Single-camera Video Production

by Musburger, PhD

• ISBN13: 9780240807065
• ISBN10: 0240807065
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-03-02
• Publisher: Elsevier Science

Summary

Single-camera Video Production, Fourth Edition clearly explains the technology and the equipment of video production and details step-by-step the professional-level techniques that can be applied to any type of production or budget. In addition, this manual will train you to integrate technique, equipment, and creative concerns within the production process-from preproduction planning through final editing. This new edition contains more in-depth information about the transition from analog to digital video production and includes the latest information on digital video and HD. It includes expanded coverage of nonlinear editing techniques and features a new organization that follows the actual shooting process more closely. Single-camera Video Production, Fourth Edition is a comprehensive yet succinct guide to single-camera video production. Written as part of the Focal Press Media Manual series, each page of this helpful guide covers a specific issue in video production and is accompanied by at least one illustration or diagram to further develop the your understanding of the topic. * Learn about the latest changes to video production technology and the industry * Find new information about digital production techniques and HD video production * Acquire the basic knowledge needed to plan, shoot, and edit most field and in-studio video productions

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION	xi
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS	xiii
THE TECHNOLOGY
THE IMPORTANCE OF TECHNOLOGY	2	(2)
LIMITATIONS OF EQUIPMENT	4	(2)
THE AUDIO SIGNAL: FREQUENCY	6	(2)
THE AUDIO SIGNAL: AMPLITUDE	8	(2)
MEASURING AUDIO	10	(2)
THE VIDEO SIGNAL	12	(2)
THE SCANNING SYSTEM	14	(2)
THE SYNCHRONIZATION PROCESS	16	(2)
COLOR VIDEO	18	(2)
MEASURING VIDEO	20	(2)
DIGITAL SIGNAL STANDARDS	22	(4)
THE EQUIPMENT
BACKGROUND	26	(2)
THE IMAGE SOURCE: TUBES AND CHIPS	28	(2)
LIGHT GATHERING	30	(2)
FOCUS AND APERTURE	32	(2)
DEPTH OF FIELD	34	(2)
VIEWFINDER AND ACCESSORIES	36	(2)
CAMERA CONTROLS I	38	(2)
CAMERA CONTROLS II	40	(2)
CAMERA SUPPORTS: TRIPODS	42	(2)
OTHER CAMERA SUPPORT SYSTEMS	44	(2)
HAND-HOLDING THE CAMERA	46	(2)
ANALOG VIDEO RECORDING	48	(2)
DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDING	50	(2)
VIDEOTAPE STOCK	52	(2)
VIDEOCASSETTE RECORDER OPERATION	54	(2)
CONNECTORS, PLUGS, AND JACKS I: POWER AND AUDIO	56	(2)
CONNECTORS, PLUGS, AND JACKS II: VIDEO	58	(2)
CONNECTORS, PLUGS, AND JACKS III: DIGITAL	60	(2)
CONNECTOR PANEL: CONSUMER MODEL RECORDERS	62	(2)
CONNECTOR PANEL: PROFESSIONAL MODEL RECORDERS	64	(2)
CONNECTOR PANEL: SEPARATE AND ATTACHED UNITS	66	(2)
AUDIO: CABLES AND CONNECTORS	68	(2)
MICROPHONE TYPES	70	(2)
MICROPHONE PICKUP PATTERNS	72	(2)
MICROPHONE MOUNTING	74	(2)
AUDIO RECORDING CONSIDERATIONS	76	(2)
LIGHTING INSTRUMENTS	78	(2)
CONTROLLING AND POWERING LIGHT	80	(2)
COLOR TEMPERATURE	82	(2)
MEASURING LIGHT INTENSITY	84	(4)
THE PRODUCTION PROCESS: PREPRODUCTION
PREPRODUCTION PLANNING I	88	(2)
PREPRODUCTION PLANNING II	90	(2)
SINGLE-COLUMN SCRIPT FORMAT	92	(2)
DUAL-COLUMN SCRIPT FORMAT	94	(2)
STORYBOARDS	96	(2)
LOCATION SCOUTING	98	(2)
SITE SURVEY AND LOCATION PLANNING	100	(2)
ORGANIZING EQUIPMENT	102	(4)
THE PRODUCTION PROCESS: PRODUCTION
PRODUCTION STAGES AND SETUP	106	(2)
LIGHTING PREPARATION	108	(2)
CONTROLLING COLOR TEMPERATURE	110	(2)
CONTROLLING LIGHT INTENSITY	112	(2)
CONTRAST RANGE	114	(2)
BASIC THREE-POINT LIGHTING	116	(2)
MORE COMPLEX LIGHTING	118	(2)
CREATIVE LIGHTING	120	(2)
SETS AND PROPERTIES	122	(2)
SETTING UP THE AUDIO	124	(2)
REHEARSING AND PREPARING TALENT	126	(2)
SHOOTING A SCENE	128	(2)
DIRECTING TALENT	130	(2)
SHOOTING AND FRAMING	132	(2)
FRAMING PRINCIPLES I	134	(2)
FRAMING PRINCIPLES II	136	(2)
CREATING MOVEMENT I	138	(2)
CREATING MOVEMENT II	140	(2)
CREATING Z-AXIS MOVEMENT	142	(2)
GRAPHIC FORCES	144	(2)
SHOOTING TO EDIT: THE THIRD MOVEMENT	146	(2)
THE THREE TYPES OF CONTINUITY	148	(2)
COVER SHOTS	150	(2)
IN-CAMERA EFFECTS I	152	(2)
IN-CAMERA EFFECTS II	154	(2)
CONTINUITY RECORDS: LOGGING	156	(2)
STRIKING	158	(4)
THE PRODUCTION PROCESS: POSTPRODUCTION
THE EDITING FUNCTION	162	(2)
EDITING SYSTEM COMPONENTS	164	(2)
LINEAR EDITING METHODS: TECHNICAL	166	(2)
LINEAR EDITING OPERATING METHODS	168	(2)
EDITING STEPS	170	(2)
NONLINEAR EDITING: TECHNICAL	172	(2)
NONLINEAR EDITING:OPERATING METHODS	174	(2)
CREATIVE EDITING METHODS	176	(2)
CONCLUSION	178	(1)
FURTHER READING	179	(2)
GLOSSARY	181	(26)
INDEX	207