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TV SCENIC DESIGN
TV Scenic Design
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Gerald Millerson, C.Eng, MIEE, MSMPTE, Gerald Millerson is an internationally acclaimed author with a long and distinguished career in television with the BBC. He has lectured on TV production courses in the US and UK, and his books are referred to as industry bibles.

Description
TV Scenic Design is a comprehensive resource for aspiring and practicing set designers. Summarizing the principles and practices of scenic design, it details design approaches, structures, and staging methods. TV Scenic Design is a comprehensive resource for aspiring and practicing set designers. Summarizing the principles and practices of scenic design, it details design approaches, structures, and staging methods. The information contained in the book can be applied to a variety of design situations, from campus or network TV studios, to exhibitions, audio-visual presentations or window displays. Whatever the scale, space or budget, the methods described in TV Scenic Design will ensure professional results. Now expanded to cover 'virtual' set design, this new edition continues to be an invaluable aid to anyone involved in creating effective sets. Contents: The background of design * The basics of design organization * Scenic construction * Staging techniques * Staging practices * Shoestring staging * Scenic effect * Electronic reality * Scenic operation * The designer on location * Controlling the tone and color * Lighting and the designer * glossary * Index Gerald Millerson's books on television and video have been acknowledged as among the best ever published. His other titles for Focal Press are Video Production Handbook, The Technique of Television Production, The Technique of Lighting for Television and Film and, in the Media Manual series, Effective TV Production and Video Camera Techniques.

Audience
Professional broadcasting personnel needing to brush up on knowledge, students on television production courses.

Contents
The background of design * The basics of design organization * Scenic construction * Staging techniques * Staging practices * Shoestring staging * Scenic effect * Electronic reality * Scenic operation * The designer on location * Controlling the tone and color * Lighting and the designer * glossary * Index

Bibliographic details
Paperback, 280 pages, publication date: JUL-1997
ISBN-13: 978-0-240-51493-2
ISBN-10: 0-240-51493-9
Imprint: FOCAL PRESS

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