Index of TV Production Modules

Production Overview

• TV Production Overview I [1]
• TV Production Overview II [1-2]
• Program Proposals and Treatments [2]
• Holding Viewer Attention [3]
• Production Steps [4]
• Scripts [5]
• Scriptwriting Guidelines [6]
• Costing Out a Production [7]
• How the TV Process Works [8]
• World Standards and HDTV - Part I [9]
• World Standards and HDTV - Part I I [9-2]
   

Camera Operation and Control

• Lenses - The Basics [10]
• Distance, Perspective, Speed Changes [11]
• F-stops, Creative Focus Techniques [12]
• Filters, Lens Attachments - I [13]
• Filters, Lens Attachments - II [32-2]
• Lenses, Some Final Elements [14]
   

Video Quality, Color

• Principles of TV Color [15]
• Maintaining Video Quality I [16]
• Maintaining Video Quality - II [16-2]

Camera Operation and Control

• Camera Basics - I [17]
• Camera Basics - II [17-2]
• Color Balancing Cameras [18]
• Creative Controls, Shutter Speeds [19]
• The Camera Viewfinder [20]
• Camera Prompters [21] 
   

Composition and Graphics

• Composition - Setting the Scene [22]
• Elements of Composition - I [23]
• Elements of Composition - II [24]
• Elements of Composition - III [25]
• Graphics, Virtual Reality Sets I [26]
• Graphics, Virtual Reality Sets II [26-2]
   

Lighting for Video

• Hard and Soft Light [27]
• Color Temperature [28]
• Light Intensity [29]
• Lighting Instruments [30]
• The Key Light [31]
• Fill, Back, Background Lights [32]
• Lighting Ratios [33]
• Special Lighting Situations [34]
• Altering Appearances with Light [35]
• Lighting - Some Final Issues [36]

Audio

• Television Sound [37]
• Microphones I [38]
• Microphones II [39]
• Wireless Microphones [40]
• Off-Camera Microphones [41]
• Stereo to 5.1 [42]
• Digital Audio [42-2]
• Audio Control Devices [43]
• Audio Recording, Editing, Playback I [44]
• Audio Recording, Editing, Playback II [44-2]
• Wrapping Up Audio [45]
   

Video Recording

• Video Recording Media [46]
• Consumer Video Formats [47]
• Professional Video Formats [48]
• Video Recorder Operations [49]
   

Video Editing

• Continuity Editing [50]
• Continuity Techniques [51]
• Solving Continuity Problems [52]
• Technical Continuity [53]
• Editing Guidelines I [54]
• Editing Guidelines II [55]
• Linear/Nonlinear Editing [56]
• Making Use of Time-Code [57]
• On-Line/Off-Line Editing  [58]
   

Producing and Directing

• Studio Production [59]
• Switchers, Visual Effects [60]
• Multiple-Camera Remotes [61]
• Single-Film Style Productions [62]
  
  

News and Documentaries, Video Links

• News and Documentaries I [63]
• News and Documentaries II [63-2]
• News and Documentaries III [64]
• Satellite, Microwave, OF Links [65]
   

Legal and Ethical Issues

• Legal and Ethical Issues I [66]
• Legal and Ethical Issues II [67]
   

Non-Broadcast TV,

Careers, Summary

• Non-Broadcast TV [68]
• Careers, Getting a Job I [69]
• Careers, Getting a Job II [69-2]
• A Final Word [70]