ABSTRACT

All studio directors need to know the basics of studio directing, whether they go on to direct news, drama, children's programmes or light entertainment. Learning the ropes on air can be costly: this book gives you all the practical and technical guidance you need to deliver a trouble free programme.



All studio directors need to know the basics of studio directing, whether they go on to direct news, drama, children's programmes or light entertainment. Learning the ropes on air can be costly: this book gives you all the practical and technical guidance you need to deliver a trouble free programme.

Starting with an emphasis on the skills that make a good director, the essential day to day know-how is outlined - from different presentation formats to the roles of the production team, camera technology, composition, lighting, digital video, chroma key, make-up and wardrobe. Whether you are a student or practitioner wishing to sharpen up your technique, this manual is an excellent guide to the technology and skills required.

This book:
· Provides essential day to day information in one handy source
· Offers a combination of theory and practice, technical data and intuitive skill
· Is an excellent introductory text for anyone embarking on a career in directing

Contents:
Networks * Cameras and Pictures * Pre-Production * Cutting and Combining Pictures * The Studio Team * Interviews * Magazines * Script Layouts * Electronic Newsrooms * Practical Directing * Communications * Directors Technology * Dealing with Problems.

Rod Fairweather is a freelance director and has worked for companies such as SKY TV, GMTV, ITN and MTV Europe. He conducts training courses on directing all over the world including Singapore, India and Australia.






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Directing skills

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Communication skills

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Presentation

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Network directors

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Studio cameras

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Mounts and cranes

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Lenses and f-numbers

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Studio lenses

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Standard shots (1)

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Standard shots (2)

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Picture composition (1)

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Picture composition (2)

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Tracking and crabbing

chapter |2 pages

Crossing the line

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Camera commands

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Wardrobe

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Make-up

chapter |2 pages

Seating plans

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The floor plan

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Positioning cameras

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Monitor stacks

chapter |2 pages

Vision mixers

chapter |2 pages

Caption generators

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Keying

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Graphics

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Cutting cameras

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The floor manager (FM)

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Studio sound

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Briefing sound

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Sound commands

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Colour and light

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Three point lighting

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Studio lighting

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VT (1)

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VT (2)

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Prompters

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One plus one

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One plus two (1)

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One plus two (2)

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Two plus two

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One plus three

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Audience interview shows

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Shooting the programme

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Magazine shows

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Preparing demonstrations

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Shooting demonstrations

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Music

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Standard script layouts

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Camera cards

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VT scripts

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News and current affairs

chapter |2 pages

As directed running order

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Using computer systems

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Automated control rooms

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Directing for real

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Dealing with presenters

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Rehearsals

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Starting programmes

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Getting ‘on air'

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Finishing programmes

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Typical end to a programme

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Talkback

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2- and 4-wires

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Clean feeds

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Making live injects work

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Studio engineering

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Television systems

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Satellites and microwaves

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Live television

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Editorial collapses

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Technical disaster

chapter |2 pages

Machine breakdowns

chapter |2 pages

Production errors

chapter |3 pages

Presenting out of mistakes