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Television Production - Glossary
A.AC. Alternating Current. Electrical current that changes polarity regularly and continually. Access Channel. One of the three cable channels designed for use by the public, government, or...
Production Process
The production process, in a nutshell, is pre-production → production → post production. Pre-production is a fairly loose term which refers to the tasks undertaken before production begins....
Editing: evolution, principles, functions, practices, and techniques
Editing is where the material that has been shot is blended together to form a convincing, persuasive presentation. However, editing has a much more subtle role to play than a simple piecing...
Sound: Acoustics, Microphones, Sound design, and BGM
Topics covered in this article:The nature of soundNatural soundAcousticsRoom acousticsLive surroundings Dead surroundingsMonoStereoSurroundMicrophonesTypes by use: handheld, personal, shotgun,...
Lighting: Function, Types and Techniques
Many times the difference between a good show and a great show is the lighting! Good lighting can transform a routine, uninteresting shot into an attractive, appealing image that draws the...
Television Cameras: Parts, Function & Types
Despite their electronic complexity, all television cameras (including the consumer video cameras) consist of three main parts. The first is the lens, which selects a certain field of view and...
Television Cameras: The lens system
A camera lens is an optical body that features a single lens or an assembly of lenses that mounts to a camera body. Some lenses and interchangeable, while others are built into the construction of...
Visual Language
[Thunder rumbles over a darkened city. A woman dressed in high fashion looks up at the sky. She opens her umbrella as raindrops fall and polka-dot the sidewalk. The woman hurries into a nearby...
Camera Movements
Camera movements generally fall into two types: the kind that feel like machine movement (Pedestal, Dolly and Truck) and the kind that feel like human movement (Tilt, Pan and Roll). 1. DOLLY:...
Shot Composition: Framing Effective Shots
The basic purpose of framing a shot is to show images as clearly as possible and to present them so that they convey meaning and energy. Essentially, you clarify and intensify the event before...
Television in India: Past, Present and Future
PAST Television broadcasts started in India under All India Radio (AIR). Television began in India on 15th September 1959 as an experiment. There were only two one-hour programmes a week, each of...
Television as a Medium: Characteristics & Impacts
Television is a popular and powerful medium which plays a central role in the multimedia environment in the present day world. Amongst all the mass media today, television attracts the largest...
Evolution of Television
Since replacing radio as the most popular mass medium in the 1950s, television has played such an integral role in modern life that, for some, it is difficult to imagine being without it. Both...