Portable video : news and field production / Norman J. Medoff and Edward J. Fink.

Revised edition of: Portable video / Norman J. Medoff, Edward J. Fink, Tom Tanquary. 2007.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Acknowledgments -- Part 1: Shooting Video On Location: -- Introduction: -- ENG and EFP: the world of professional video -- Electronic field production: video production on location -- Knowing the basics -- Summary -- Electronic news gathering: -- Visual journalists -- Part One: Recorded coverage -- Spot news -- Summary -- Part Two: Live coverage -- Getting the picture out -- Communications -- Summary -- Electronic field production -- Corporate and professional videos -- Entertainment -- Commercials and public service announcements -- Performance videos -- Sports videos -- Music videos -- Nature and documentary videos -- Video art -- Multimedia -- Internet -- Mobile TV -- Summary -- Part 2: Process: -- Framing and composition: -- Identifying the story line -- Part One: Framing: the range of shots -- Shots by perspective -- Camera movement shots -- Special-use shots -- Part Two: Composition: aesthetic considerations -- Creating the third dimension -- Effects of focal length -- Distance -- Balancing the picture -- Composing specific shots -- Following the action -- Breaking the rules -- Summary -- Scriptwriting: -- Electronic news gathering -- Electronic field production -- Summary -- Preproduction and production: -- Part One: Preproduction -- Electronic news gathering -- Electronic field production -- Production crew -- Scheduling and coordinating -- Location selection and survey -- Graphics and props preparation -- Clearance on copyright materials -- Travel planning -- Part Two: Production: shooting on location -- ENG versus EFP -- Setting up -- Sound and light -- Location integrity -- Maintaining control -- Backup plans -- Security -- Dealing with the public -- Checklists -- Recording -- Rehearsing -- Shooting (and reshooting) -- Wrapping up -- Summary -- Postproduction and distribution: -- Editing process -- Technical concepts -- Creative editing concepts -- Summary -- Part 3: Tools: -- Video: -- Light, lenses, cameras, and recorders -- Principles of lens operation -- Video cameras -- Camera functions -- Video recorders -- Format wars -- Batteries -- Tripods and camera-mounting devices -- Summary -- Audio: -- Microphone structure -- Microphones and audio-recording techniques -- Sensitivity -- Frequency response -- Impedance -- Other factors -- Selection and placement -- Style -- Special applications -- Accessories -- Audio cables and connectors -- Monitoring, mic preamplifiers, mixing, and stereo -- Summary -- Light: understanding and controlling it: -- Part One: Physical properties of light -- What is light -- Color of light -- Direction and size of a light source -- Quantity of light -- Part Two: Creating light -- Light emitters -- Lighting equipment -- Part Three: Basic lighting technique -- Starting point: exposure -- Art of casting shadows -- Basic theory -- Formal lighting -- Natural lighting -- Light as an editorial tool -- Summary -- Part 4: Business Of Video: -- Budgeting and pricing: -- ENG and EFP -- Creating an accurate budget -- Budget tracking -- Entry into the video marketplace -- Summary -- Laws, ethics, copyright, and insurance: -- Laws -- Ethics -- Copyright -- Insurance -- Summary -- Appendix 1; Screenplay format -- Appendix 2: Two-column, audiovisual, split-page format -- Appendix 3: Storyboards -- Bibliography -- Glossary -- Index.

Overview: Portable Video presents students with the techniques and technology of single camera electronic news gathering and electronic field production. Covering everything from creative and technical recording and editing techniques to budgets and copyright issues, this book shows best practices in shooting news, and narrative production, developing the story, writing the script, current methods to capturing audio and video, working with light, and more. Updates feature the latest advances in techniques and equipment. New coverage includes digital workflow techniques, digital cameras (including DSLRs), lighting, audio, and mobile. Features information on: News gathering; Field Production; Scriptwriting and storyboards; Preproduction, production, postproduction; Budgeting and pricing; Framing and composition; Capturing Audio; Ethics and legal considerations.