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Informationen zum Autor Patricia Holland has worked as an independent filmmaker! a television editor and a freelance journalist. She is currently a writer and researcher specialising in television history! and lectures at Bournemouth University! UK. Her most recent book is Broadcasting and the NHS in the Thatcherite 1980s (2013). She is the author of the first and second editions of The Television Handbook. Zusammenfassung The New Television Handbook provides an exploration of the theory and practice of television at a time when the medium is undergoing radical changes. The book looks at television from the perspective of someone new to the industry, and explores the place of the medium within a constantly changing digital landscape. This title discusses key skills involved in television production, including: producing, production management, directing, camera, sound, editing and visual effects. Each of these activities is placed within a wider context as it traces the production process from commissioning to post-production. The book outlines the broad political and economic context of the television industry. It gives an account of television genres, in particular narrative, factual programmes and news, and it considers the academic discipline of media studies and the ways in which theorists have analysed and tried to understand the medium. It points to the interplay of theory and practice as it draws on the history of the medium and observes the ways in which the past continues to influence and invigorate the present. The New Television Handbook includes: contributions from practitioners ranging from established producers to new entrants; a comprehensive list of key texts and television programmes; a revised glossary of specialist terms; a section on training and ways of getting into the industry. By combining theory, real-world advice and a detailed overview of the industry and its history, The New Television Handbook is an ideal guide for students of media and television studies and young professionals entering the television industry. Inhaltsverzeichnis Figures Acknowledgements Introduction Part 1 ON Television and Television studies 1 Television and tele-literacy Television today Tele-literacy 2 The history of television in the UK Conditions of possibility History of television in UK 3 The Contemporary Landscape: UK channels and public service The three ages of television The BBC and its future Commercial UK broadcasters and public service Ofcom and regulation Other UK-based channels Independent Production Companies Kate Beal: Woodcut Media 4 The Contemporary Landscape: globalisation, multi-channel and multi-platform Globalisation and multi-channel Online and multi-platforrm 5 The landscape of television in the United Kingdom: text The age of superabundance: interstitials and paratexts. The linear flow: scheduling and branding Cross-platform, paratexts and interactivity About genres Overview of the main television genres A note on ratings, funding and formats 6 Studying televison Studying television: an overview Mapping the field: Production/Institution Theorising media power Texts: theorising flow and overflow Audience/Reception Part 2 THE PRACTITIONERS’ PERSPECTIVE 7 Working in television: an overview Working in television Programme production types Production processes Television work areas 8 Producing, production management and pre-production Producers Production management pre-production the production period post-production distribution Abigail McKenzie: Talent Team As...
