Digital Filmmaking Handbook

by Long, Ben; Schenk, Sonja

• ISBN13: 9781584500179
• ISBN10: 1584500174
• Edition: CD
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-06-01
• Publisher: Charles River Media

Summary

Learn how to merge traditional filmmaking skills with new technologies to create any type of digital video production. Discover how to use desktop computers to create productions that can be distributed on the Web, home video, broadcast television, projected video, or film. Softcover.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	xi
Introduction	1	(12)
What Kind of Equipment Do I Need?	4	(1)
What Is Digital Video?	4	(2)
Why Digital Video?	6	(4)
What this Book Covers	10	(1)
Pop Quiz	10	(3)
Planning Your Project	13	(20)
Before You Start	14	(1)
Writing for DV	14	(8)
Scheduling Your Project	22	(4)
Budgeting	26	(2)
Paying as You Go	28	(4)
Budgeting Can Be Fun	32	(1)
Previsualization	33	(16)
Storyboarding	34	(14)
Summary	48	(1)
Choosing a Videotape Format	49	(26)
Delivery Is Everything	51	(1)
Video Basics	52	(8)
Video Format Features	60	(8)
Videotape Formats	68	(5)
So Which One Do I Choose?	73	(1)
Or, Maybe It Doesn't Matter	73	(2)
Building a Workstation	75	(24)
First Things First	76	(1)
Choosing a Platform	76	(2)
Choosing a Video Interface	78	(6)
Choosing a Computer	84	(9)
Formatting Your Drives	93	(2)
Managing Your RAM	95	(2)
Conclusion	97	(2)
Choosing a Camera	99	(28)
Evaluating Image Quality	100	(8)
Camera Features	108	(12)
Accessorizing	120	(2)
Cameras Compared	122	(5)
Non-Linear Editing Software	127	(28)
You Say On-Line, I Say Off-Line	128	(2)
What's in an NLE	130	(9)
Getting Media into Your Project	139	(6)
Audio Tools	145	(3)
The Final Product	148	(2)
NLEs Compared	150	(4)
Summary	154	(1)
Lighting and Art Directing	155	(28)
Lighting Basics	156	(1)
Types of Light	157	(7)
The Art of Lighting	164	(3)
Tutorial	167	(5)
Interior Lighting	172	(2)
Exterior Lighting	174	(2)
Special Lighting Situations	176	(3)
Art Directing	179	(3)
Rolling	182	(1)
Shooting Digital Video	183	(34)
Shooting Digital Video	184	(6)
The Tool of the Trade--The Camera	190	(18)
During the Shoot	208	(6)
Special Shooting Situations	214	(1)
Quiet on the Set, Please	215	(2)
Production Sound	217	(28)
What You Want to Record	218	(1)
Microphones	219	(15)
Setting Up	234	(9)
Recording Your Sound	243	(1)
A Good Approach	244	(1)
Editing Hardware	245	(18)
Hardware and Peripherals	246	(4)
Digital Video Decks	250	(6)
Digital Audio Equipment	256	(1)
Video Monitors	257	(3)
Hardware Connectors	260	(1)
Summary	261	(2)
Preparing to Edit	263	(28)
Worst Case Scenario	264	(1)
How to Organize Your Project	265	(1)
Logging	266	(1)
Tutorial: Setting Your Video Levels	267	(7)
Tutorial: Logging and Capturing	274	(3)
Tips for Better Logging	277	(2)
Capturing On-Line Quality Video	279	(5)
Troubleshooting	284	(3)
Advanced Media Management	287	(2)
Summary	289	(2)
Editing	291	(20)
The Invisible Art	292	(1)
Building Blocks	292	(15)
Fine-Cutting	307	(2)
Locking Picture	309	(2)
Sound Editing	311	(26)
Sounding Off	312	(2)
Setting Up	314	(3)
Dedicated Sound Editing Apps	317	(5)
Editing Sound	322	(5)
Equalizing Is Your Friend	327	(4)
Choosing Sound Effects	331	(1)
Music	332	(3)
Fix It in the Mix?	335	(2)
Color Correction	337	(20)
To Compress, Or Not to Compress	338	(5)
Color Correction	343	(2)
Tutorial: Correcting White Balance	345	(9)
Put a Clamp on It	354	(2)
Correcting Color for Film	356	(1)
Titling and Simple Compositing	357	(52)
Titles and Simple Graphics	358	(6)
Compositing 101	364	(3)
Tutorial: Creating a Luminance Key	367	(5)
Tutorial: Using a Chroma Key	372	(13)
Tutorial Creating a Title in Photoshop	385	(6)
Tutorial: Variable Transparency	391	(3)
Moving Pictures	394	(2)
Tutorial: Creating a Credit Roll	396	(4)
Tutorial: Adding Camera Shake	400	(6)
Summary	406	(3)
Rotoscoping and More Compositing	409	(54)
Rotoscoping	410	(4)
Tutorial: Rotoscoping a Simple Image	414	(7)
Tutorial: Painting an Alpha Channel by Hand	421	(8)
Tutorial: Color Correcting Part of an Image	429	(7)
Tutorial: Exploding Heads	436	(14)
Special Effects	450	(3)
Making Your Video Look Like Film	453	(2)
Tutorial: Creating Film Grain	455	(6)
Rendering	461	(2)
Outputs	463	(42)
Mastering Your Outputs	464	(1)
Videotape Masters	465	(13)
The Final Audio Mix	478	(4)
Outputting to CD-ROM	482	(10)
Outputting for the Web	492	(3)
DVD Authoring	495	(2)
Getting Your 35mm Film Release Print	497	(7)
Conclusion	504	(1)
Appendix A Calibrating Your NTSC Monitors	505	(4)
Setting Up	506	(3)
Appendix B About the CD-ROM	509	(4)
Glossary	513	(28)
Index	541