Covering all the major areas of television production this indepth workhighlights the widely varying influences difficulties and opportunities atwork in the ind... » 

Covering all the major areas of television production this indepth workhighlights the widely varying influences difficulties and opportunities atwork in the industry. Each kind of producer across the seven areas hereexamined faces the same practical issues of budget talent and equipmentresources and endproduct expectations however the selfimage of theproducers and the creative environment in which they work can differ greatlyfrom one programming sector to the next and whilst their careers may runparallel they are usually cut off from one another ideologically. Based oninterviews from over two hundred and fifty producers working across a selectionof British television channels as well as producers of a number of highprofileAmerican shows this book takes in a panoramic view of production models atwork today and concludes with some insightful suggestions for the future. «