Filming for Educational Television

The varied subject matter of educational TV programming dictates a flexible approach to filming. The techniques differ from those used in commercial TV filming in that they must meet individual situations as they arise, with no sacrifice in quality. Further, the budget for an educational program is frequently less than one-twentieth that of a commercially filmed program of the same length produced by comparable techniques. The Staff Production Unit of the University of Southern California, Department of Cinema, has produced four series, totaling 44 half-hour programs for educational TV. Some of the unique production problems presented by each of these series are discussed, together with their solutions.

Print ISSN

0361-4573

Published

1959-06

Content type

Information

DOI

10.5594/J13831