Jim Owens has worked and taught in the video and television industry for over 30 years. As an Emmy Award-winning producer, he has worked on local, regional, and national productions. Owens' international television work has included 15 Olympic broadcasts and has taken him to over 25 countries. He is the author of the Video Production Handbook, Television Production, and Television Sports Production (all published by Routledge), and has had over 30 articles published in television and broadcast magazines in the United States and Europe. He served as the curator of the History of Olympic Broadcasting exhibition at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland. Owens is Dean of the School of Communication Arts at Asbury University in Wilmore, Kentucky, where he has taught since 1981.

1. An Overview of Television Production

2. The People Who Make it Happen

3. The Television Production Facility

4. The Production Process

5. The Script and Production Plan

6. What the Camera Can Do

7. Using the Camera

8. The Persuasive Camera

9. Creating an Effective Image

10. Television Graphics

11. Lighting for Television

12. Backgrounds and Sets

13. Makeup and Costumes

14. Audio for Television

15. Recording the Story

16. Editing the Production

17. Production Practices

18. The Studio Production

19. Directing Talent

20. Production Style

21. Remote Production

22. Distributing Your Production

Glossary

Index