Jim Owens has worked and taught in the video and television industry for over 30 years. As a regional Emmy Award-winning producer, he has worked on local and national productions. His international television work has included 18 Olympic broadcasts and has taken him to over 40 countries. He is the author of the Video Production Handbook, Television Production and Television Sports Production, 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, and is the Dean of the School of Communication Arts at Asbury University in Wilmore, Kentucky, where he has taught since 1981.

1. Overview of Video Production 2. Production Crew 3. Organizing the Production 4. Production Techniques 5. Writing for Video 6. Directing 7. The Camera 8. Using the Camera 9. Filming People and Objects 10. Working with the Talent 11. Audio for Video 12. Lighting for Video 13. The Background 14. Television Graphics 15. Recording the Video 16. Editing 17. Distributing Your Production