Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

In Herbert Zettl's field-defining text TELEVISION PRODUCTION HANDBOOK, International Edition, the author emphasizes how production proceeds in the digital age -- from idea to image -- and how it moves through the three major phases, from preproduction to production to postproduction. In this context, you will learn about the necessary tools, examine what they can and cannot do, and explore how they are used to ensure maximum efficiency and effectiveness. This edition also features the latest digital equipment and production techniques, including HDV and HDTV.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Part I Introduction: Process and System
• 1 The Television Production Process
• Part II Preproduction
• 2 The Producer in Preproduction
• 3 The Script
• 4 The Director in Preproduction
• Part III Production
• 5 Analog and Digital Television
• 6 The Television Camera
• 7 Lenses
• 8 Camera Operation and Picture Composition
• 9 Audio: Sound Pickup
• 10 Audio: Sound Control
• 11 Lighting
• 12 Techniques of Television Lighting
• 14 Switching, or Instantaneous Editing
• 15 Design
• 16 Television Talent
• 17 The Director in Production
• 18 Field Production and Big Remotes
• Part IV Postproduction
• 19 Postproduction Editing: How It Works
• 20 Editing Functions and Principles