Single-Camera Video Production (Media Manuals)

Single-Camera Video Production, Third Edition is a comprehensive yet succinct guide to planning, shooting, and editing most field and in-studio productions. Written as part of the Focal Press Media Manual series, each page of this helpful guide covers a specific issue in video production.



Single-Camera Video Production, Third Edition clearly explains the technology and the equipment of video production and details, step-by-step, the professional-level techniques that can be applied to any type of production or budget. In addition, this manual will train readers to integrate technique, equipment, and creative concerns within the production process-from pre-production planning through final editing.

This new edition covers the ever-changing transition from analog to digital video production, and includes new information on digital video and HDTV. With coverage of wide screen equipment and techniques, nonlinear editing techniques, and non-tape formats, this manual is the essential guide to video production.

Robert B. Musburger, Ph.D. is Professor Emeritus and former Director of the School of Communication, University of Houston. He has worked for 20 years in professional broadcasting, serving as camera operator, director, producer, and writer and has received numerous awards for his video work and teaching. His published writing includes "Electronic News Gathering: A Guide to ENG" (Focal), "Single-camera Video Production, Fifth Edition"(Focal), and, with Gorham Kindem, "Introduction to Media Production: From Analog to Digital, Fourth Edition" (Focal).