MBR: The Theatre/Cinema/TV Shelf

The Theatre/Cinema/TV Shelf

Title Design Essentials for Film and Video
Mary Plummer
Peachpit Press
1249 - 8th Street, Berkeley, CA 94710
0321445767 $39.99 www.peachpit.com

Experienced video editors and amateurs alike will find this handbook
essential to any film project, with its narrow focus on how to create
professional titles for projects and an approach that moves beyond
genre or software. From avoiding the common pitfalls of confusing
titles to understanding size, color, placement and more, these tips
paired with a DVD of Quick Time movies offers essential keys to
production which are the foundation works of a good design. Any film
library or practicing film and video pro or neo-pro needs this.

Same Time, Same Station
James L. Baughman
Johns Hopkins University Press
2715 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218-4363
0801879337 $ www.press.jhu.edu

SAME TIME, SAME STATION: CREATING AMERICAN TELEVISION, 1948-1961 comes
from a historian who examines early broadcasting history, corporate
influences on the future of television, and cultural concerns which
influenced early decision makers as they developed and promoted radio,
TV and film. As such college-level collections strong in media history
will find this an attractive addition, offering an engaging survey of
American media history during its formative years and including enough
lively dialogue to make it accessible even to lay readers.

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