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61. |  By: Jack James Publisher: Focal Press Publication Date: 25-MAR-2009 Insert Date: 14-FEB-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Fix It In Post This book provides an array of concise solutions to the wide variety of problems that are faced by postproduction artists in the post process. With an application-agnostic approach, it gives proven, step-by-step methods to solving the most frequently encountered postproduction problems. Also included is access to a free, password-protected website that features application-specific resolutions to the problems presented, with fixes for working in Apple's Final Cut Studio suite, Avid's Media Composer, Adobe Premiere Pro, as well as other applications. Lessons are enhanced through...
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62. |  Media Composer® 6: Part 1—Editing Essentials By: Mary Plummer Publisher: Course Technology PTR Publication Date: 10-FEB-2012 Insert Date: 31-JAN-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Media Composer® 6: Part 1—Editing Essentials MEDIA COMPOSER 6: PART 1–EDITING ESSENTIALS is the first step in achieving confidence, creativity, and efficiency with Avid Media Composer 6, the non-linear film/video editing application used in most movie and television productions. Along with its counterpart, MEDIA COMPOSER 6: PART 2–EFFECTS ESSENTIALS, this book provides the foundation for Media Composer User Certification through an Avid Learning Partner. This book leads you through the interface and basic editing techniques before moving on to trimming, fine-tuning the edit, adjusting audio, handling multi camera editing, adding...
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63. |  By: Lori Coleman; Diana Friedberg Publisher: Focal Press Publication Date: 07-JUL-2010 Insert Date: 28-JAN-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Make the Cut Being a successful editor is about more than just knowing how to operate a certain piece of software, or when to make a certain transition. On the contrary, there are many unwritten laws and a sense of propriety that are never discussed or taught in film schools or in other books. Based on their own experiences, first as upcoming assistant editors, then as successful Hollywood editors, the authors guide you through the ins and outs of establishing yourself as a respected film and video editor. Insight is included on an array of technical issues such as script breakdown, prepping for...
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64. |  By: Richard Harrington; Mark Weiser Publisher: Focal Press Publication Date: 23-NOV-2010 Insert Date: 18-JAN-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Professional Web Video Add professional-level video to your Web communications toolbox with a complete understanding of the process, potential and limitations of Web video. Step up from the mini-cam experience with this solid introduction to professional planning and production techniques, ensuring that your video meets the same standards you set for every other communication program element. Audio, lighting, editing, encoding, are just a few of the essentials you learn how the pros produce top notch video for the Web. The companion Web site includes planning and production templates, demo files, and blog updates...
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65. |  Shooting Movies Without Shooting Yourself in the Foot By: Jack Anderson Publisher: Focal Press Publication Date: 19-AUG-2011 Insert Date: 18-JAN-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Shooting Movies Without Shooting Yourself in the Foot Shooting Movies is the book for all those film enthusiasts who can’t get on a professional set or can’t undertake studies at an expensive film school. The book approaches the subject of cinematography from a “hands-on, in the trenches” viewpoint, as though the reader were an apprentice on the set. It’s a book about learning to shoot a film without making an idiot of yourself and wasting lots of time and money. It’s a book about how to take artistic inspiration and make it a reality. A breezy writing style mixed with practical, interactive exercises geared for both film and video give...
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66. |  By: Russell Evans Publisher: Focal Press Publication Date: 04-MAR-2010 Insert Date: 13-JAN-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Stand-Out Shorts
Making movies is no different than any other creative work - don't wait to be told you're good enough, just pick up a camera and start! Use this book to find out the essentials that work for most people, then go ahead and add your own ideas. Stand-Out Shorts is a distillation of the basics you need to know, packed into a small space. Road-tested by emerging filmmakers like you, this book offers real experience, real interviews and tried and tested ideas and techniques to offer the simplest, most direct way to get started making movies. Loaded with check lists, tools, handy reference...
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67. |  Filming the Fantastic: A Guide to Visual Effects Cinematography By: Mark Sawicki Publisher: Focal Press Publication Date: 24-MAY-2007 Insert Date: 13-JAN-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Filming the Fantastic: A Guide to Visual Effects Cinematography
Don’t waste valuable time and budget fixing your footage in post! Shoot the effects you want effectively and creatively the first time. This full-color step-by step guide to visual effects cinematography empowers you to plan out and execute visual effects shots on a budget, without falling into the common pitfall of using high-end computer graphics to “fix it in post.” Learn how to effectively photograph foreground miniatures, matte paintings, green screen set ups, miniatures, crowd replication, explosions, and so much more to create elements that will composite together flawlessly. ...
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68. |  Television Technology Demystified By: Aleksandar Louis Todorovic Publisher: Focal Press Publication Date: 18-JAN-2006 Insert Date: 13-JAN-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Television Technology Demystified
"Television Technology Demystified" is written for non-technical television production professionals. Journalists, program producers, camera persons, editors, and other television professionals need to know how equipment works, which performance levels are achievable, how to evaluate the technical quality of picture and sound, and other aspects of production; this book presents these and other essential concepts in a simple and non-mathematical way. Aleksandar-Louis Todorovic, a highly respected and well-known figure in the broadcasting community, has succeeded in making complex...
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Apple Pro Training Series: Keying and Compositing in Final Cut Pro X By: Mark Spencer Publisher: Peachpit Press Publication Date: 16-DEC-2011 Insert Date: 08-JAN-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Apple Pro Training Series: Keying and Compositing in Final Cut Pro X Go beyond the powerful editing capabilities of Final Cut
Pro X to create multilayered compositions. This eBook, which will
be published as a chapter in the upcoming book Apple Pro
Training Series: Final Cut Pro X Advanced Editing will help you
build a foundation for keying green screen footage, modifying and
animating effects, and compositing elements in your projects.
Specifically, you'll learn to retime video clips, time clips to
music, key a green screen shot, and combine layers of video and
graphics to create a composite image.
Although this eBook does not include media and project...
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70. |  By: Bruce Block Publisher: Focal Press Publication Date: 24-OCT-2007 Insert Date: 06-JAN-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: The Visual Story, 2nd Edition
If you can't make it to one of Bruce Block's legendary visual storytelling seminars, then you need his book! Now in full color for the first time, this best-seller offers a clear view of the relationship between the story/script structure and the visual structure of a film, video, animated piece, or video game. You'll learn how to structure your visuals as carefully as a writer structures a story or a composer structures music. Understanding visual structure allows you to communicate moods and emotions, and most importantly, reveals the critical relationship between story structure and...
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71. |  Descriptive Metadata for Television By: Mike Cox; Ellen Mulder; Linda Tadic Publisher: Focal Press Publication Date: 27-MAR-2006 Insert Date: 06-JAN-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Descriptive Metadata for Television
Descriptive Metadata for Television is a comprehensive introduction for television professionals that need to understand metadata's purpose and technology. This easy-to-read book translates obscure technical to hands-on language understandable by real people. * Must-have information for video production in an IT world * Introduces metadata to people who have only heard of the word * Short and introductory—-no technical knowledge necessary
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72. |  High Definition Postproduction By: Steven E. Browne Publisher: Focal Press Publication Date: 11-DEC-2006 Insert Date: 05-JAN-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: High Definition Postproduction
* Real-world postproduction paths show how it's being done today * Numerous HD tables clear up what format is used for which purpose * Ample information on HDV * Debunks myths and answers common questions about HD Avoid costly missteps in postproduction and get it right the first time with this book. Written by an in-the-trenches professional who works with HD every day, High Definition Postproduction is an overview of this exciting opportunity for film and video production and postproduction professionals. High Definition production and editing is here and definitely a reality....
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73. |  Hands-On Guide to Video Blogging and Podcasting By: Lionel Felix; Damien Stolarz Publisher: Focal Press Publication Date: 24-APR-2006 Insert Date: 05-JAN-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Hands-On Guide to Video Blogging and Podcasting
For all of your video and audio blogging business and professional communication needs, this book is it! The Hands-on Guide to Video Blogging and Podcasting provides tremendous value to those content publishers, big and small, that want to create syndicated video blog and podcast content. The simplified, plain talking break-down the authors bring to the book will give everyone the tools to plan, create, and execute a blog/podcast outlet. This book explains these emerging media tools from a professional perspective. Quickly learn the technical aspects of video blogging and...
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74. |  Technique of Film Editing, Reissue of 2nd Edition, 2nd Edition By: Karel Reisz; GAVIN MILLAR Publisher: Focal Press Publication Date: 20-AUG-2009 Insert Date: 05-JAN-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Technique of Film Editing, Reissue of 2nd Edition, 2nd Edition
Enhanced version of the seminal text on editing includes a new foreword, a new afterword, a revamped cover and layout, as well as a lower price! The single most comprehensive and engaging volume on film editing. Reisz and Millar introduce readers to every aspect of the editor’s craft, providing a concise history of editing and describing editing style as it applies to every genre of moviemaking, including many types of narrative and documentary films. The particular demands of wide-screen filmmaking, cinema verite, and the avant-garde are also covered. Reisz and Millar’s account...
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75. |  Grammar of the Shot, 2nd Edition By: Roy Thompson; Christopher J. Bowen Publisher: Focal Press Publication Date: 17-FEB-2009 Insert Date: 05-JAN-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Grammar of the Shot, 2nd Edition
Learn how to use the basic “grammar” of making films and videos in Grammar of the Shot ! This book shows you in no uncertain terms what you absolutely need to know to put together your own film or video, shot by shot. Whether you are just learning how to frame a shot or if you just need a refresher, this book gives you a basic toolkit of how to build a successful visual story that flows smoothly. Grammar of the Shot begins with an explanation of the essential visual language of filmmaking-the book takes you from the basic shape of a shot, to different types to shots, to composition...
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76. |  Grammar of the Edit, 2nd Edition By: Roy Thompson; Christopher J. Bowen Publisher: Focal Press Publication Date: 05-MAR-2009 Insert Date: 05-JAN-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Grammar of the Edit, 2nd Edition
Learn the basic "grammar" of editing films and videos in Grammar of the Edit ! This book shows you in no uncertain terms (independently of software) what you absolutely need to know to edit your video production. Whether you are just learning how to edit or you need a refresher, this book gives you a basic toolkit to understand the basic terms and the common practices of editing to help create a coherent and meaningful story or visual presentation. This book concentrates on where and how an edit is made and teaches you how to answer the simple question: 'What do I need to do in order to...
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77. |  Video Demystified, 5th Edition By: Keith Jack Publisher: Newnes Publication Date: 30-APR-2007 Insert Date: 30-DEC-2011 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Video Demystified, 5th Edition
What doesn't have a video component nowadays? IPod, cell phone, computer, they all have video. And, of course, television which is a major source of our entertainment and information. Any engineer involved in designing, manufacturing, or testing video electronics needs this book! Each edition of Video Demystified has sold thousands of copies and answered many questions for electrical engineers across the globe. This fifth edition will keep the engineer up-to-date with next-generation digital video formats - Blu-ray and HD-DVD, development of new audio and video codecs - Dolby Digital...
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78. |  Apple Pro Training Series: Final Cut Pro X Advanced Editing By: Michael Wohl; Alexis Van Hurkman; Mark Spencer Publisher: Peachpit Press Publication Date: 09-APR-2012 Insert Date: 30-DEC-2011 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Apple Pro Training Series: Final Cut Pro X Advanced Editing In this Apple-authorized guide, director
and filmmaker Michael Wohl teaches the advanced skills that editing
professionals need to know most. Using compelling professional
footage, Wohl delivers a comprehensive course on the
groundbreaking, entirely new Final Cut Pro X.
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DVD-ROM includes lesson and media files
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Focused lessons take you step-by-step through professional,
real-world projects
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Accessible writing style puts an expert instructor at your side
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Ample illustrations and keyboard shortcuts help you master
techniques fast
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Lesson goals and...
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79. |  The Automated Lighting Programmer's Handbook, 2nd Edition By: Brad Schiller Publisher: Focal Press Publication Date: 07-OCT-2010 Insert Date: 28-DEC-2011 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: The Automated Lighting Programmer's Handbook, 2nd Edition
Now in full color, this guide helps the lighting designer with all of the many creative and operational challenges you face. Providing respected and clear coverage of the process of programming automated lighting fixtures, Brad Schiller brings you from basic principles to pre-production preparations. Concepts, procedures, and guidelines to ensure a successful production are covered as well as troubleshooting, much needed information on work relationships, and of course all of the fun technology including LED lighting, console networking, digital lighting, and more. The final chapter...
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80. |  By: Kurt Lancaster Publisher: Focal Press Publication Date: 18-OCT-2010 Insert Date: 28-DEC-2011 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: DSLR Cinema
Video-capable DSLR cameras give filmmakers a quality previously impossible without high-end cinema cameras. Exploring the cinematic quality and features offered by hybrid DSLRs, this book empowers the filmmaker to craft visually stunning images inexpensively. Learn to think more like a cinematographer than a videographer, whether shooting for a feature, short fiction, documentary, video journalism, or even a wedding. DSLR Cinema offers insight into different shooting styles, real-world tips and techniques, and advice on postproduction workflow as it guides you in crafting a...
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