Directing and Producing for Television : A Format Approach

by Cury

• ISBN13: 9780240804521
• ISBN10: 024080452X
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-11-29
• Publisher: Elsevier Science

Summary

Directing & Producing for Television provides readers with the tools they need to help them direct and produce efficiently in a variety of settings. It is a vital resource that is based on the author's own experience in the industry and in university settings, where he found that students are adept at handling equipment but often lack actual production technique. This text addresses those critical details and outlines the demands of each format. The second edition has been significantly updated to reflect recent changes in common industry practice, as well as new camera, lighting and editing technologies. A new review section has been added to each chapter to reinforce students' understanding of the material and allow beginning professionals to work with the material most pertinent to their needs. the emphasis is on multiple camera television, although serious considerations is given to single camera production in those formats where single camera production is the predominant production technique (for example, documentaries and commercials/PSAs).

Author Biography

Ivan Cury is a professor in the Communication Department of California State University, Los Angeles, where he has taught for the past eleven years

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments to the First Edition	xi
Preface to the Second Edition	xiii
Introduction	1	(11)
The Director/Producer's Job	1	(1)
Television Formats	2	(1)
First Big Divide	2	(1)
Second Big Divide	2	(1)
Basics for All Formats	3	(8)
The Quarter-Inch Ground Plan	3	(5)
Cross-Shooting	8	(2)
The 180-Degree Rule	10	(1)
Some Conventions	10	(1)
Overall Scope and Plan of the Text	11	(1)
Review	11	(1)
The Facility	12	(24)
Parts of Any Facility	12	(2)
The Studio	12	(1)
The Control Room	12	(1)
The Support Area	13	(1)
The Studio	14	(4)
The Floor	14	(2)
Walls	16	(1)
The Grid	17	(1)
Electric Outlets	18	(1)
Circuits	18	(1)
The Ceiling	18	(1)
The Control Room	18	(4)
Audio Gear: Control Room	19	(1)
Video Gear	20	(2)
The Studio Complement	22	(7)
Camera Equipment	22	(2)
Audio Equipment	24	(1)
Stage Equipment	25	(4)
Support Areas	29	(4)
Entrance and Lobby	29	(1)
Office Space	29	(1)
Green Room	30	(1)
Dressing Rooms	30	(1)
Makeup	30	(1)
Hair	30	(1)
Wardrobe	30	(1)
Master Control/Tape Room	31	(1)
Tape Recording	31	(1)
Feeds	31	(1)
Library	32	(1)
Telecine	32	(1)
Graphics	32	(1)
The Audience	33	(1)
Screening Rooms	33	(1)
Conclusion	33	(1)
Review	33	(3)
Who's Who	36	(30)
Preproduction	36	(14)
The Executives	37	(1)
Production/Program Assistants	38	(1)
The Director	39	(1)
The Production Manager	39	(3)
Operations/Scheduling	42	(1)
Engineering	43	(1)
Accounting	44	(1)
Set Designer	44	(4)
Art Director/Set Decorator	48	(1)
Lighting Designer	48	(1)
Optional Attendees	49	(1)
Production	50	(8)
Reception	51	(1)
Studio Manager	51	(1)
Engineering Crew	51	(3)
Stage Manager	54	(1)
Stage Crew	55	(1)
Paint Crew	55	(1)
Prop Crew	56	(1)
Light Crew	56	(1)
Talent	56	(1)
Choruses, Extras, Family and Friends, and Animals	57	(1)
Graphics	57	(1)
Makeup/Hair	57	(1)
Postproduction	58	(4)
The Account Executive/Sales	58	(1)
Scheduling	59	(1)
Reception	59	(1)
Library	59	(1)
Shipping	59	(1)
Editor	59	(3)
Sound Mixer	62	(1)
Management Services	62	(1)
Review	63	(3)
Preproduction	63	(1)
Production	63	(1)
Postproduction	64	(1)
Editing History	64	(2)
Panel Programs	66	(31)
Seating Arrangements	67	(3)
Seating Arrangements and Camera Coverage	70	(3)
180 Degrees with the Host at the End: Pros and Cons	70	(1)
Shooting 180 Degrees with the Host at the End	71	(1)
180 Degrees with the Host in the Middle: Pros and Cons	71	(1)
Shooting 180 Degrees with the Host in the Middle	72	(1)
360 Degrees--Host Surrounded: Pros and Cons	72	(1)
Shooting 360 Degrees	72	(1)
Program Routine	73	(4)
Script Format	77	(15)
Rehearsal Procedure	92	(2)
The Shoot	94	(1)
Review	95	(2)
Demonstration Format	97	(12)
Director in Control	97	(1)
Show-and-Tell Material: Guideline for Creation	98	(3)
Coordinate Pictures with Ideas	98	(1)
Create a Routine	99	(1)
Rehearsal	100	(1)
The Real Thing	100	(1)
Display Area	101	(1)
The Demonstration	101	(2)
Single-Camera Demonstration Programs	103	(5)
The Outline	103	(2)
The First Draft	105	(1)
Shooting Script	105	(3)
Review	108	(1)
Scripted Format	109	(36)
Drama	109	(1)
Conventions	110	(2)
The Ground Plan	112	(1)
The Shooting Script	112	(24)
Pencil Exercise	114	(3)
Marking the Blocking	117	(6)
Marking the Cameras	123	(13)
Shot Sheets	136	(2)
Rehearsal Room	138	(1)
Studio Walk-Through	139	(1)
Studio Run-Through	139	(1)
Taping/Live	139	(1)
Rehearsal Schedules	140	(1)
Daytime Drama Rehearsals	140	(1)
Sitcom Rehearsals	140	(1)
Scored Music	141	(1)
Dance Script	142	(1)
Rehearsing	143	(1)
Review	143	(2)
Music	145	(34)
Preproduction	145	(4)
Routine Considerations	149	(1)
Variety America: Routine Considerations	150	(2)
Preproduction--The Rehearsal	152	(1)
Preproduction--Rehearsal Hall	153	(5)
General Rehearsal Guidelines	153	(2)
Specific Rehearsal Guidelines	155	(3)
Recording Steps	158	(4)
Audio	159	(1)
Video	159	(1)
Shot List	160	(1)
Location Shooting Schedule	160	(2)
Stock Shots	162	(2)
Music Stock Libraries	162	(1)
Video Stock Libraries	162	(1)
Nonlibrary Material	163	(1)
Basic Shooting Concepts	164	(6)
The Production	170	(7)
Television Studio Rehearsal and Production	170	(2)
Camera Placement	172	(1)
Production Rehearsal	173	(4)
Editing	177	(1)
Review	177	(2)
Commercials and PSAs	179	(14)
Similarities and Differences	179	(1)
Preproduction	180	(3)
Cost Analysis	183	(2)
Specialized Gear	185	(1)
Sweep Table	185	(1)
Light Tent	185	(1)
Image Motion Control	185	(1)
Animation	186	(1)
Production	186	(1)
Shooting	187	(3)
Shot Procedure	187	(2)
Multiple-Camera Shoots	189	(1)
Keeping a Log	189	(1)
Extra Shots and Wrapping Up	190	(1)
Postproduction	190	(1)
Review	191	(2)
News	193	(13)
News Program Characteristics	193	(1)
Preproduction	194	(3)
The Director	194	(1)
The Producer	195	(2)
Routines and Rundowns	197	(6)
Production/Presentation	203	(1)
The Producer--On Air	203	(1)
The Director	204	(1)
Review	204	(2)
Documentaries	206	(27)
Background	206	(6)
The Idea	207	(1)
Formats	208	(2)
Innovations and Trends	210	(2)
Preproduction, Production, and Postproduction	212	(19)
Documentary Production Plan	213	(2)
Shooting	215	(3)
Viewing	218	(1)
Editing	219	(5)
A Production Log for a Montage Production	224	(7)
Review	231	(2)
Background	231	(1)
Production	231	(1)
Tips	232	(1)
Postproduction	232	(1)
Index	233