How to Star In Your Own TV Show for 50 or Less: An Insider's Guide to Public Access

Book Description
This is a detailed, step-by-step guide to putting together a cable TV program and getting it aired locally and around the country, on the cheap, proving that it's easy and fun to have your own TV show. How to Star in Your Own TV Show for $50 or Less shows the reader step by step: what to do the show about, how to organize the show, where to do the show and where to air the show. Formats covered include Demonstration, Talk, Variety, Performance and Just You. Baby Boomers, Gen Xers, anyone who wants to express himself/herself on television, anyone who has always dreamed of starring in a TV show but never knew how, will grab this informative book right off the shelf. Readers learn: Actors don't have to wait for casting agents to call; Musicians don't need to spend thousands of dollars to make a video; Nonprofit organizations can tape PSAs for their causes; Instructors and coaches can teach a skill such as a musical instrument or a sport on TV; Professionals can use TV to get new clients; There isn't a book in the marketplace like this! Other books cover more technical aspects of TV production, but this book tells anyone how to have fun, accomplish personal goals and appear on television. It is also filled with many insider tips on how to get the most out of TV studios.


About the Author
Glenn Darby has spent 51/2 years in Los Angeles' busiest and most popular access television station, where he has directed and/or produced more than 2,000 TV shows and trained hundreds of people in all aspects of TV production. He has been nominated for an Emmy and has won a WAVE award. He has a BA in English and an AS in Natural Science. A certified trainer for Discreet Logic's nonlinear edit system, he has shot interviews for Steven Spielberg's Shoah Foundation and has donated time to many local charities (AIDS Project Los Angeles, Planet Hope).


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