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 Ad-Makers looks at the cinematic form where commerce and creativity collide most dramatically: the TV commercial. Featuring interviews from top professionals in the field, the book provides the kind of behind-the-scenes expertise that it usually takes a lifetime of professional practice to acquire. Gathered from the disciplines of cinematography, directing, producing, and editing, the filmmakers tell the stories behind the making of some of the world’s top commercials. Each chapter includes an overview of best practice and a host of images—stills from the spots themselves and concept visuals. Exploring the creative process from conception to post-production, The Ad-Makers also covers developments within the industry precipitated by the digital age and the new challenges placed on ad-making by the explosion of social media. With special focus on the shooting and production elements of making a television advert, this book is ideal for all filmmakers who want to build a career in advertising or even feature films. • The stories behind some of the best-known TV commercials, as told by the people who made them • Top producers, designers, storyboarders, directors, editors, and visual effects creatives reveal the secrets of the television advertising industry

Excerpt from The Television Commercial How to Create and Produce, Effective Tv Advertising The first edition of this book expressed a debt to the 200 advertising and film men who had made suggestions and criticisms of a prepublication edition. On this new enlarged edition, the debt is more than doubled, for specific help has come from every phase of this growing industry. More than 100 new production still have been added, bringing the total to 189. The extensive photo credit list appears at the end of the book. To the advertising agencies and advertisers, my debt obviously extends. At McCann-Erickson, Inc., where I supervised TV commercial production during the period their annual electronic billing rose from $20,000,000 to $105,000,000, special seminars and day-to-day production problems forced the creation of much of the new material; especially Chapter 17, which started as a check-list for McCann's London office as Britain went into commercial TV. I am likewise indebted to Television Magazine for the right to reprint from my monthly column, as well as to other trade magazines for permission to reprint earlier articles. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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.