The Filmmaker's Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide for the Digital Age - Softcover

Ascher, Steven; Pincus, Edward

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0452286786 ISBN 13: 9780452286788

Publisher: Plume, 2007

Synopsis

2008 Edition The authoritative guide to funding, preparing, shooting, lighting, editing, finishing and distributing your film or video

Widely acknowledged as the "bible" of film and video production and used in courses around the world, this indispensable guide to making movies is now updated with the latest advances in high- definition formats. For students and teachers, the professional and the novice filmmaker, this clear and comprehensive handbook remains the reliable reference to all aspects of moviemaking.

• Techniques for making narrative, documentary, corporate, experimental and feature films.
• Working with high-definition and standard-definition digital video formats, including DV, HD, and HDV.
• Extensive coverage of video editing with the latest nonlinear editing systems.
• Thorough grounding in lenses, lighting, sound recording, and sound editing.
• The business aspects of financing and producing movies

Written by filmmakers for filmmakers, this book will give you the skills you need to take your dreams from script to screen.

About this title

About the Author

Steven Ascher is an Oscar-nominated filmmaker who has taught film at Harvard and MIT.

Edward Pincus has taught film courses at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Edition details

• Publisher: Plume
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0452286786
• ISBN 13: 9780452286788
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 624