Sound Person's Guide to Video

by Mellor; David

• ISBN13: 9780240515953
• ISBN10: 0240515951
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2000-06-05
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

An essential guide to all aspects of video technology for sound technicians wishing to broaden their knowledge. It explains in a highly readable and engaging way, the key technologies and issues, as well as the terms, acronyms and definitions. Although intended for the sound professional, this book will also appeal to anyone involved in working with video. everything is covered: from how television and video cameras work to digital video recording, electronic news gathering, nonlinear editing, video effects as well as telecine, widescreen technology and the home cinema. The book also takes a look at the impact of digital technology on production methods and examines the technology and rationale behind digital television, High Definition Television, and DVD. It concludes with the use of video in multimedia and the internet. Based on a series of popular articles in Audio Media magazine, this a vital introductory work for students and professionals wishing to broaden their knowledge of video.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
The origins of television and video	1	(9)
The magic of television	10	(8)
Video recording -- the impossible dream	18	(9)
The electronic eye	27	(17)
ENG and Betacam SP	44	(7)
Digital video	51	(22)
Standards conversion	73	(8)
The video monitor	81	(15)
Home cinema	96	(9)
Nonlinear editing	105	(8)
JPEG and MPEG2 image compression	113	(19)
Digital television	132	(14)
Film	146	(17)
Film stock, film laboratories	163	(20)
Cinema technology	183	(9)
IMAX	192	(9)
Telecine	201	(8)
Pulldown	209	(9)
Lighting technology	218	(16)
The art of bluescreen	234	(9)
Appendix 1 The science of colour	243	(8)
Appendix 2 Timecode: the link between sight and sound	251	(22)
Appendix 3 Audio in video editing	273	(8)
Index	281