This textbook describes the process of composing, arranging, orchestrating, and producing music for jingles and commercials, and provides a comprehensive overview of the commercial music business. Rewritten and reformatted to increase readability and use in the classroom, this second edition includes new chapters on theatrical trailers, video games, Internet commercials, Web site music, and made-for-the-Internet video.

“A lively history” of how TV advertising became a defining force in American culture between 1946 and 1964(Technology and Culture). The two decades following World War II brought television into homes and, of course, television commercials. Those commercials, in turn, created an image of the postwar American Dream that lingers to this day. This book recounts how advertising became a part of everyday lives and national culture during this midcentury period, not only reflecting consumers’ desires but shaping them, and broadcasting a vivid portrait of comfort, abundance, ease, and happy family life and, of course, keeping up with the Joneses. As the author asserts, it’s nearly impossible to understand our culture without contemplating these visual celebrations of conformity and consumption, and this insightful, entertaining volume of social history helps us do just that.

Designing and Producing the Television Commercial explains the business, art, and technology of creating a commercial from the development of the client's message to postproduction. This text is ideal for readers who want to become producers, directors, or writers at an advertising agency, production company, or with an advertiser.

The Radio & Television Commercial gives you the practical guidance needed to create more powerful commercials that will sell more product. Whether you are a beginning student or a seasoned veteran, you'll find fresh insights and tips for creating more effective commercials, including easy-to-use guidelines that show how to think about, how to develop, and how to write a solid creative strategy - and integrate it into your overall plan; creative checkpoints and principles for evaluating radio and TV writing; suggestions for picking the best format - from problem-solution, to slice-of-life, to demonstration and more - for selling your product; tips for choosing the specific medium - from a 15-second radio spot to a 30-minute infomercial; cost-effective guidelines that enable you to produce high-quality commercials on a limited budget; dozens of problem-solving exercises that help you challenge your skills and build a portfolio to showcase your creativity for prospective clients and employers; current examples of outstanding commercials; and practical guidelines for testing and evaluating finished commercials.

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