Location Lighting for Television, Bermingham

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.

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.

The New Television Handbook　includes:

• contributions from practitioners ranging from established producers to new entrants;
• a comprehensive list of key texts and television programmes;
• a revised glossary of specialist terms;
• a section on training and ways of getting into the industry.

By combining theory, real-world advice and a detailed overview of the industry and its history,　The New Television Handbook　is an ideal guide for students of media and television studies and young professionals entering the television industry.