The Practical Director

by Crisp, Mike

• ISBN13: 9780240514482
• ISBN10: 0240514483
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-08-01
• Publisher: Focal Pr

Summary

There are many books on directing - nearly all of which assume extensive prior knowledge. However this book supplies the novice director with information and skills that usually only come with years of experience. The book leads the reader through every aspect of directing, from handling the crew and actors to equipment, sound and lighting and on to post production and editing. There are many books on directing - nearly all of which assume extensive prior knowledge. However this book supplies the novice director with information and skills that usually only come with years of experience. The book leads the reader through every aspect of directing, from handling the crew and actors to equipment, sound and lighting and on to post production and editing. This book is highly recommended for anyone wishing to learn the practical techniques of directing. It has been updated to include the latest approaches and has a whole new chapter on widescreen filming. It is intended to inspire the novice director who has the ambition and creativity but lacks knowledge and experience. Mike Crisp worked as production manager and director on many classic BBC TV series, including Fawlty Towers, Porridge,, and Steptoe and Son. He is currently working at the BBS Elstree Studios and has lectured extensively in film and single camera direction, in the USA, Singapore, Holland, Germany, and Norway. Reviews of the previous edition: 'It is a very good piece of work altogether and there's nothing else that contains a tenth as much as useful advice for the novice director'. Paul Jordan, Senior Producer, Anglia Television 'A rollercoasting blockbuster of a book that claims to supply the novice director with the information and skills that usually only come with years of experience ...' updated to include new techniques includes new section on widescreen filming includes hints, tips and advice taken from the authors experience

Table of Contents

Preface	x
Acknowledgements	xii
Trade mark notice	xiii
Centronic, RS232 and game ports	1	(34)
The Centronic port	1	(12)
Port connectors	1	(1)
Internal hardware organization	1	(6)
Software control	7	(1)
How to obtain the base address of a Centronic port	7	(2)
How to output and input data via the Centronic port	9	(3)
Bit manipulation	12	(1)
RS232 serial interface	13	(15)
Serial data transmission	13	(2)
RS232 port connector and connections	15	(2)
Internal hardware organization	17	(1)
8250/16450 UART	17	(3)
RS232 driver/receivers	20	(1)
Base addresses of COM ports	20	(1)
Software control	21	(1)
How to obtain the base address of a COM port	21	(2)
How to initialize a COM port	23	(2)
How to transmit and receive serial data	25	(1)
How to read and write data via handshake lines	26	(2)
Game ports	28	(7)
Port connector	28	(1)
Internal hardware organization	29	(2)
Software control	31	(4)
Tools for experimenters	35	(28)
Power supplies	35	(10)
DC power supply	35	(1)
+5V, -5V, +12V, -12V and other voltage supplies	35	(5)
Voltage references	40	(3)
Voltage converters	43	(1)
Isolated voltage supply circuit	44	(1)
Logic level detectors	45	(1)
Digital and analogue signal generators	45	(6)
Digital signal generators	45	(5)
Analogue signal generators	50	(1)
Centronic port, RS232 and game port experimental boards	51	(11)
Centronic experimental board	51	(3)
RS232 experimental board	54	(1)
Game port experimental board	55	(3)
Construction of the experimental boards	58	(4)
Circuit making tools	62	(1)
Software drivers for the experimental boards	63	(46)
Software drivers for the Centronic experimental board	63	(10)
DOS TP6 software driver CENTEXP.PAS	63	(5)
Windows VB3 software driver	68	(5)
Software drivers for the RS232 experimental board	73	(12)
DOS TP6 software driver RS232EXP.PAS	73	(5)
Windows VB3 software driver	78	(7)
Software drivers for the game port experimental board	85	(7)
DOS TP6 software driver GAMEEXP.PAS	85	(4)
Windows VB3 software driver	89	(3)
Programming resource libraries	92	(17)
Expanding the Centronic, RS232 and game ports	109	(39)
Expanding the Centronic port	109	(10)
I/O expansion using logic ICs	109	(1)
Reading 8-bit data	109	(1)
Expanding outputs	110	(2)
I/O expansion using 8255 PPI chips	112	(7)
Expanding the RS232 port	119	(9)
RS232/TTL line translators	119	(3)
Expanding RS232 ports using UARTs	122	(4)
New concepts for RS232 interfacing - ITC232-A	126	(2)
Expanding the game port	128	(1)
Serial-to-parallel interface	128	(2)
Parallel-to-serial interface	130	(1)
Data encoders/decoders	131	(8)
I2C bus	139	(5)
Principles of the I2C bus	140	(1)
Operation of the I2C bus	140	(2)
Implementing the I2C bus on the Centronic and RS232 ports	142	(1)
I2C bus support chips	142	(2)
MicroLAN bus	144
Serial peripheral interface (SPI)	142	(2)
Interfacing between TTL and CMOS gates	144	(1)
Protecting digital I/O lines	144	(4)
Drivers for external devices	148	(41)
Power drivers	148	(3)
Opto-isolator drivers	148	(1)
Transistor drivers	149	(1)
Darlington drivers	150	(1)
MOSFET drivers	150	(1)
PROFET drivers	150	(1)
LED drivers	151	(2)
Standard LEDs	151	(1)
Low current LEDs	151	(1)
Multi-colour LEDs	152	(1)
Infra-red LEDs	153	(1)
Relay drivers	153	(2)
Dry reed relays	153	(1)
Transistor relay drivers	153	(2)
Integrated power driver ICs	155	(6)
Multi-channel driver ICs	155	(1)
Latched drivers	155	(6)
Opto-isolated zero-crossing solid state relays	161	(1)
DC motor drivers	162	(2)
Stepper motor drivers	164	(4)
Drivers for four-phase uni-polar stepper motors	164	(4)
Drivers for two-phase stepper motors	168	(1)
Driving sounders	168	(2)
Drivers for sounders, buzzers and sirens	168	(2)
Drivers for speakers	170	(1)
Drivers for displays	170	(16)
LED multi-digit displays with on-board driver	170	(6)
LED dot matrix displays with on-board driver	176	(2)
LED multi-digit dot matrix character displays with on-board driver	178	(3)
LCD dot matrix character display modules	181	(5)
Drivers for muscle wires	186	(2)
Drivers for other devices	188	(1)
Gathering information from the external world	189	(74)
Analogue-to-digital converters	189	(36)
A/D converters with parallel I/O interface	189	(1)
CA3306 flash converter	189	(4)
ZN449 successive approximation A/D converter	193	(3)
ICL7109 12-bit integrating A/D converter	196	(4)
ICL7135 digital voltmeter chip	200	(7)
A/D converters with serial I/O interface	207	(1)
TLC548 8-bit successive approximation A/D converter	207	(3)
TLC541 12-channel A/D converter	210	(5)
LTC1288 12-bit serial I/O converter	215	(4)
TSC500 A/D converter analogue processor	219	(6)
Voltage-to-frequency converters	225	(4)
Principles of V/F conversion	225	(1)
LM331 V/F converter	226	(3)
Digital sensors for measuring light intensity	229	(9)
TSL220 digital opto-sensor	229	(3)
TSL215 linear light detector array	232	(5)
Other digital opto-sensors	237	(1)
Digital sensors measuring temperatures	238	(12)
DS1620 thermometer	238	(7)
Single wire digital temperature sensor	245	(2)
LCD thermometer module	247	(3)
Digital humidity sensors	250	(3)
Digital sensors for fluid flow	253	(2)
Digital sensors measuring magnetic field	255	(1)
FGM-3 digital magnetic field strength sensor	255	(1)
Digital magnetic field detector	256	(1)
Radio time bases	256	(6)
Keys and keyboards	262	(1)
Connecting other digital devices	263	(44)
Digital-to-analogue converters	263	(7)
A simple R-2R D/A converter	263	(1)
Parallel I/O D/A converter ZN428	264	(2)
Serial I/O D/A converter DAC0854	266	(4)
Digital potentiometers	270	(4)
Memories	274	(14)
ST93C56C serial I/O 2K EEPROM	274	(7)
EEPROM with an I2C bus	281	(7)
Real time clocks	288	(7)
Digitally-controlled signal generators	295	(12)
8254 programmable timer/counter	295	(7)
Numerically controlled oscillator HSP45102	302	(4)
ML2036 programmable sine wave generator	306	(1)
Computer remote control and network applications	307	(19)
Telecommunication ICs	307	(1)
Modem IC	307	(2)
Radio links	309	(8)
TMS/SILRX FM radio links	309	(1)
TMX transmitter	309	(3)
SILRX receiver	312	(1)
AM-TX1/AM HHR3 AM radio link pairs	313	(1)
Experimenting with the radio link	314	(3)
Radio transceiver modules	317	(2)
BiM-418-F radio transceiver	317	(1)
Requirement for serial data to be transmitted	318	(1)
Mains line modem LM1893	319	(2)
RS485 interface	321	(1)
Infra-red data link -- IrDA standard	321	(5)
Further reading	326	(1)
Index	327