Today's Video: Equipment, Setup and Production - Hardcover

Utz, Dr. Peter

9780136078883: Today's Video: Equipment, Setup and Production

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0136078885 ISBN 13: 9780136078883

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 1998

A guide to building your real-world video career that covers various aspects of video production, setup and equipment. It contains more than 1,200 easy-to-understand illustrations that show you exactly what to do, and how to do it. It offers coverage of the digital desktop and multimedia production technologies.

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From the Author:

What makes TODAY'S VIDEO different
How many times have you been told, take the courses, get a degree, read the books, then when you get a job you'll REALLY learn the profession? That always bugged me -- why didn't the textbooks tell you what you really needed to know up front? This is why I wrote TODAY'S VIDEO -- to tell the important stuff, not just the obvious stuff. A big revelation about the video business: video is not just aiming cameras or copying tapes. It's a bunch of odd things you wouldn't guess at first. It's connecting cables, using adapters, buying gadgets, aiming antennas, typing text into character generators, and using "tricks" to make things look and sound better than they actually are. That's where TODAY'S VIDEO differs from other books in the field. It teaches the ancillary things you need to know to be a successful videographer. And it teaches the basic, obvious things, too.

I hope I've succeeded at putting a career in this book. Sorry it's so inexpensive, but it is, after all, a whole career.

Feel free to email me with comments, complaints, and tips of your own.

From the Back Cover:

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Everything you need to build your video career!

There's never been a book like Today's Video. Quite simply, it's the only book that covers all aspects of video production, setup and equipment. It's an industrial-strength guide to building your real-world video career.

Today's Video delivers more than 700 pages of practical, step-by-step directions and insider's tips. It contains more than 1,200 easy-to-understand illustrations that show you exactly what to do, and how to do it. And it's completely up-to-date, with detailed coverage of the latest digital desktop and multimedia production technologies!

Today's Video teaches you the mechanics of equipment operation -- and the art of managing a production crew and performers. It walks you step-by-step from the basics through advanced editing techniques, electronic graphics, scriptwriting, copyright, videoconferencing, production budgeting, and beyond. Best of all, Today's Video makes it a pleasure to learn:

Simple, crystal-clear explanations
Small, easy-to-remember chunks of information
No heavy math or useless theory
A wonderfully detailed index makes it easy to find what you're looking for... And it's fun to read!

From DVD to home video, from special effects to maintenance, it's all here: a complete video career in abook! Whether you're already a video professional or looking to become one, Today's Video may be the most valuable book you'll ever buy.

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