Authors: Ivan Cury
ISBN-13: 9780240805924, ISBN-10: 0240805925
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
Date Published: October 2004
Edition: 1st Edition
Ivan Cury is a professor in the Communication Department of California State University, Los Angeles, where he has taught for the past fifteen years. He is also a producer and director of commercials, sitcoms, variety shows, documentaries, and daytime dramas such as The Young and the Restless. He has served as a judge for the Emmy's ACE and for the DGA awards. Before joining the department at Cal State, he taught for eleven years in the MPTV department at UCLA.
Understanding how commercials are made is the key to doing it right. This descriptive book is a step-by-step guide on the mechanics of creating a commercial from a production perspective. Making commercials on all types of budgets is addressed. There is material describing the roles and dynamics of the key players: the producer/director, agency, and client. This book outlines the requirements of each group so that everyone can understand and appreciate each other's needs.
* Learn to make more effective commercials on any budget
* A comprehensive guide to production techniques for making commercials
* Explains dynamics between client, agency, and producer
Ch. 1 | Introduction | 1 |
Ch. 2 | Client | 9 |
Ch. 3 | Agency | 31 |
Ch. 4 | Preproduction | 59 |
Ch. 5 | Production | 75 |
Ch. 6 | Postproduction : editing | 115 |
Ch. 7 | Post-plus - audio/graphics/animation | 129 |
Ch. 8 | Research | 145 |
Ch. 9 | Specialists | 153 |
Ch. 10 | Useful forms and reference material | 175 |