Editing Digital Video : The Complete Creative and Technical Guide
by Robert M. Goodman
from McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics
Authors explain how to use any tool--from iMovie or Premiere to appliances like Casablanca and Screenplay or professional systems such as Avid, Discreet, Media 100--to turn your imagination into results fast. Softcover. CD-ROM included.
Making Music Videos: Everything You Need to Know from the Best in the Business
by Lara M. Schwartz
from Billboard Books
Video for Change: A Guide for Advocacy and Activism
from Pluto Press
Pictures from Abu Ghraib showed the power of the amateur image to grab the world's attention. The Asian tsunami, caught on camcorder, brought home the reality of what had happened more than any news report ever could. Around the world the increasing availability and affordability of technology has fuelled the world of social justice video activism. Film-making---at its best---has the power to change the way people think, and create real social change, and now the tools to do it are more accessible than ever before. This book shows how activists and human rights campaigners can harness the power of images and stories for their own purposes---it's a step-by-step guide to the handicam revolution.
Written by leading video activists, and staff of the world-renowned human rights organization WITNESS, this practical handbook will appeal to experienced campaigners as well as aspiring video activists. It combines a comprehensive analysis of what's going on in this growing global field with a how-to primer to doing it yourself.
Video for Change is packed with real-life stories from the fray, how-to guidance, and easy-to-use exercises. Clear and accessible, it provides a crash course in the basics of social justice video documentation and advocacy. The authors cover every aspect of filmmaking from technical guidance to strategic and ethical issues, making it indispensable for both amateur and professional filmmakers.
Readers are shown how to plan, film, edit and distribute; they are shown how to adopt an effective strategy so that their video makes a difference. The book is unique in that it also covers the practical ethics and responsibilities of social justice video-work and offers a global range of real-life stories to learn from.
How to Make Real Money With Your Video Camera
by Raymond G. Hutchins
from Videobizz.biz
Previously sold only in popular coast-to-coast seminars, this book is chock full of information about how to make money with a camcorder. It has a proven appeal to people from all walks of life.
Video Production: Disciplines and Techniques with PowerWeb
by Lynne Schafer S Gross
from McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
This text introduces students to the operations underlying multiple-camera video production. Written in an accessible style that appeals to students, it covers the basics of television production with an emphasis on studio production. While the main focus is on equipment and techniques that students use, Video Production also covers more advanced equipment and techniques used in the professional world. The ninth edition adds information about preparing video material for the Web and for DVDs, updates on HDTV, further detail on graphics construction, and more.
3D Game-Based Filmmaking: The Art of Machinima (with CD-ROM)
by Paul Marino
from Paraglyph
The Machinima approach to creating movies promises to revolutionize the computer animation industry and this book will serve as the industry bible for emerging filmmakers. It expertly covers the very latest technology in filmmaking, from the history of Machinima, who the major players are, and where the Machinima movement is going. Conventional filmmakers are quickly adopting this medium as a much easier and economical way to produce animation films. This book contains a wealth of tips, tricks, and solid techniques to creating your own Machinima films from some of the best creative minds in the industry. Numerous hands-on projects are provided to show readers how to expertly create, edit, and view their own films. Some of the hot topics covered include developing actors, preparing sets, incorporating audio, adding special audio and visual effects, using the best post production techniques, using the best game engines, and much more.
Theorizing Video Practice
by Mike Wayne
from Lawrence And Wishart Ltd
Making Videos for Money: Planning and Producing Information Videos, Commercials, and Infomercials
by Barry Hampe
from Holt Paperbacks
Every area of video production is expanding rapidly, and with this growth has come an increased demand from businesses, government agencies, and nonprofit organizations for informed professional videomakers. Making Videos for Money provides specific, useful information on how to plan, write, direct, and complete client-sponsered videos successfully. The book can be used as a conprehensive how-to guide by newcomers or as a valuable resource for professionals facing the need to expand their business into profitable new areas.
DTV: The Revolution in Digital Video
by Jerry Whitaker
from McGraw-Hill Professional
Exhaustive compendium of DTV details
Now there’s an up-to-the-minute edition of the #1 guide to digital television. And none too soon, because in the two years since the last edition was published, DTV has undergone dizzying technical and regulatory changes. You’ll find them all covered in Jerry Whitaker’s DTV: The Revolution in Digital Video, Third Edition.This engineering-level guide to the ATSC DTV standard and its impact on the television broadcast industry is loaded with examples, detailed diagrams and schematics. It’s a tutorial for all ATSC and SMPTE standards and FCC regulations guiding DTV licensing and applications. This timely edition explores the implications of datacasting and interactive television…harmonizing DTV with the European DVB system…and the bristling controversy over the ATSC standard’s suitability for urban broadcast. A dedicated Website, updated monthly, ensures that you’ll stay on top of all fast-breaking news and developments in the field.
How to Create a Video Family History: The Complete Guide to Interviewing and Taping Your Family's Stories & Memories
by Huberman
from ComteQ Publishing
The most popular book and useful book on the subject of recording family histories. Capturing family stories and preserving memories on tape or DVD to pass on to future generations has never been easier.
Provides extensive sample interview questions on a wide variety of family subjects that can help loosen up even the "camera shy" and offers video recording tips to insure professional-looking results.
Contains over 140 additional "holiday questions" and "questions you'd never think to ask" to even give the whole family a chance to be recorded for posterity.
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