The New Television Handbook

The New Television Handbook provides an exploration of the theory and practice of television at a time when the medium is undergoing radical changes. The book looks at television from the perspective of someone new to the industry, and explores the place of the medium within the constantly changing digital landscape. _x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x000D_ This title discusses key skills involved in television production: including producing, production management, directing, camera, sound, editing and visual effects. Each of these activities is placed within a wider context as it traces the production process from commissioning to post-production. _x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x000D_ The book outlines the broad political and economic context of the television industry. It gives an account of television genres, in particular narrative, factual programmes and news, and it considers the academic discipline of media studies, and the ways in which theorists have analysed and tried to understand the medium. It points to the interplay of theory and practice as it draws on the history of the medium and observes the ways in which the past continues to influence and invigorate the present. _x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x000D_ The New Television Handbook includes:_x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x000D_ Contributions from practitioners ranging from established producers to new entrants _x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x000D_ A comprehensive list of key texts and television programmes_x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x000D_ A revised glossary of specialist terms_x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x000D_ A section on training and ways of getting into the industry_x005F_x000D_