Television Production Handbook

by Herbert Zettl

Book Overview

In Herbert Zettl's field-defining text TELEVISION PRODUCTION HANDBOOK, the author emphasizes how production proceeds in the digital age -- from idea to image -- and how it moves through the three... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0495501883
• ISBN13: 9780495501886
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Company
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.1" x 10.1"

Customer Reviews

A Good Text

This is an excellent reference text for TV production students. I use this in my classes. The problem is it is very expensive and it is missing some key framing concepts (the rule of thirds). It can be redundant at times. As a whole though it is an excellent text.

The Best television production textbook ever!!!!

This textbook is a truly fantastic textbook if you want to learn about television production. There are no other textbooks like it.....it literally is the bible for all television production students. I have done several internships in the field of television and this textbook has covered a lot of what I have done in these internships. Its amazing how much of what I have read and seen in this textbook are also things that I worked with in my internships. It's simply a great textbook!!!

The Best television production textbook ever!!!!

This textbook is a truly fantastic textbook if you want to learn about television production. There are no other textbooks like it.....it literally is the bible for all television production students. I have done several internships in the field of television and this textbook has covered a lot of what I have done in these internships. Its amazing how much of what I have read and seen in this textbook are also things that I worked with in my internships. It's simply the best textbook out there for television production students!!! Look into other works by Herbert Zettl, he is the Sigmund Freud of the television world!

Great book for getting started in television/video broadcast

I have the Fourth Edition of this book; I used it while doing an interm with a local cable company. Great for newbies to the television and video industry.

Good, but parts are dated

The Television Production handbook does a great job with explaining the basic principles of television production and direction. If you're lucky enough to get a copy with Zettl's VideoLab CD, that's almost as good as the book. My only complaint is that some of the images in the book seem a little dated for a book that was published in 1999. But overall, good book, good value. -MW