Authors: Martha Mollison
ISBN-13: 9781742370569, ISBN-10: 174237056X
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Allen & Unwin Pty., Limited
Date Published: July 2010
Edition: Third edition
Martha Mollison is a freelance video producer and a lecturer at James Cook University and the Australian Film Television and Radio School.
This updated guide to video production features tips on all aspects of filming from camera operation and placement to digital postproduction techniques. New material stresses the fine points of cutting-edge video techniques such as digital effects, the HOTstudio, and posting video on the Internet. Comprehensive information to help video enthusiasts navigate the difficulties of composition, direction, editing, and distribution is provided. Also explained are techniques for lighting, audio mixing, and successfully budgeting a new production.
Acknowledgements | ||
Greeting | ||
1 | The camera | 1 |
2 | Image control | 25 |
3 | Composition and framing | 43 |
4 | The camera's view | 57 |
5 | Telling the story | 74 |
6 | Videotape and data storage | 84 |
7 | The video signal | 97 |
8 | Recording the video signal | 108 |
9 | Analog video editing | 120 |
10 | Going digital | 139 |
11 | Thanks for the memory | 154 |
12 | Digital editing | 164 |
13 | Editing techniques | 180 |
14 | Digital effects | 191 |
15 | Microphones | 200 |
16 | Having the right connections | 213 |
17 | Location sound recording | 222 |
18 | Sound postproduction | 243 |
19 | Safety on the set | 256 |
20 | Lighting | 272 |
21 | Using lighting equipment | 290 |
22 | Production options | 306 |
23 | Scriptwriting | 319 |
24 | Doing short dramas | 333 |
25 | Preproduction | 343 |
26 | Budgeting | 369 |
27 | The location shoot | 376 |
28 | Studio layout and equipment | 394 |
29 | Studio roles | 409 |
30 | Operating the vision mixer | 419 |
31 | Operating the studio audio mixer | 435 |
32 | Studio procedures | 448 |
33 | The HOT studio | 466 |
34 | Studio interviews | 472 |
35 | Video transmission methods | 489 |
36 | Videoconferencing | 498 |
37 | Video on the Internet | 511 |
38 | Copyright | 520 |
39 | Distribution | 529 |
Glossary | 532 | |
Index | 556 |