Studio Television Production and Directing

This updated third edition of Studio Television Production and Directing introduces readers to the basic fundamentals of studio and control room production.

Accessible and focused, readers of this updated third edition will learn about essential studio and control room terminology and the common technology package. This book is your back-to-the-basics guide to common technology―including principles of directing, assistant directing, technical directing, playback, audio ops, basic studio lighting, an introduction to set design, camera ops, floor directing, story types (VO, VO/SOT, PKG), basic engineering, and more.

Whether an established professional or a student, this book provides readers with the technical expertise to successfully coordinate live or recorded multicamera production.

In this new edition, author Andrew Hicks Utterback offers an expanded glossary and new material on visualization walls, alternative camera mounts, basic engineering, and news narrative diagramming.

Andrew Hicks Utterback, Ph.D. is a Professor in the Department of Communication at Eastern Connecticut State University. As a former Senior Production Technician, he writes from professional experience that includes program credits in master control, as grip, gaffer, A1, camera operator, playback, floor director, technical director, assistant director, and director. As a Professor in the field for 24 years, Dr. Utterback presents the fundamentals of studio television production and directing in a simple and straightforward manner that is clear and unintimidating.