive study of animated landscapes across media.

"The first comprehensive study of animated landscapes across media"--

This work looks at the role of documentary in film and television. It presents a clear view of the theoretical issues and critical debates which surround documentary, and discusses the development of the main styles and approaches, including dramadocs and fly-on-the-wall.

An incredible visual insight into one of the most eagerly anticipated films of 2011.

Studio directors need to know the basics of studio directing, whether they go on to direct news, drama, children's programmes or light entertainment. This book gives you the practical and technical guidance you need to deliver a trouble free programme. It contains topics such as: networks; cameras and pictures; pre-production; and more.

A guide to the fundamentals underlying television and video systems, it provides an explanation of how the principal pieces of equipment work, what their functions are, and how they are integrated to form a complex video system. It also includes information on compression, television standards, LCD displays, HD, and equipment.

A guide to the technical fundamentals underlying all television and video systems. It demonstrates how various pieces of equipment work, what their functions are, and how they are integrated to form a complex video system. This third edition covers new topics such as the PAL system.

Video production requires a high degree of organization to be a success and requires a proper diary to be kept of your production. It is the understanding of the paperwork and its organization that will make your production either a success or a failure. This book aims to help you to plan successful procedures for all stages of a video production.

Describes the principles involved in obtaining professional results in educational and corporate environments in the field of sound recording. This book covers from how to choose a microphone and obtain the best quality recordings, to editing the results for the final screening. It offers technical advice and explains the technical terms.

This book covers both the artistry and craftsmanship of cinematography and visual storytelling. Few art forms are as tied to their tools and technology as is cinematography. Take your mastery of these new tools, techniques, and roles to the next level with this cutting-edge roadmap from author and filmmaker Blain Brown.

Cinesonica: sounding film and video explores previously neglected and under-theorised aspects of film and video sound, drawing on detailed case study analyses of Hollywood cinema, art cinema, animated cartoons, and avant-garde film and video.

Suitable for working film/TV professionals and students, this book includes all the forms, contracts, releases and checklists required to set up and run a production. It offers coverage of new travel and shipping regulations and information on scheduling, budgeting, deal memos, music clearances, communications, and digital production.

Serves as a practical guide to the basics of continuity, designed to be of use both to the newcomer and those more experienced. This edition covers the technological changes which affect the Continuity Supervisor.

Cue & Cut is a 'practical approach to working in television studios' for anyone who might want to work in that medium. Written by a multi-camera producer-director, it presents both a way of handling studios and a source of information about how things have changed from the days of monochrome to HD tapeless modes - with some thoughts on 3D HDTV

Offers the readers a tutorial on how to use digital technology so as to get the best from it. This book features an insightful guide through the details of film-making. It deals with shooting process, from working with actors to lighting, framing, and camera movement.

This book places its emphasis on understanding and gaining hands-on experience of Digital Vidoe and PC Editing.

Introduces digital camerawork techniques used in television and video production. This book features step-by-step instructions on camera controls, editing, lighting and sound. Talking about transition between analogue and digital acquisition/recording formats, it provides information on the different production styles and requirements.

Traces expanded and multi-screen cinema from its origins in early abstract cinema and the Bauhaus era to post-war happenings and live events in Europe and the US, the first video and multi-media experiments of the 1960s, the fusion of multi-screen art with sonic art and music from the 1970s onwards, right up to the digital age.

Traces the history of artists' involvement with the moving image, from the earliest experiments with film to the digital and video streaming techniques over the Internet. This book takes in almost all the major developments in the unfolding dialogue between artists and moving image media.