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(Ch 1) Overview of Equipment and Positions: The Studio and the Control Room Introduction The Television Production Environment The Studio The Studio II The Studio III The Control Room The Production Crew The Production Crew II The Production Crew III Directing and Producing and the rest... (Ch 2) Audio Control and Technical Directing Introduction Audio Control Audio Flow Signal Strength Signal Processing Audio and the Director Technical Director/Video Switcher The Preview Bus, the Program Bus and the Key Bus Flip-Flop Switching Additional Transitions A Key is a Video Layer Directing a Key Directing Audio/Directing the TD (Ch 3) Lighting and Sets Introduction Set Placement Risers, Flats, Desk The Weather Wall Lighting The Lighting Grid Spot Lights Flood Lights Lighting Strategy Three-Point Lighting Flood Lighting Lighting a Chroma key Wall (Ch 4) Studio Cameras, Microphones and Floor Directing Introduction Studio Camera Unlock the Locks Parts and Pieces Intercom Camera Operations Camera Commands Camera Tips Floor Directing Microphones and Sound Check Floor Directing the Studio Staff (Ch 5) Newsroom Computer Systems Prompter, Graphics, Playback Introduction Prompter Graphics Overview Digital Video Effects (DVE) Keying The Job of Graphics The Job of Graphics II Graphics and the Director Playback Live Shots, Microwave, and Satellite Remotes Microwave Satellite Directing a Live Remote (Ch 6)Rundowns, Scripts, Video Clip Information Introduction The Rundown Segment Number (RUN) Video Source (VID) Video Source (VID) II Location (L) Audio (AUD) Slug (SLUG) Timing (SEG & TRT) Reading Is Fundamental Scripting Video Clip Information Font Sheet or Clip Sheet Font Sheet or Clip Sheet II Font Sheet or Clip Sheet III (Ch 7) Assistant Directing and Directing Assistant Directing Timing Video Clips VO/SOT SOT/VO Directing Camera vs. Playback Machines Marking a Script Practice

essential studio terms and technology and acquire the skills you need to make it in the industry. Elegant, accessible, and to the point, the second edition of Andrew H. Utterback’s Studio Television Production and Directing is your back-to-the-basics guide to studio-based lighting, set design, camera operations, floor direction, technical direction, audio capture, graphics, prompting, and assistant directing. Whether you are an established studio professional or a student looking to enter the field, this book provides you with the technical expertise you need to successfully coordinate live or taped studio television in the digital age. This new edition has been updated to include: A UK/Euro focused appendix, enhancing the book’s accessibility to students and professionals of television production around the world An advanced discussion of the job of the Director and the Command Cue Language Fresh discussion of tapeless protocols in the control room, Media Object Server newsroom control software (iNews), editing systems, switcher embedded image store, and DPM (DVE) Brand new sections on UHDTV (4K), set design, lighting design, microphones, multiviewers, media asset management, clip-servers, and the use of 2D and 3D animation Expanded coverage of clip types used in ENG and video journalism (VO, VO/SOT, and PKG) An all new companion website (www.focalpress.com/cw/utterback) with pre-recorded lectures by the author, sample video clips, an expanded full color image archive, vocabulary flashcards, and more Note: the companion website is still under development, but in the meantime the author's filmed lectures are all freely available on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRp_aSpO0y8cDqLjFGZ2s9A