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Chapter 1, The Television Production Industry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Chapter 2, Working in the Television Production Industry . . . . . . 35
Chapter 3, The Video Camera and Support Equipment. . . . . . . . 59
Chapter 4, Video Camera Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Chapter 5, Videotape, Video Media, and Video Recorders . . . . .109
Chapter 6, Audio Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131
Chapter 7, Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155
Chapter 8, Scriptwriting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165
Chapter 9, Broadcast Journalism. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187
Chapter 10, Newswriting for Broadcast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211
Chapter 11, Interviews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Chapter 12, Legalities: Releases, Copyright, and Forums . . . . . 239
Chapter 13, Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Chapter 14, Image Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Chapter 15, Lighting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Chapter 16, Studio and Remote Shooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Chapter 17, Remote Shooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
Chapter 18, Props, Set Dressing, and Scenery . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
Chapter 19, Production Staging and Interacting with Talent. . . . 375
Chapter 20, Directing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399
Chapter 21, Makeup Application and Costume Considerations. . .417
Chapter 22, Video Switchers and Special Effects Generators. . . 437
Chapter 23, Electronic Special Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455
Chapter 24, Video Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469
Chapter 25, Getting Technical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487
Appendix A, That’s a Wrap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 505
Appendix B, Talent Information Sheet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509