Complete Digital Video Guide A Step-by-Step Handbook for Making Great Home Movies Using Your Digital Camcorder

Name: Complete Digital Video Guide A Step-by-Step Handbook for Making Great Home Movies Using Your Digital Camcorder
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ISBN: 9780762106561

ISBN-10: 0762106565

ISBN-13: 9780762106561

Edition: 2005

Authors: Bob Brandon

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Whether it's vacations, significant family events, school concerts, graduations, or simply fun times at home, everyone wants to preserve such moments with loved ones through entertaining, crisp, high-quality digital video movies. But how can these important home movies avoid the usual pitfalls of repetition, jumpiness, and lighting and sound inconsistency that home filmmakers encounter? Award-winning photographer Bob Brandon shows you how, using only a digital video camera and the amazing power of the latest program available on every PC operated by Microsoft XP: Windows Movie Maker Unlike so many other manuals filled with jargon and difficult instructions, The Complete Digital Video Guide…

Book details

List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Reader's Digest Association, Incorporated, The
Publication date: 11/17/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 240
Size: 9.00" wide x 10.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 2.794
Language: English



Introduction



Choosing the Camera That's Right for You


Types of Cameras


Digital Video Basics


Compact Cameras


Larger Cameras


Camera Menus and Displays


Edit Software and Storage


Additional Equipment



Using Your Camera


Getting to Know Your Camera


Exposure Controls


Focus


Depth of Field


White Balance: A Quick Start


Recording Sound with Your Camera


Handling Your Camera


Panning and Zooming


Photo Opportunities



Your Camera and Light


Manipulating Light with Your Camera


White Balance


Lighting Your Shot


Soft Lighting


Shooting Using Natural Light


Filters


Lighting on the Cheap


Lighting and Exposure



Composition


Develop Your Eye


Composing a Moving Object


Rules of Composition


Depth of Field and Composition


Lightnin'-Fast Reflexes


Composition Do's and Don'ts



Telling a Story


The Storyteller's Tools


The Elements of a Story


Uncontrolled Action


Shoot for the Edit



Capturing Sound and Pictures


Capturing Pictures as They Happen


Nine Steps to Help You Organize Your Shoot


Sound as It Happens


Types of Microphones


Other Sound Equipment



Building Your Story


Shooting a Wedding


Shooting a Sporting Event


Shooting a Birthday Party


Shooting a Family Vacation


Storytelling Review



Shooting a Personal Profile


Shoot Your Subject


A Personal Profile of My Mother


Log Your Tapes


Create an Outline


Write a Script


Personal Profile: Lillie Seal Brandon


Incorporating Still Photos


The Interview


How to Capture Film on Video


Importing VHS Tape



Editing Your Video


The Art of the Edit


How to Get Started Editing


Placing the First Scene


A Look at the Timeline


The First Cut


A Look at Transitions


The Effects Bin


Editing the Mom Profile


Compression and Outputting Your Video


Editing on Your Mac


Review Your Work


The Finished Product


Resources


Glossary


Index


Acknowledgments