About the Book
This comprehensive introductory text provides students with a practical framework for all aspects of media production by addressing the technological and aesthetic changes that have shaped the industry. The text follows the creative process from pre-production, through production to post-production. It fills the need for a new type of production textbook that is truly comprehensive in approach and addresses the interconnection between film, video, audio, and multimedia technologies. Comparisons of digital and analog production techniques are carried out with detailed descriptions, illustrations, photographs, and diagrams.
Addressing both studio and field issues, the text is organized to follow the production process logically from beginning to end, from concept through to finished product, while still offering information which can be used on an individual chapter basis. In addition to offering a variety of traditional and contemporary technologies and techniques, both Dr. Kindem and Dr. Musburger also introduce students to important aesthetic approaches to media production.
Table of Contents:
Preface; The Production Process: Analog and Digital Technology: Stages of Production: Preproduction, Production, Postproduction, Digital Versus Analog Technologies, A Short History of Film, Audio, and Video Production Technologies, Production Terminology, Single-Camera Versus Multiple-Camera and Studio Versus Location Production, The Production Team in Audio, Video, and Film Production, The Production Team in Interactive Multimedia Production, Visualization: Images, Sounds and the Creative Process, Conveying Information/Rhetorical Persuasion/Artistic Expression, Production Aesthetics: Realism, Modernism, Postmodernism, Summary; Producing and Production Management, Producing, Production Management; Scriptwriting: Visual Thinking, Preparation for Scriptwriting, Treatments, Scriptwriting Formats, Fiction Scriptwriting, Nonfiction Scriptwriting, Summary; Directing: Aesthetic Principles and Production Coordination, Aesthetic Approaches, Visualization, Composition, Combining Shots, Sound and Image Interaction, Preparing the Shooting Script Production Coordination, Directing Multiple Camera, Directing Single Camera, Summary; Audio-Sound: Aesthetics of Audio/Sound, Microphone Types, Mike Placement and Selection, Sound Signal Control, Audio Perspectives, Summary; Lighting: Aesthetic Approaches, Light and Color, Light Sources, Light Control, Light Measurement, Contrast Ratios, Setting Instruments, Summary; Camera: Placement, Lens Control, Video Cameras, Film Cameras, Camera Care, Summary; Recording: Introduction, Analog Audio, Digital Audio, Analog Video, Digital Video, Film Recording, Summary; Design and Graphics: Aesthetics of Design, Principles of Design, Design Elements, Color, Composition, Graphics Applications, Summary; The Editing Process: Editing Stages, Preliminary, Final, Editing Systems, Linear, Nonlinear, Modes, Fiction, Nonfiction, Aesthetic Approaches, Realism, Modernism, Postmodernism, Summary; Visual Editing: Digital Nonlinear Editing, Videotape Editing, Film Editing, Summary; Sound Editing: Digital Nonlinear Editing, Videotape Audio Editing, Magnetic Film Editing, Audiotape Editing, Mixing Sounds, Summary; Animation and Special Effects: Storyboards and Animation Preproduction, Types of Animation, Film Animation, Computer Animation, Camera Effects, Optical Effects, Digital Effects, Models and Miniatures, Physical Effects; Distribution and Exhibition: Technology of Distribution and Exhibition, Economics of Distribution and Exhibition, Summary
About the Author :
Dr. Gorham Kindem is Professor of Communication Studies at the University of North Carolina|Chapel Hill. His award-winning documentary, Chuck Davis, Dancing Through West Africa, has been nationally televised on PBS and the Discovery Channel. He is the author or editor of four books and numerous articles in media studies and production and has produced, directed, recorded, and/or edited several films and TV programs. Dr. Kindem resides in the Chapel Hill, North Carolina area.
Robert B. Musburger, Ph.D. is Professor Emeritus and former Director of the School of Communication, University of Houston. He has worked for 20 years in professional broadcasting, serving as camera operator, director, producer, and writer and has received numerous awards for his video work and teaching. His published writing includes "Electronic News Gathering: A Guide
to ENG" (Focal), "Single-camera Video Production, Fifth Edition"(Focal), and, with Gorham Kindem, "Introduction to Media Production: From Analog to Digital, Fourth Edition" (Focal).
Review :
Provides a solid foundation for any audio/visual production course.
