Abstract :
The paper outlines the more important duties of, and the problems confronting, a present-day television producer in Great Britain, and it goes on to deal with the planning stage of a production, camera technique, the fundamentals of lighting and the basic rules of cutting. In a Section on planning the layout, details are given of an actual production. Subsequent Sections are devoted to the requirements of the television camera, the functions of the control room and telecine equipment, aids to production and sound-equipment considerations. Finally, there is a Section concerning the quality of the picture.
