Television Production Contents

 

Television Production
A Comprehensive On-line Cybertext
in Studio and Field Production

by Ron Whittaker, Ph.D.

Also available at CyberCollege.com

Producción de Televisión en Español             CD of Entire Cybertext

AOL Users          Readings and Forms 

Notes for  Students  and  Instructors  

 Interactive Tests          Puzzle Quizzes

Return to Home Page      Video Projects

I.  Things You Need to Know First
   
--1. TV Production Overview                                  --2. Program Proposals and Treatments
-- 3. Capturing and Holding Viewer Attention -- 4. 15 Production Steps
-- 5. The Script--The Key Production Element   -- 6. Scriptwriting Guidelines
--7. Costing-Out A Production -- 8. How The TV Process Works
-- 9. World Television Standards and HDTV/DTV
  

II.  Video Cameras

A. Lenses--the Focus of Creative Control

--10. Lenses: The Basics -- 11. Lenses: Distance, Speed and Perspective Changes
-- 12. F-Stops and Creative Focus Techniques -- 13. Filters and Lens Attachments
-- 14. Lenses: Some Final Elements

B.Principles of Color and Video Quality

--15. The Wonderful World of Color     --16. Maintaining Video Quality

C.Video Cameras and Their Operation

--17. Cameras--The Basics --18. Color-Balancing Cameras
-- 19. Creative Control Using Shutter Speeds -- 20. Viewfinders--More to View Than You Might Think
--21. Camera Prompters--Seeing What
You're Saying

 

III.  Composition and Computer Graphics

The following chapters have many color illustrations. Expect longer download times.

--22. Composition--Setting the Scene    --23. Elements of Composition I
-- 24. Elements of Composition II -- 25. Elements of Composition III
-- 26.Graphics and Virtual Reality Sets    --Examples I         -- Examples II

 

IV. Lighting

The following chapters have many color illustrations. Expect longer download times.

--27. Hard and Soft Light
-- 28. Color Temperature Issues
--29. Controlling Intensity -- 30. Lighting Instruments
--31. The Key Light -- 32. The Fill, Back and Background Lights
-- 33. Working With Lighting Ratios   -- 34. Special Lighting Situations
-- 35. Altering Appearances -- 36. Lighting--Some Final Issues

 

V. Audio
  
--37. Television Sound: The Basics    -- 38. Microphones and Their Characteristics
-- 39. Special Microphone Attributes -- 40. Wireless Microphones
-- 41. Using Off-Camera Microphones -- 42. Stereo, Surround-Sound, Quadraphonic
-- 43. Audio Control Devices -- 44. Audio Recording and Playback Devices
-- 45. Wrapping Up Audio

 

VI. Video Recording
  
--46. Video Recording Media    -- 47. Consumer Video Formats    
-- 48. Professional Video Formats       -- 49. Video Recorder Operations

 

VII. Editing
     
--50.Continuity Editing -- 51. Continuity Techniques
-- 52. Solving Continuity Problems -- 53. Technical Continuity
-- 54. Editing Guidelines - Part I -- 55. Editing Guidelines - Part II
--56. Linear and Non-Linear Editing     --57.Making Use of Time-Code
-- 58. On-Line and Off-Line Editing

 

VIII. Producing and Directing
    
--59. Studio Production -- 60. Video Switchers and Special Effects
-- 61. Multiple-Camera Remotes -- 62. Single-Camera Film-Style Production

 

IX. News and Documentary Production
    
--63. News and Documentary
Production - Part I		   -- 64. News and Documentary
  Production - Part II
--65.Microwave, Satellite and Fiber Optic Links

 

X. Legal and Ethical Issues
    
-- 66. Legal and Ethical Issues- Part I   -- 67. Legal and Ethical Issues - Part II   

 

XI. Non-Broadcast Production and Careers

  -- 68. Non-Broadcast Television            -- 69. Careers              -- 70. A Final Word 

 

Television Production Resources on the Internet      Another TV Production Cybertext

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