Film, Television and Radio Production : Elements, Dimensions and Trends

Contents: Preface. 1. Film: an introductory overview with historical account. 2. Modern film industry: special focus on Bollywood. 3. Introduction to film-making: elements and dimension. 4. Aspects related to pre-production, production and post-production. 5. Cinematography and movie making: crucial dimensions and aspects. 6. Television production: elements, steps and stages. 7. TV broadcasting, production and scheduling programmes: special focus on Indian television. 8. Radio programming and production: an overview. Bibliography and links. Index.

"Modern film industry is described at the global level with special focus on Indian Cinema and Bollywood film industry. The film making process in India has been outlined in brief. A retrospective of Indian film industry is provided herein with detailed account of regional language films, such as, Bengali, Tamil, Telgu, Malayalam, Assamese, Bojhpuri, Punjabi, Marathi, etc. The next chapter deals with the elements and dimensions of film making, including that of low-budget films, short films. An overview of movie making manual and whole film making process is presented. Aspects related to pre-production, production and post production are dealt in detail along with their meanings and implications. Stages related to pre-production of untitled films in studio, film production and post production are discussed briefly. Other aspects of film making, such as blocking, lighting, music video, digital video, power sources, sound recording, shooting styles, still photography, character animation, etc. are also reflected upon. Crucial dimensions and aspects of cinematography and movie-making are described with focus on elements like slate, crew, director, actor, editor and screenplay writer. Various other elements, steps and stages of television production are outlined, so has been the whole production process. This book also focuses on issues related to TV broadcasting, production and scheduling or programmes. Special focus lies on Indian television industry. Select case studies and models are provided to highlight the themes further. Radio programming and programme production have also been covered in this book, with select global case studies. Important elements related to radio format, software, commercial, documentary and their production are described in details." (jacket)