First Light Video Television Academy Career Series - 3 Pack

Television Academy Career Series - 3 Pack

• Set of 3 DVDs that covers all the essentials of television production
• Includes Lost – The Cinematography Team, ER – The PropMasters, and 24 – The Editing Series titles
• Total runtime of 120 min

Lost - The Cinematography Team

• Academy Award winning Lost – The Cinematography Team for educational and instructional excellence
• Offers an insight into the entire production process of the hit ABC series, Lost
• Explains advantages of shooting alternate episodes leading to more prep time and additional input on location choices via interviews by cinematographers Michael Bonvillian and John Bartley
• Includes details about production meetings, locations, actual scene shoots, and interviews with camera operators and other production personnel
• Offers you the opportunity to view special vehicles and production equipment used to shoot scenes in difficult terrain such as the sandy beach and the jungle
• Includes personal interviews with the cast expressing their admiration for the cinematography team

ER - The PropMasters

• ER – The PropMasters DVD takes you behind the scenes of the multi-Emmy award winning show, ER from NBC
• Offers a firsthand account of the complicated job of prop masters, Rick Kerns and Rick Ladomade and their crew
• Provides you with views of stunts, scenes involving prosthetics, and handling of medical props
• Cast members and the production designer provide you with a complete overview of the teamwork required to render special effects and stunts
• Includes interviews with cast members and suggested curriculum material for television production courses

24 - The Editing Series

• Journeys Below the Line – The Editing Process of 24 DVD from The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Foundation – award winning art/culture instructional video publication
• Provides information about the technical jobs related to television production
• Explores every career area associated with TV production
• Includes presentations that explore on-set production footage, insightful interviews with cast and crew, and spirited give-and-take with media arts students
• Captures the essence of editing by going behind the scenes of FOX television hit, 24
• Describes the jobs that contribute towards the distinctive look of the series
• Journeys Below the Line crew introduces you to the script supervisor, follows the note creation process and their transfer to the editor’s room, and building and editing of the final scene
• Includes introduction by lead actor, Kiefer Sutherland, and a slew of interviews by the other cast members, providing you with an insight about the importance of editing and script supervision
• Includes the curriculum for television production courses currently taught in TV/film programs in colleges and universities
• Provides you with additional information via interviews with representatives of editors and the script supervisors’ guild
• 30 min of additional content - includes budget examples for explaining “Below-the-Line”, additional resources in the form websites and printed material, student TV academy and faculty TV academy membership forms, editor’s log, script supervisor’s daily report, and forms used for script supervision and editing