What ends up on the film cutting room floor, and why? This work shows you how to achieve professional results. It describes the breaking down rushes and making a simple join, identifying shots, first assembly, avoiding errors, preparing special effects, instructing the labs, compiling sound tracks and other stages in producing the final film.

This third edition of a ten-year-old guide (originally, TV Lighting Methods), has been revised, extended and retitled to suit today's filming conditions.

Giving an overview of the production process, this book shows how, within the often severe limitations of time and money, it is possible to originate interesting and competitive television programmes. It also describes the essentials of good camerawork and relates them to considerations of audio, staging, lighting, make-up and wardrobe techniques.

This book is designed as a starter guide for anyone owning a camcorder or students entering the field of broadcast or corporate video making who wish to know the principles of how to use their cameras and the way in which these principles can be applied in the studio, in the street, and in all non-broadcast situations. This edition covers the latest types of video camera and gives advice on composition, picture framing, lighting and sound.

Recent advances in video-camera design, coupled with more flexible video recording and editing systems are freeing the TV director from constraints that previously restricted production methods. Scenes can be shot, rearranged and manipulated in ways undreamed of a short time ago. This text is an up-to-date reference for television scenic designers. This edition includes a chapter on chroma key used to create virtual sets, an increasingly popular medium with rising costs and the restrictions of traditional scenic construction.

Skilful lighting involves a subtle blend of systematic mechanics and a sensitive visual imagination. It requires anticipation, perceptiveness, patience and know-how. But learning through practice alone can take a great deal of time. This book is a distillation of many years' experience, with advice and guidance that will bring successful results right from the start. Whether you are a student studying lighting techniques in the television, video and film media, or a professional lighting for the camera, this book will be an invaluable aid. Other members of the production team, including...