2nd Edition
Video Production Techniques Theory and Practice from Concept to Screen
Preface
Acknowledgments
CHAPTER 1 Introduction to video production
UNIT I
THE BASICS
CHAPTER 2 Writing
CHAPTER 3 Shooting
CHAPTER 4 Editing
UNIT II
EXPANDING THE BASICS
CHAPTER 5 Sound
CHAPTER 6 Light
CHAPTER 7 Directing
UNIT III
FORMS
CHAPTER 8 Fiction
CHAPTER 9 Nonfiction
UNIT IV
BEYOND PRODUCTION
CHAPTER 10 Marketing and distribution
CHAPTER 11 Professional and career opportunities
Glossary
Index
Biography
Donald L. Diefenbach is a professor and chair of Mass Communication at the University of North Carolina Asheville. His video production credits include educational, corporate, and nationally broadcast programming. His research focuses on cultivation analysis and media portrayals of mental health issues. He teaches courses in media literacy, video production, and film studies.
Anne E. Slatton is an award-winning writer and director. She teaches video production and film studies at the University of North Carolina Asheville. Her production work in film and television includes directing, writing, and producing. A frequent panelist on issues of diversity and women in film, her scholarly works include book entries on Sofia Coppola and Lorraine Hansberry.
"Video Production Techniques is a very comprehensive and thorough tool for use by aspiring digital media producers. I am recommending this production guide for my digital journalism classes and for my senior level production course. I will also be adding it to my personal library of reference materials."
Bob Judson, Professor of Practice, Georgia State University and Managing Director, GSUTV
Praise for the previous edition:
"The modest title of this book doesn't begin to reflect the ambitious scope of its design. From heady aesthetic theories to an explanation of the LLP form, Video Production Techniques provides one-stop shopping for theory, production, and business. Students of media criticism and the media industry would benefit from this book as much as students of production. After twenty-five years of teaching, I learned a lot from reading it." Robert Thompson, Director, Bleier Center for Television & Popular Culture, Syracuse University
"In the ever-evolving business of television and film, it's nice know that there is a source so accurately assembled, so dense with dynamic information, and at the end of the day, easy and enjoyable to read. Donald Diefenbach has put together an invaluable guide that I'm sure will be the bible for both young and experienced filmmakers alike." Brett Weitz, Executive Vice President of Original Programming, TBS
"I've been reading books that tell you how to make movies since the 1960s and this is far and away the best I've encountered. It covers every aspect of the film and video making process in a fresh, authoritative, readable and clear fashion. It doesn't forget the art of film while teaching the craft of it." Ken Hanke, Film Critic and Author
