The Technique of Television Production

Flaptekst

This is a practical book. It not only provides you with ‘know-how’, but explains ‘why’. It discusses not only production mechanics and techniques, but the aesthetics of the medium. It explains the power to persuade and the nature of audience appeal. It encourages experiment and individuality, as well as showing how the various facets of production come together.
Internationally established for many years as a standard textbook in universities, broadcasting organizations, TV and film schools, this encyclopedic study of TV has been fully updated and extended to reflect current developments in techniques and technology.
The extensive use of diagrams and marshalling of facts in easy-to-use lists ensures that this book is an approachable introduction as well as a reference text for advanced study. Gerald Millerson’s analytical writings spring from a lifetime’s practical experience in the medium, and from his teaching and engineering background. During his career with the British • Broadcasting Corporation, he was primarily associated with studio operations in the BBC Television Service. His lecturing background has included courses in TV production given at a number of American Universities.