Filmmaking and production: technical and background skills

If it's Purple, Someone's Gonna Die is a must-read book for all film students, film professionals, and others interested in filmmaking.

If it's Purple, Someone's Gonna Die is a must-read book for all film students, film professionals, and others interested in filmmaking.

The Digital Intermediate process (DI), or conversion of film to digital bits and then back to film again, has great potential to revolutionize the postproduction process.

The Digital Intermediate process (DI), or conversion of film to digital bits and then back to film again, has great potential to revolutionize the postproduction process.

* 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 HDAvoid costly missteps in postproduction and get it right the first time with this book.

* 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 HDAvoid costly missteps in postproduction and get it right the first time with this book.

Practical Art of Motion Picture Sound, 4th edition relies on the professional experience of the author and other top sound craftspeople to provide a comprehensive explanation of film sound, including mixing, dubbing, workflow, budgeting, and digital audio techniques.

Practical Art of Motion Picture Sound, 4th edition relies on the professional experience of the author and other top sound craftspeople to provide a comprehensive explanation of film sound, including mixing, dubbing, workflow, budgeting, and digital audio techniques.

Don't waste valuable time and budget fixing your footage in post!

Don't waste valuable time and budget fixing your footage in post!

This full-color illustrated guide takes you through all aspects of video production, focusing on action sports.

This full-color illustrated guide takes you through all aspects of video production, focusing on action sports.

Innovation in technology means that almost anyone can make an independent film these days.

Innovation in technology means that almost anyone can make an independent film these days.

So you want to make a documentary, but think you don't have a lot of time, money, or experience?

So you want to make a documentary, but think you don't have a lot of time, money, or experience?

Designed to complement the Encore DVD software documentation, this full-color book begins with a brief description of the DVD specification, then introduces readers to DVD authoring concepts such as menu creation, timeline construction, navigation, transcoding, and disc mastering.

Designed to complement the Encore DVD software documentation, this full-color book begins with a brief description of the DVD specification, then introduces readers to DVD authoring concepts such as menu creation, timeline construction, navigation, transcoding, and disc mastering.

Producing 24pP Video demystifies the emerging standards of film and video production and discusses the 24p video film format to help novice and experienced filmmakers alike learn how to better use the newly available DV cameras.

Producing 24pP Video demystifies the emerging standards of film and video production and discusses the 24p video film format to help novice and experienced filmmakers alike learn how to better use the newly available DV cameras.

Boris plug-in applications, including Graffiti, FX, and Red, permit video editors to add titling, effects, compositing, and 3D capabilities to their nonlinear editing (NLE) systems.

Boris plug-in applications, including Graffiti, FX, and Red, permit video editors to add titling, effects, compositing, and 3D capabilities to their nonlinear editing (NLE) systems.

Nonlinear, or digital, editing permits editors to move film bites around and place them anywhere in the sequence of the film with much greater ease than was ever possible with conventional film editing techniques.

Nonlinear, or digital, editing permits editors to move film bites around and place them anywhere in the sequence of the film with much greater ease than was ever possible with conventional film editing techniques.

Carefully detailed screenshots and step-by-step directions illustrate how to use Sony's new consumer-level video and audio editing applications, in a concise, time-efficient way.

Carefully detailed screenshots and step-by-step directions illustrate how to use Sony's new consumer-level video and audio editing applications, in a concise, time-efficient way.

For readers who want to become part of the thriving wedding video industry, Wedding Video Handbook explains everything a wedding videographer needs to know.

For readers who want to become part of the thriving wedding video industry, Wedding Video Handbook explains everything a wedding videographer needs to know.

DVD Authoring and Production is an authoritative and comprehensive guide to publishing content in the DVD-Video, DVD-ROM, and WebDVD formats.

DVD Authoring and Production is an authoritative and comprehensive guide to publishing content in the DVD-Video, DVD-ROM, and WebDVD formats.

The On the Spot series delivers immediate solutions to the reader with a concise presentation of over 350 expert techniques for working proficiently with the respective application.

The On the Spot series delivers immediate solutions to the reader with a concise presentation of over 350 expert techniques for working proficiently with the respective application.

Go beyond the mechanics of Final Cut Express HD 3.

Go beyond the mechanics of Final Cut Express HD 3.

This book moves beyond the basics of "e;pushing the buttons"e;; explaining the most efficient and effective ways of using Xpress Pro to tell the story.

This book moves beyond the basics of "e;pushing the buttons"e;; explaining the most efficient and effective ways of using Xpress Pro to tell the story.

Video Production Workshop is the first book written to be accessible and appealing to a younger, digitally savvy audience interested in learning the full range of skills involved in planning and executing a video project.

Video Production Workshop is the first book written to be accessible and appealing to a younger, digitally savvy audience interested in learning the full range of skills involved in planning and executing a video project.

Digital editing gives editors far greater freedom than ever before to move scenes of information around and place them anywhere in a film's sequence.

Digital editing gives editors far greater freedom than ever before to move scenes of information around and place them anywhere in a film's sequence.

Master the art and technique of blue and greenscreen compositing with this comprehensive how-to course in creating effective and realistic composited scenes in video formats.

Master the art and technique of blue and greenscreen compositing with this comprehensive how-to course in creating effective and realistic composited scenes in video formats.

New to this edition:* Learn how many Hollywood techniques--previously impractical on video--can help solve problems on smaller productions* Expanded cookbook recipes section* Technically updated throughoutMake your soundtracks as good as your pictures with this compendium of professional audio techniques that can be adapted to desktop post.

New to this edition:* Learn how many Hollywood techniques--previously impractical on video--can help solve problems on smaller productions* Expanded cookbook recipes section* Technically updated throughoutMake your soundtracks as good as your pictures with this compendium of professional audio techniques that can be adapted to desktop post.

The Filmmaker's Guide to Final Cut Pro Workflow is the comprehensive roadmap to affordable postproduction workflow using Final Cut Pro, Cinema Tools, and Pro Tools.

The Filmmaker's Guide to Final Cut Pro Workflow is the comprehensive roadmap to affordable postproduction workflow using Final Cut Pro, Cinema Tools, and Pro Tools.

Location filming is growing in popularity with the abundance of affordable cameras.

Location filming is growing in popularity with the abundance of affordable cameras.

Today's digital production tools empower the small team to produce multimedia projects that formerly required large teams.

Today's digital production tools empower the small team to produce multimedia projects that formerly required large teams.