Digital Video Hacks. Tips and Tools for Shooting, Editing and Sharing
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Author(s): J. Paul
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 0596009461
Format: softback
405pp
Price: £20.95, $29.95
Review Date: 11 August 2005
Review: The aim of this book is to provide everyone – from beginner to the professional – with a new way of looking at digital video. By using the new techniques in this book, you should be able to complete a project successfully, from preproduction to final delivery, while avoiding common, costly mistakes. It teaches you how to: use creative preparation tools and techniques – from making your own Steadicam, boom, or dolly, to effective storyboarding, timecoding and tape labelling. It explains how to troubleshoot common problems, including stop-motion and time-lapse techniques, lighting effects, coloured screens and gels, and using household objects to establish mood etc. It also explains how to create impressive visual effects, such as satellite zooming, surreal scenes, Matrix-like bullet-time and green screen illusions. And much more..