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Audio in Media (Wadsworth Series in Broadcast and Production)

In AUDIO IN MEDIA, Tenth Edition, Stanley Alten — internationally recognized as a scholar and expert in the area of audio production — continues to provide students with an introduction to the basic techniques and principles necessary for audio production in today’s media. The clear, current illustrations and photos and student-friendly writing in Alten’s market-leading text have helped …

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Television Production Handbook

In the field-defining text TELEVISION PRODUCTION HANDBOOK, author Herbert Zettl emphasizes how production proceeds in the digital age-from idea to image-and how it moves through the three major phases, from preproduction to production to postproduction. In this context, readers will learn about the necessary tools, examine what they can and cannot do, and explore how they are used …

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Sight, Sound, Motion: Applied Media Aesthetics (The Wadsworth Series in Broadcast and Production)

Media aesthetics have gained prominence with the dramatic advances in the digital technology of video and electronic cinema, making Herb Zettl’s SIGHT SOUND MOTION: APPLIED MEDIA AESTHETICS more applicable than ever. The seventh edition of SIGHT SOUND MOTION continues to be the most comprehensive book on the market, not only describing the major aesthetic image elements–light and color, …

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Only Connect: A Cultural History of Broadcasting in the United States

ONLY CONNECT is a comprehensive history of American broadcasting from its earliest days in radio, through the rise of television, to the current era of digital media and the Internet. It presents broadcasting as a vital component of American cultural identity, placing the development of U.S. radio, television, and new media in the context of social and cultural …

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Foundations of Art and Design (with CourseMate Printed Access Card)

Packed with hundreds of examples of classic and contemporary art, FOUNDATIONS OF ART AND DESIGN, 2E delivers a comprehensive guide to basic design that provides the ideal foundation to design principles. Appealing to readers at every ability level, the text’s logical and structured organization moves from micro to macro topics, enabling learners to build on ideas and concepts …

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The Practical Handbook for the Emerging Artist, Enhanced Edition

Primarily designed to help visual art students make the transition from art school to their own practice, THE PRACTICAL HANDBOOK FOR THE EMERGING ARTIST is also an excellent resource for practicing artists. This ENHANCED SECOND EDITION continues to focus on all aspects of the emerging artist’s career-studio practice, including developing ties in the art world, documenting work, making …

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Shaping Space: The Dynamics of Three-Dimensional Design

As an introductory guide to three-dimensional design and sculpture, SHAPING SPACE offers an engaging, in-depth exploration of aesthetic and practical considerations of working three-dimensionally. By presenting both conventional artistic wisdom and new approaches that stretch and transcend the old definitions of what can and should happen in a work of art, SHAPING SPACE challenges students to encounter ideas …

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