Building a Home Movie Studio and Getting Your Films Online

by LANCASTER, KURT

• ISBN13: 9780823077267
• ISBN10: 0823077268
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2002-02-01
• Publisher: Billboard Books

Summary

A handbook for aspiring filmmakers who want to build their own home filmtudio and present their films online. Readers will discover tips on how tose the technology, from video streaming to downloadable films, from liventernet Webcasts to recordable CD-ROMs. Real-life case studies describe howmateur filmmakers have succeeded in getting their films online and viewed byn audience. The book includes examples of Webcast shows like "The Jenishows"nd "Letters from Homeroom".;The appendices list online film festivals andistributors and there is a glossary of technical terms.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Rise of the Internet Indies	11	(3)
What's in the Book	14	(2)
PART I: Building A Digital Studio and Getting Your Films Online	16	(142)
Building Your Own Movie Studio on a Budget	18	(86)
The Equipment Needed for Your Home Movie Studio	19	(1)
Development and Preproduction	19	(1)
Production	20	(9)
Postproduction	29	(4)
The Cost of Building Your Home Movie Studio	33	(1)
Budget #1: $2500-$3500	33	(18)
Budget #2: $3500-$5000	51	(11)
Budget #3: $5000-$7500	62	(15)
Budget #4: $7500-$10,000	77	(14)
Budget #5: over $10,000	91	(13)
Video Streaming Your Films Onto the Web	104	(37)
Transferring Your Film from Video Tape to Computer	105	(1)
Using Microsoft Windows Movie Maker	106	(3)
Editing Your Movie	109	(1)
Adding Music and Sound	110	(1)
Final Steps	111	(1)
Using Apple's iMovie	111	(1)
Recording	112	(1)
Adding Features	113	(1)
Final Step	114	(1)
Converting Your Film to Video Streaming Format	115	(1)
Using Windows Movie Maker to Convert Your Film to Windows Media Player	115	(1)
Using Apple's iMovie to Convert your Film to Apple Quicktime	115	(1)
Establishing Your Video Settings	115	(2)
Establishing Your Audio Settings	117	(1)
Final Step	117	(1)
Using RealProducer to Convert Your Film to RealPlayer	118	(6)
Getting Your Film on the Web	124	(1)
Uploading Your Film Using Windows Movie Maker	124	(2)
Upload Your Film Using iMovie	126	(1)
Upload Your Film Using RealProducer	126	(1)
Building a Web Site Using Frontpage	126	(15)
Transferring Your Film onto a CD-ROM and DVD	141	(8)
Recording Your Movie Onto CD-ROM and DVD with DVDit!	142	(5)
Recording Your Movie Onto CD-ROM with Direct CD	147	(2)
Submitting Your Film to Internet Cineplexes: A Case Study for Lowell Northrop's Organ Donor	149	(9)
Selecting a Site	151	(4)
Submitting Your Film	155	(1)
Deciding to Exhibit	156	(1)
Online Film Festivals	157	(1)
Time to Celebrate	157	(1)
PART II: The New Independent Voice of the Internet Indies	158	(36)
Jason Wishnow's New Venue: Taking Media Convergence to Another Level	160	(6)
Creating New Venue	160	(2)
A Filmmaker at Heart	162	(3)
Future of New Venue	165	(1)
Joe Nussbaum & Joseph Levy's George Lucas in Love: Presenting Shorts Online and Finding Success	166	(7)
Making a High-Quality, Low-Budget Film	167	(1)
Finding an Audience	168	(2)
Selling the Film	170	(1)
Listening to the Fans	171	(1)
Elements of Success	171	(2)
Anthony Cerniello's Jaunt: Non-Narrative Visual Films and the Use of Digital Special Effects	173	(6)
Special Effects of the Web	174	(1)
Creating Jaunt	175	(2)
Putting Jaunt on the Web	177	(2)
Jennifer Ringley's Jennicam: Live Images From Home	179	(5)
Gallery	180	(1)
Journal	181	(1)
Jennishow	182	(2)
Maya Churi's Letters From Homeroom: An Interactive Narrative Style in an Age of Media Convergence	184	(10)
Conceiving the Story	185	(1)
Homeroom	186	(2)
Lockers	188	(1)
Bathroom	189	(1)
Auditorium	190	(1)
Library	191	(1)
Creating the Site	191	(2)
Future of Narrative Sites	193	(1)
Appendix: 25 Internet Cineplexes and Festivals	194