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Title: The Little Digital Video Book by Michael Rubin ISBN: 0-201-75848-2 Publisher: Peachpit Press Pub. Date: 26 September, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.64 (22 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Make your movies worth watching
Comment: This is by far the best book on shooting, editing, and FINISHING home movies and exactly what I had been looking for. Well organized, well written, and with an emphasis on the topics most important to making your movie "sketches" worth watching.
Since I started using iMovie to make movies from digital still images (using the "Ken Burns" technique mostly) I've been looking for a book to help me tell better stories, to make better movies. The typical filmmaking books are either too mired in the details of making a low-budget feature film ala Hollywood or get caught up in the details of computer hardware and software (I can read the manual!) and are just not practical. The Little Digital Video Book hits the nail on the head. Michael Rubin writes from experience and this shines through. If you want to make the most of your digital camcorder and movie editing software, get this book.
Rating: 5
Summary: Best choice to get started.
Comment: It took me a while to find a good book to get started with digital video, after I bought myself a Mini DV camcorder. What I was looking for was sound advice on how to shoot as well as about basic post production techniques, the stuff you do after shooting, editing, how and where to store and organize your footage, and most important, to end up with a finished product--a nice to watch video to show to the public.
Something else I was looking for was a book that is "lightweight" and that keeps things simple. There is plenty of time to get more fancy, but for starters I wanted to get a small video project done and have it on a Video CD, DVD or a VHS cassette.
This book shows exactly that! You'll learn the basics of digital video. The main idea is to get a little (manageable) project done in a clean and orderly way.
I consider the author a highly competent and experienced teacher when it comes to the subject of digital video. If you are in the same situation as I was (having a FireWire and DV capable Macintosh computer and a Mini DV camcorder, plus having not too much time to learn the essential basic techniques of digital video shooting and editing with all the necessary bells and whistles) then this definitely is the book to buy. In fact it is the best and most practical book to read first. Start simple, then attack the more sophisticated stuff. A must have book!
Rating: 5
Summary: Michael Rubin makes pros out of amateurs
Comment: 170 pages of solid, easy-to-understand, information for the novice digital camcorder owner. If there is anything technical in this book, it is wonderfully sugar-coated so that reading it becomes enjoyable.
Anyone can take home-movies. Point and press a button. But, then watch your Christmas card list shrink when you show this boring rubbish to your friends. Michael steps through the easy, but precise steps that help you shoot good stuff. Then he explains how to edit it down to something your friends will look forward to watching.
For example, he explains the establishing shot, the cut-away, the shot/reverse shot, over-the-shoulder and POV. These simple techniqes will transform your home-movies from mundane to exciting.
If you have a digital camcorder, or anticipate buying one, then you MUST buy this book. Excellent job, Michael, thanks!
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Title: Editing Digital Video : The Complete Creative and Technical Guide by Robert M. Goodman, Patrick McGrath ISBN: 0071406352 Publisher: McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics Pub. Date: 10 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: Digital Video for Dummies, Third Edition by Keith Underdahl ISBN: 0764541145 Publisher: For Dummies Pub. Date: 21 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
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Title: Nonlinear - A Field Guide to Digital Video and Film Editing by Michael Rubin ISBN: 0937404853 Publisher: Triad Pub Co Pub. Date: 01 August, 2000 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: Pinnacle Studio 8 for Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide by Jan Ozer ISBN: 0321186532 Publisher: Peachpit Press Pub. Date: 23 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $21.99 |
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Title: Lighting for Digital Video & Television by John Jackman ISBN: 1578201152 Publisher: CMP Books Pub. Date: August, 2002 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
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