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Producing Videos has been called the 'bible' of video making. A bestseller over many years, it offers a comprehensive and user friendly guide to all aspects of video production - from the first chapter on using a camera (if it doesn't go in easily, don't force it) to the chapter on distribution (no matter what happens, always hold onto your master).
All the elements of video production are covered: camera operation; scriptwriting; composition; budgeting; preproduction planning; lighting and sound recording; interview techniques; field production and studio shoots; digital editing; digital postproduction techniques; video streaming and other forms of online distribution.
This edition has been fully revised and updated to cover developments in technology, promotion and distribution. It includes tips from over 120 experienced video teachers from around the world, and is illustrated with over 600 photographs and 200 diagrams.
Producing Videos is the best handbook available for learning the basics of video making. It is an ideal guide for students, and for anyone who has a flip camera burning a hole in their pocket and aspirations to become the next hot new director.
List of contents
Contents
Acknowledgements ix
Greeting xiii
1 The camera
2 Image control
3 Composition and framing
4 The camera' s view
5 Telling the story
6 Video formats
7 Video storage
8 Editing basics
9 Editing aesthetics
10 Editing more technical
11 Microphones
12 Having the right connections
13 Location sound
14 Sound postproduction
15 Safety on the set
16 Lighting
17 Using lighting equipment
18 Production options
19 Video for Empowerment
20 Scriptwriting
21 Doing short dramas
22 Budgeting
23 Preproduction
24 The location shoot
25 Studio layout and equipment
26 Studio roles
27 Studio procedures
28 Operating the vision mixer
29 Operating the studio audio mixer
30 Studio interviews
31 The HOT studio
32 Copyright
33 Distribution
Glossary
Index
About the author
Martha Mollison has been a freelance video producer for over twenty-five years and has taught both in Australia and the US in universities, colleges, cable TV stations and community organisations. She is currently based in Portland, Oregon, USA.
Summary
A fully updated and revised new edition of this essential handbook for aspiring video makers.
