5th Edition

The Videomaker Guide to Video Production

By Videomaker Copyright 2013
    432 Pages
    by Routledge

    430 Pages
    by Routledge

    From the editors of Videomaker Magazine comes this new edition that you have been waiting for. The Videomaker Guide Digital Video, fifth 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!

    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

    Biography

    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.

    "Beginners will likely find The Videomaker Guide to Video Production to be a helpful introduction to core principles, and even seasoned video professionals might find value in it as a well-organized reference guide. The upside of the tome's brief chapters is that the contents make it easy to jump right to a specific subject without wasting time paging back and forth." - American Cinematographer magazine