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If you are interested in location shooting, take a look at:
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"The Essential Television Handbook" by Peter Jarvis Focal Press, ISBN 0-240-51445-9 |
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- intended for Producers, Directors, Researchers, PAs, Production Managers, Location Managers and Television Journalists, this is an eye-opener for the pitfalls, not least of which is copyright. Packed full of useful contacts and information. The author worked with the BBC for 25 years and was Senior Instructor in their Television Training Department.
While on the subject of copyright, remember that it applies to some images as well as sound. To license a premises for the reproduction of copyright music, apply to the:
Performing Right Society Ltd. Copyright recordings used as accompaniment to a silent film (or presentation), or as interval music, are liable to a fee payable to:
Phonographic Performance Ltd. Copyright recordings dubbed onto a film soundtrack are liable to a fee payable to the:
Mechanical Copyright Protection Society (MCPS)
If you are an aspiring writer, take a look at these books...
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"Writing for Television" by William Smethurst How To Books, ISBN 1-85703-273-X |
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- easy to read and often amusing (a recommendation in itself!) this recently published book gives an insight into the process of writing for television. It mentions the sort of fees that are paid and the production costs of some popular TV series. There are several pages of contact addresses for broadcast TV, independent production companies and writers agents, along with other relevant titles in the same series. Well worth a look.
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"Screenwriting" by Raymond G Frensham Teach Yourself, Hodder & Stoughton, ISBN 0-340-60378-X |
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- a more detailed book which analyses storylines and offers exercises. Many useful appendices include script suppliers, specialist bookshops, further reading, marketing, related magazines and organizations, script reading services, course and seminar organizers and internet web sites. Both of the above books stress the importance of correct script layout.
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"Becoming a Writer" by Dorothea Brande Macmillan, ISBN 0-340-60378-X |
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- this book deals much more with self-discipline and organization. Maybe we should all read it!
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"So you want to be a Television Presenter" by Tony Nicholson Meteoric Media P.O. Box 2099 Stourbridge DY9 0ZY Email: meteoricmedia@aol.com |
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- This excellent little book is choc full of those important little wrinkles the others often leave out! Based on years of experience as a TV producer, the author tells you what is looked for when considering a prospective presenter. Lots of advice on how to get into the business, contacts, how to get yourself known, how to present yourself, how to produce a showreel, using teleprompts, talkback.. the list goes on. Only available direct from Meteoric Media : £14.99 + £1.00 p+p. If you mention when ordering that you have seen this book on our website, you are eligible to a discounted price of £10.99! Please add £1 p+p (applies to either price). Please make cheques payable to Meteoric Media.
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"Independent Filmmaking" by Lenny Lipton ISBN 068 646 2432
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First published in the USA in 1972 by publishers Straight Arrow Books, and written for those using 8mm and 16mm film cameras, this book was considered a reference work. It may still be available by ordering from bookshops, or try secondhand bookshops or your local library. Very detailed and with many pages, if you are into blooping, halation and reciprocity then this is definitely for you! With loads of info on cameras, soundtracks, filmstock and processing, it might also be of interest to animators, but it is of limited use to those now using the new-fangled video stuff.
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While we're on the subject, if you're after some 16mm film stock, try:
The Stockshop or for 8mm equipment, film and processing:
The Widescreen Centre
Bernard Hunter Photographic ... but you probably knew that already.
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For those using Adobe Premiere:
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"Premiere 5.1 for Macintosh and Windows" Visual Quickstart Guide ISBN 068 646 2432 Author: Antony Bolante Published by Peachpit Press |
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- a popular book to help you get to grips with video editing; a good reference work.
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Premiere to go (covers 5.1) ISBN 0 13 027739 8 Author: Dennis Chominsky Published by Prentice Hall PTR |
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- a thicker book which has much clearer screenshots and as a result is easier to read, it covers similar ground to Antony Bolante and is written from a more personal viewpoint. But it is nearly twice the price!
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