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The Videomaker Guide to Video Production

  • 4th Edition - October 25, 2007
  • Latest edition
  • Author: Videomaker
  • Language: English

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From the editors of Videomaker Magazine comes this new edition that you have been waiting for. The Videomaker Guide Digital Video, fourth edition, provides information on all of the latest cutting edge tools and techniques necessary to help you shoot and edit video like the pro's.

Learn about equipment, lighting, editing, audio, high definition, and all aspects of video from the leading experts on videography!

Key features

* Now packed with high definition articles!
* Learn how to use your skills for vidcasting (video podcasts)
* Advice from the experts with quick solutions for video production

Readership

Primary: Advanced amateur videographers and hobbyists; prosumers

Table of contents

PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
PART I VIDEO GEAR

1 Camera Buttons and Controls

2 HDV = High Def Value

3 How DV works: Technical Feature

4 Dissecting a Digital Camcorder

5 All About Lenses

6 Image Stabilizers: The Technology that Steadies Your Shots

7 Solar Panel Imaging: Secrets of the CCD

8 Filter Features: Camcorder Features and how to use them

9 Dissecting a Video Editing Computer

10 Battery Basics

11 Data Storage Devices: Room to Move

12 sound track: microphone types

13 putting radio to work: the lowdown on wireless mics

14 Monitoring The Monitors

15 Screen Time

16 resolution lines

17 Switch It!

18 try a tripod: Some valuable features n the three legged race
PART II PRODUCTION PLANNING

19 Honing your Ideas: From Concept to finished treatment

20 budgeting time

21 its all in the approach: creative approaches for video productions

22 script right: video screenwriting tips

23 look who's talking: How to create effective, believeable dialogue for your video productions

24 storyboards and shot lists

25 budget details: successful video projects stick to budgets

26 a modest proposal

27 Recruiting Talent

28 The Right Place at the Right Time

29 Production Planning
PART III PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES

30 Framing Good shots

31 shooting steady

32 make your move

33 use reflectors like a pro

34 Applying 3-Point Lighting

35 a dose of reaiity lighting effects

36 outdoor lighting: what you need to know to shoot great footage outdoors

37 Audio for video: Getting it right from the start

38 outdoor audio

39 stealth directing: Getting the most out of real people

40 What were you Thinking?! Pet Peeves of the Video Pros

41 makeup and wardrobe for video

42 Documentary Making

43 How To Use Available Light

44 practical special effects: A baker's ten to improve your video visions
PART IV POST-PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES

45 Editing from Start to Finish

46 color tweaking

47 Composition 101

48 the art of the edit

49 title talk

50 adventures in sound editingL or how audio post production can make your videos sound larger than life

51 in the audible mood: Sound effects and music

52 Seeing Sounds

53 Setting the Mood
PART V TELEVISION DISTRIBUTION

54 commercial distribution: mapping your way to financial success

55 public access: produce your own TV show

56 PBS and ITVS fertile soil for independent videographers

57 paths to broadcast television

58 promotion strategies fame and fortune on a budget

59 the demo tape
PART VI INTERNET DISTRIBUTION

60 Producing Your Own Vidcast

61 The 4th Codec

62 Peer to Peer File Sharing
PART VII AUTHORING DVD'S AND CD'S

63 Jacks of All Trades

64 To DVD or not to DVD? (There is no question.)

65 From Video to Disc: A DVD Software Buyer's Guide

66 Burner Basics: Introduction to DVD burners

67 DVD flavors What's the deal with DVD compatibility

68 step by step guide to making DVD's

69 What Makes DVDs Go ‘Round and ‘Round
JARGON: A GLOSSARY OF VIDEOGRAPHY TERMS
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
INDEX

Product details

  • Edition: 4
  • Latest edition
  • Published: October 25, 2007
  • Language: English

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Videomaker Inc. (established in 1985) is a print magazine with 50,000 print subscribers, an email newsletter with over 90,000 subscribers, and a website with over a million page views and over 400,000 unique visitors every month.
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Videomaker Inc. (established in 1985) is a print magazine with 50,000 print subscribers, an email newsletter with over 90,000 subscribers, and a website with over a million page views and over 400,000 unique visitors every month.

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