Authors: Steven Ascher, Edward Pincus
ISBN-13: 9780452286788, ISBN-10: 0452286786
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Date Published: September 2007
Edition: (Non-applicable)
STEVEN ASCHER has taught filmmaking at Harvard and MIT. His awards include Sundance Grand Jury Prize, a George Foster Peabody Award, and the Prix Italia. He has been nominated for an Oscar.
EDWARD PINCUS founded the film section at MIT and later taught filmmaking at Harvard. His awards include a Guggenheim Fellowship, and he is the author of the widely used Guide to Filmmaking.
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.
THE BIBLE, UPDATED. The Filmmaker's Handbook was first published in 1984 and has been a production bible ever since... Starting with the most fundamental functions of the camera, The Filmmaker's Handbook outlines the processes that create both film and video images and guides the reader through every stage of productionfrom assembling a crew to delivering a print or broadcast master. Encyclopedic in scope, the book breaks every subject down to its component elements, resulting in a reference work for students and working filmmakers alike.... Provides an invaluable course in both technology and technique.... As independent filmmakers often wear many hats (say, producing, shooting, and editing their own project), The Filmmaker's Handbook is a valuable tool that can prepare them for the problems and challenges unique to every stage of production-digital or analog.
Preface | ||
1 | Introduction to Film and Video Systems | 1 |
2 | The Film Camera | 45 |
3 | The Lens | 76 |
4 | The Film Image | 111 |
5 | Color and Filters | 151 |
6 | The Video Camcorder | 168 |
7 | The Video Image | 188 |
8 | Shooting | 208 |
9 | Sound Recording Systems | 245 |
10 | Sound Recording Techniques | 274 |
11 | Lighting | 304 |
12 | Picture and Dialogue Editing | 346 |
13 | Editing Film | 361 |
14 | Editing Video | 398 |
15 | Sound Editing | 446 |
16 | The Film Laboratory | 472 |
17 | Film-Video Transfers | 510 |
18 | Producing and Distributing the Movie | 534 |
App. A | Adjusting a Video Monitor | 567 |
App. B | Depth of Field Tables | 571 |
App. C | Hyperfocal Distance Table | 575 |
App. D | Lens Angle/Focal Length Tables | 577 |
App. E | A Comparison of Running Times and Formats of 8mm, Super 8, 16mm and 35mm Motion Picture Films | 579 |
App. F | A Technique for Synchronizing the Rushes | 583 |
App. G | Splitting 16mm and 35mm Mag Tracks Prior to the Mix | 585 |
App. H | Cement Splicing | 587 |
App. I | Conforming Film Original | 591 |
Bibliography | 593 | |
Index | 599 |