Archive for 'DRAMA' Category
Television as Digital Media
Tweet In Television as Digital Media, scholars from Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States combine television studies with new media studies to analyze digital TV as part of digital culture. Taking into account technologies, industries, economies, aesthetics, and various production, user, and audience practices, the contributors develop a new critical paradigm for thinking [...]
Broadcast Basics: A Beginner’s Guide to Television News Reporting and Production
Tweet Drawing on 20 years of real-world reporting experience, this broadcast handbook guides beginning journalists through the basics of journalistic writing with a focus on broadcast style and production. Written as a practical tool, the textbook includes advice on finding story ideas, locating and interviewing sources, and writing the various elements of a newscast. Chapters on production and videography, [...]
Tube of Plenty: The Evolution of American Television
Tweet Based on the classic History of Broadcasting in the United States, Tube of Plenty represents the fruit of several decades’ labor. When Erik Barnouw–premier chronicler of American broadcasting and a participant in the industry for fifty years–first undertook the project of recording its history, many viewed it as a light-weight literary task concerned mainly [...]
Sex On Soaps: Afternoon Love & Lust On Television Daytime Dramas
Tweet SEX ON SOAPS looks at love and lust on television daytime dramas. It’s a must read for any soap fan, student of the genre, or anyone interested in the presentation of sexual content on television. SEX ON SOAPS is divided into four sections and includes an interactive table of contents so you can easily [...]
I Spy: A History and Episode Guide to the Groundbreaking Television Series
Tweet One of the most popular and award-winning television series of the sixties, I Spy was the first weekly broadcast to star both a white and a black actor. In 1964, though, producer Sheldon Leonard had, with heavy risk, financed the show himself, and his idea for a racially incorporated cast had earned his show [...]
Television: Technology and Cultural Form
Tweet Television: Technology and Cultural Form was first published in 1974, long before the dawn of multi-channel TV, or the reality and celebrity shows that now pack the schedules. Yet Williams’ analysis of television’s history, its institutions, programmes and practices, and its future prospects, remains remarkably prescient. Williams stresses the importance of technology in shaping [...]
Detroit Television
Tweet ISBN13: 9780738577074 Condition: New Notes: BRAND NEW FROM PUBLISHER! 100% Satisfaction Guarantee. Tracking provided on most orders. Buy with Confidence! Millions of books sold! Detroit broadcasting history is rich with character . . . and characters. It began atop the Penobscot Building on October 23, 1946, when WWDT shot a signal to the convention [...]
The Zorro Television Companion: A Critical Appreciation
Tweet The legendary Zorro, the masked renegade who rode through the night defending justice in late 18th century Spanish California, became in 1957 the topic for Walt Disney Studios’ first continuing live-action series and the name of a new American icon. Based on the stories of Johnston McCulley, the legend of Zorro gave birth to [...]
Breaking Into Television. A roadmap for getting yourself on TV with your product or expertise
Tweet Do you have any idea how much money people spend on getting their product or expertise on TV? Media agencies charge their clients thousands of dollars just for the chance to talk to contacts in the media who may help promote them in front of an audience as large as the daily news media [...]
Audio Post Production for Television and Film, Third Edition: An introduction to technology and techniques
Tweet Previously titled Audio Post-production in Video and Film, this third edition has been completely revised and restructured to provide a step-by-step guide to the professional techniques used to shape a soundtrack through the production process. Covering sound for both film and television, this edition includes many of the practical techniques and shortcuts used by [...]