Learn how to direct television programs, understand complex directing tasks, and learn the fundamentals of studio production procedure in this back-to-basics guide to studio-based productions. Learn about lighting, set, camera operations, floor direction, technical direction, audio, tape, graphics, prompting, and assistant directing. As it's one of the most challenging types of programming, the live newscast is used to illuminate television producing and directing procedures for your newscast or other program genre. You'll soon be able to direct any type of studio-based program with ease. * A short, quick, easy-reference guide to multicamera TV directing* Heavily illustrated and written in the popular Media Manual format, designed for use on the job
Author(s): Andrew Utterback
Year: 2007
Language: English
Pages: 200
Front Cover......Page 1
studio television production and directing......Page 4
Copyright Page......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Dedication Page......Page 10
Acknowledgments......Page 12
Overview of Equipment and Positions: The Studio and the Control Room......Page 14
Introduction......Page 16
The Television Production Environment......Page 17
The Studio......Page 19
The Studio II......Page 21
The Studio III......Page 23
The Control Room......Page 25
Production Crew......Page 27
Production Crew II......Page 29
Directing and Producing......Page 31
Audio Control and Technical Directing......Page 34
Introduction......Page 36
Audio Control......Page 37
Audio Flow......Page 39
Signal Strength......Page 41
Signal Processing......Page 43
Audio and the Director......Page 45
Technical Director/Video Switcher......Page 47
The Program Bus and the Key Bus......Page 49
Flip-Flop Switching......Page 51
Additional Transitions......Page 53
A Key Is a Video Layer......Page 55
Directing a Key......Page 57
Directing Audio/Directing the TD......Page 59
Lighting and Sets......Page 60
Introduction......Page 62
Set Placement......Page 63
Risers, Flats, Desk......Page 65
The Weather Wall......Page 67
Lighting......Page 69
The Lighting Grid......Page 71
Spot Lights......Page 73
Flood Lights......Page 75
Lighting Strategy......Page 77
Three-Point Lighting......Page 79
Three-Point Lighting II......Page 81
Flood Lighting......Page 83
Lighting a Chroma Key Wall......Page 85
Studio Cameras and Floor Directing......Page 88
Introduction......Page 90
Studio Camera......Page 91
Unlock the Locks......Page 93
Parts and Pieces......Page 95
Intercom......Page 97
Camera Operations......Page 99
Camera Commands......Page 101
Camera Tips......Page 103
Floor Directing......Page 105
Microphones and Sound Check......Page 107
Floor Directing the Studio Staff......Page 109
Prompter, Graphics, Tape......Page 112
Introduction......Page 114
Prompter......Page 115
Graphics Overview......Page 117
Digital Video Effects (DVE)......Page 119
Keying......Page 121
The Job of Graphics......Page 123
The Job of Graphics II......Page 125
Graphics and the Director......Page 127
Tape......Page 129
Live Shots, Microwave, and Satellite Remotes......Page 131
Satellite......Page 133
Directing a Live Remote......Page 135
Rundowns, Scripts, Video Clip Information......Page 136
Introduction......Page 138
Segment Number (RUN)......Page 139
Video Source (VID)......Page 141
Video Source (VID) II......Page 143
Audio (AUD)......Page 145
Timing (SEG and TRT)......Page 147
Reading Is Fundamental......Page 149
Video Clip Information......Page 151
Font Sheet or Clip Sheet......Page 153
Font Sheet or Clip Sheet II......Page 155
Font Sheet or Clip Sheet III......Page 157
Assistant Directing and Directing......Page 158
Assistant Directing......Page 160
Timing Video Clips......Page 162
VO/SOT......Page 164
SOT/VO......Page 166
Directing......Page 168
Cameras Versus VTRs......Page 170
Marking a Script......Page 172
Practice......Page 174
Glossary......Page 176
Index......Page 188
