Dv 101 : A Hands-On Guide for Business, Government, and Educators

by Ozer, Jan

• ISBN13: 9780321348975
• ISBN10: 0321348974
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-02-25
• Publisher: Peachpit Press

Summary

Corporations, government offices, and academic institutions have long used video to educate and inform. The only thing that's changed is the people who are producing them: With low-priced equipment and easy-to-use software flooding the market, nowyou'rethe person behind the camera, not some high-priced video specialist! This is the guide for you, then-and all of the other nonprofessionals who've been called upon to produce top-quality videos. Long on essentials-like where to place the camera, how to connect microphones, and which font to use in titles-and short on theory, this guide focuses instead on the simple steps and best practices needed to produce great videos. Veteran author Jan Ozer gives you the lowdown on shooting, audio, and lighting before describing the workflow and procedures involved in converting raw DV footage to streaming video and DVDs, and distributing the final product. For software-specific guidance, you can purchase downloadable PDF workbooks that use the book's projects to walk you through the production process.

Table of Contents

Introduction	xi
Chapter 1: Mastering the Video Shoot	1	(18)
Assumptions	1	(1)
Three Scenarios	2	(3)
Creating Your Shot List	5	(6)
Setting the Scene-Executive Briefing	11	(8)
Chapter 2: Capturing High-Quality Audio	19	(18)
Identifying Your Connection Options	20	(2)
Choosing Your Microphone	22	(1)
Questions Before Buying	23	(2)
Fitting a Square Peg into a Round Hole	25	(2)
Performance Comparisons	27	(2)
Real-World Sound Choices	29	(3)
Cleaning Your Noisy Audio	32	(5)
Chapter 3: Guerilla Lighting	37	(22)
Three Point Lighting-The Art of Lighting	37	(3)
Flat Lighting-The Reality of Lighting	40	(2)
Lighting fundamentals	42	(7)
The Lighting Toolset	49	(6)
User Scenarios	55	(4)
Chapter 4: Digital Production Workflows	59	(10)
DV Production Workflow-Definitions	59	(2)
DV-Our Starting Point	61	(8)
Chapter 5: Editing Techniques	69	(32)
1. Getting Started	69	(1)
2. Capture Your Video	70	(1)
3. Finalized Your Rudio Track	71	(2)
4. Add Cutaways, Noddies, and Establishing Shots	73	(7)
5. Create Titles and Credits	80	(14)
6. Add Logos and Still Images	94	(6)
7. Fading In and Out	100	(1)
Chapter 6: Shooting for Compositing & Streaming	101	(14)
Shooting for Compositing	101	(5)
The Software Side	106	(5)
Shooting for Streaming Video	111	(4)
Chapter 7: Rendering Your Projects	115	(24)
Video Compression Basics	115	(8)
Choosing Audio Encoding Parameters	123	(3)
Output to DV Tape	126	(2)
Producing Streaming Files	128	(6)
Producing MPEG-2 Files	134	(2)
Producing MPEG-1 Files	136	(1)
Output to DV Format	136	(3)
Chapter 8: Producing DVDs	139	(26)
About DVD-Recordable Technology	140	(3)
Putting Content on Your Disc	143	(2)
How Do I Build My Menus?	145	(8)
How Do I Control Viewer Navigation?	153	(3)
How Do I Fit All This on Disc?	156	(3)
Back on the Farm, How Do I Build This Thing?	159	(2)
Time to Burn	161	(4)
Chapter 9: Using Video in Presentations	165	(14)
Inserting Video into PowerPoint for Windows	166	(6)
Inserting Video into PowerPoint:Mac	172	(6)
Apple Keynote	178	(1)
Chapter 10: Streaming with Producer for PowerPoint	179	(14)
Where to Get Producer for PowerPoint	180	(1)
Creating Your Presentation	180	(10)
Publishing Your Presentation	190	(2)
Final Tips	192	(1)
Chapter 11: Producing and Deploying Closed Captions	193	(28)
Preliminary Issues	194	(1)
Creating Your Captioning Standard	194	(9)
Creating Your Closed-Captioned Text	203	(2)
Converting Your Text to Closed Captions	205	(2)
Creating Closed Captions with MAGpie	207	(5)
Closed Captioning and Windows Media files	212	(2)
Closed Captioning and Real Video files	214	(1)
Closed Captioning and QuickTime files	214	(2)
Converting Closed Captions to Subtitles	216	(5)
Index	221