The Little Digital Video Book - Softcover

Rubin, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0201758482 ISBN 13: 9780201758481

Publisher: Peachpit Press, 2001

Synopsis

Congratulations! You've got a brand-new digital camcorder. Now what do you do with it? Before you shoot a single frame of tape, pick up The Little Digital Video Book. This friendly guide to the basics of digital video will teach you how to shoot well, organize easily, and quickly edit your own footage. For new camcorder owners, it's the ideal--and affordable--introduction to the exciting world of quality digital filmmaking.

The Little Digital Video Book is not some dense, jargon-filled reference tome. Instead, it focuses on practical shooting and editing techniques, and shows you how to start (and actually finish) that video project you have in mind--in less than a day. You get a thorough grounding in the basics of digital video, from how to get a good close-up shot and how to add a sound track to your video to how to organize your videotapes. The Little Digital Video Book is platform- and software-neutral, truly making it the guide for the moviemaking masses.

About this title

Synopsis:

Home digital video is within the reach of anyone with a digital camcorder and a PC or Macintosh, but creating effective digital video requires learning to shoot and edit your footage properly. The Little Digital Video Book teaches Michael Rubin's practical methods for shooting, editing, and producing digital films for personal or professional use. Create compelling films, videos, or commercials with Rubin's rules for shooting and editing. Readers will learn to organize footage, add sound, and re-cut to make different versions of a video. This simple guide also introduces basic technical information (f-stops, lighting, shutter speed) to assist in understanding the production and post-production process.

About the Author:

Michael Rubin is an entertainment-technology inventor, entrepreneur, graphic designer, editor, digital video advocate, and maybe a few other things. He has written and published three books, including NONLINEAR: a field guide to digital video and film editing, recently released in its fourth edition. In the past, Michael has worked on numerous feature films and TV programming, including Bertolucci's The Sheltering Sky and the CBS miniseries Lonesome Dove.

About this edition

• Publisher: Peachpit Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0201758482
• ISBN 13: 9780201758481
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192