Book description
This book provides a thorough look at the role of the producer in television and new media. Written for new and aspiring producers, it looks at both the big picture and the essential details of this demanding job. In a series of interviews, seasoned TV and new media producers share their real-world professional practices to provide rich insight into the complex, billion-dollar industries. The third edition features more on the topics of new media and what that encompasses, covering the expansion of the global marketplace of media content. The traditional role of a television producer is transforming into a new media producer, and this book provides a roadmap to the key differences, and similarities, between the two.
Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- About the Authors
- Introduction
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Chapter 1 • What Does a TV Producer Really Do?
- I. The Producer’s Domain
- II. Defining a TV and New Media Producer
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III. The Many Roles of a Producer
- The Five Stages of Production: From Idea to Wrap
- Stage One: The Idea (Project Development)
- Stage Two: The Plan (Pre-production)
- Stage Three: The Shoot (Production)
- Stage Four: The Final Product (Post-production)
- Stage Five: Next Steps (Wrap Up and Distribution)
- Why Become a Producer?
- Creativity, Clout, and Control
- IV. Producers’ Titles and Job Descriptions
- V. The Need for People Skills
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Chapter 2 • Television: Its Past, Present, and Future
- I. Television is a Unique Medium
- II. How Television Works
- III. The Impact of Human Vision on Television
- IV. The Creators of Television
- V. Television’s Evolution
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VI. Television’s Transitions: From the 1920s to the Present
- Television’s Early Systems: Mechanical versus Electronic Television (the 1920s)
- Television’s Experimental Steps (the 1930s)
- Television in the Trenches (the 1940s)
- Television’s Golden Age (the 1950s)
- The First Television Society (the 1960s)
- TV Boldly Reaches Out
- Television in Transition (the 1970s)
- Television Merges with Electronics (the 1980s)
- Television Moves toward Digital Technology (the 1990s)
- The Potential of High Definition Television
- The Transformation of Television in the Twenty-First Century (the 2000s)
- VII. Television Merges with New Media
- Chapter 3 • The Big Idea: Script and Project Development
- Chapter 4 • Connecting the Dots: Breakdowns, Budgets, and Finance
- Chapter 5 • Welcome to Reality: Legalities and Rights
- Chapter 6 • Pitching and Selling the Project
- Chapter 7 • The Plan: Pre-production
- Chapter 8 • The Shoot: Production
- Chapter 9 • The Final Product: Post-Production
- Chapter 10 • It’s a Wrap! Now, the Next Steps
- Chapter 11 • Conversations with the Pros: Producing in the Real World
- Glossary
- Sample Forms
- Resources by Chapter
- Index
Product information
- Title: Producing for TV and New Media, 3rd Edition
- Author(s):
- Release date: February 2013
- Publisher(s): Routledge
- ISBN: 9781136069338
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