Television Production Handbook (with InfoTrac)

Book Description
This classic, best-selling text introduces students to the basic skills required in all aspects of television production, including camera and studio, field equipment and production, and multicamera directing, all while emphasizing the latest production techniques and technology, such as audio workstations, non-linear editing, and HDTV. This text introduces cutting edge developments in the field, while maintaining its name as the reference text for the TV Production course. This is the most current, technically accurate text available and offers the most extensive teaching and learning package. Zettl's TELEVISION PRODUCTION HANDBOOK is the reference text and standard for the course.

About the Author
Dr. Herbert Zettl is Professor Emeritus of Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts at San Francisco State University, where he teaches in the areas of video production and media aesthetics. He received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley after receiving an A.B and M.A. from Stanford University. While at San Francisco State University, he was the Director of the Institute of International Media Communication. Prior to joining the San Francisco State University faculty, he worked at several professional television stations, including KPIX, the CBS affiliate in San Francisco, where he was producer-director. He participated in numerous CBS and NBC network television productions, such as Edward R. Murrow's PERSON TO PERSON. While at KPIX he won an EMMY Award of the San Francisco Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for innovation in entertainment shows. He has been inducted into the prestigious Silver Circle of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Northern California Chapter, for outstanding contributions to the television profession. Dr. Zettl has written numerous articles, many of which were translated into foreign languages and/or published abroad. In addition to SIGHT, SOUND, MOTION: APPLIED MEDIA AESTHETICS, he has also written other books on television production and aesthetics (all published by Thomson/Wadsworth), including TELEVISION PRODUCTION WORKBOOK, VIDEO BASICS WORKBOOK, AND TELEVISION PRODUCTION HANDBOOK.


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This classic, best-selling text introduces students to the basic skills required in all aspects of television production, including camera and studio, field equipment and production, and multicamera directing, all while emphasizing the latest production techniques and technology, such as audio workstations, non-linear editing, and HDTV. This text introduces cutting edge developments in the field, while maintaining its name as the reference text for the TV Production course. This is the most current, technically accurate text available and offers the most extensive teaching and learning package. Zettl's Television Production Handbook is the reference text and standard for the course.


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