Television news
A straightforward account of the editorial and production processes used by journalists to bring television news to the viewer. It is an invaluable text for students on journalism courses, print and radio journalists moving into television and TV journalists wishing to update their knowledge. Takes...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; Boston :
Focal Press
2000.
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| Edition: | 4th ed |
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009627949606719 |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; Television News; Copyright; Contents; About the author; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; The evolution of television news, 1954-2000; 2 Getting into television; What qualities for the beginner?; A good education; An insatiable interest in news and current events; Evidence of a commitment to journalism; The right personality; 'Broadcastability'; Other skills; The ability to write; Eyes on yonr target; Writing in on spec; Direct-entry training opportunities; Catering for special needs; Trainee selection methods; Getting in from college; National Vocational Qualifications
- 3 The electronic jigsaw puzzleHow television gets its news; Staff, freelances and stringers; Foreign news sources; International news agencies; Archives; Video news releases; 4 Who does what in television news; Multimedia working and multi-skilling; The organization of television news; The news-gathering machine; Reporters and camera crews; Domestic assignments; Covering the world; The three faces of output; Writers; Production output; Technical output; Integrated newsroom systems; Newsroom layout; Computerized newsrooms; And the history of the future ...; 5 Writing for television news
- Television styleBroadcast language; Reader on camera; Adding illustration; The digital frame-store; Stacking and cropping; Storage and retrieval; Making the choice; Writing to still pictures or insets; Composites and split screens; Electronic graphics; The artist and the writer; Pictures with tape sound; Widescreen transmission; 6 Words and images; Perspective: the history of the lightweight revolution; Introducing colour; The rise of ENG - electronic news-gathering; How ENG works; Picture editing; Shot-listing and the script; Non-linear editing; 7 Writing to pictures
- Basic commentary constructionBuilding in the pauses; Getting started; Scripting sports news; Cueing into speech; Selecting soundbites; Last words about pictures; The golden rules of writing to pictures; 8 Television news reporting; Reporting as a career; Learning the ropes; Speech; Mannerisms; Dress; The reporter's role; Ready for assignment; Reporter as manager; 9 Reporting techniques; Pieces to camera; Knowing the words; Studio spots; Interviewing; Purpose and preparation; Four main forms of news interview; Putting the questions; Coping with the answers
- The set-piece interview, step by stepStudio interviews; 10 Packaging the news; 'Topfield' picture package; Editing the package; Writing the intro; Making 'films'; 11 The camera at work; Soft news camera; Hard news camera; Safety; Camera equipment; Microphones; Basics of camerawork; International assignments; Getting it home; Telling it to the birds: the development of satellites in the late twentieth-century; Satellite news-gathering; Meeting the deadline; The field producer/fixer; 12 Constructing a news programme; The news 'programme' is born; Putting it together; Preparing for action
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