Portable Video

Dr. Medoff is Director of the School of Communication at Northern Arizona University. He has taught and served as an administrator at three different universities, produced numerous television and corporate video projects, and has overseen the productions of many students. Dr. Medoff has authored articles in scholarly journals as well as trade and consumer magazines. He has also written textbooks on the Internet and mass media, television production, and electronic media. In addition, he has served as president of the Broadcast Education Association and has recently been the recipient of a Fulbright Specialist Grant. Dr. Fink is Professor and Chair of the Department of Radio-TV-Film at California State University, Fullerton. He teaches courses in production, writing, media history, and children's TV. Dr. Fink has published papers on topics such as digital video in the classroom, the application of drama to video production, music in primetime drama, and comedy writing. He is also the co-author of textbooks on telecommunications and studio television production.

Introduction;
Chapter 1 ENG and EFP: The World of Professional Video;
Chapter 2 Video: The Process of Image Acquisition;
Chapter 3 Microphone and Audio Recording Techniques;
Chapter 4 Light: Understanding and Controlling It; Part 1 The Physical Properties of Light; Part 2 Creating Light; Chapter 5 Basic Shots: The Language of Video;
Chapter 6 Scriptwriting;
Chapter 7 Pre-production and Production;
Chapter 8 Post-Production: Editing It All Together Part One: Technical Editing Basics; Part Two: Creative Editing Basics; Part Three: Styles and Applications;
Chapter 9 ENG Style Part One: Taped Coverage; Part Two: Live Coverage;
Chapter 10 EFP Styles;
Chapter 11 Budgeting and Pricing;
Chapter 12 Copyrights and Legal Issues;
Chapter 13 New Trends and Technologies