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Title: The Filmmaker's Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide for the Digital Age by Steven Ascher, Edward Pincus, Carol Keller, Robert Brun, Ted Spagna, Stephen McCarthy ISBN: 0-452-27957-7 Publisher: Plume Pub. Date: March, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.89 (18 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Unexcelled Source Of Media Recording Editing & Production
Comment: The media has traditionally been an extremely specialized, not to mention prohibitively expensive, field. With the introduction of digital production and editing, however, the material costs and requirements for video and audio production is decreasing rapidly, with quality levels already remarkably high and increasing annually.
This book provides a superlative introduction and overview to all of the key subjects in producing a lower- to higher- budget film. Though the title makes reference to the digital age, analog equipment is discussed when pertinent as well, and compared to existing and emerging digital technologies.
The technicalities of optics for lenses is fully detailed, as are filters, microphones, stands and other equipment, recommendations for each field of what emergency supplies to have on hand, editing and previewing equipment, software, to name but a few of the countless topics covered. A truly comprehensive and detailed work.
Anyone with a serious interest in this field can learn from this book the fundamentals needed to get started in extremely high quality digital production. Given the materials and information provided, the cost of the book is truly remarkable. Any reader will complete any section feeling like an expert on the subject. One does not have to begin with experience in the digital arena, however, nor even in video production. Even as technical as this work is, it leads the reader very carefully through all which is pertinent and necessary.
A single possible minor shortcoming, is the description of the process of digitizing analog recordings or an actual/ambient environment, into a digital format. One totally unfamiliar with digital concepts may find the analogies provided a bit difficult to follow. It provides enough of a foundation, however, that an interested reader can seek out more technical and/or accurate descriptions of this process. A very small criticism to an otherwise truly excellent work.
Rating: 5
Summary: For the beginner and the proffesional, this book has it all!
Comment: As an aspiring young filmmaker, the first thing I was told to do was go out and get a copy of the Filmmaker's Handbook. Imagine my surprise when I found out that the book had been updated in March of 1999, and that now it included all kinds of information about the digital age. I have learned so much from this book. The book goes over the entire film process, and does it in a straight-forward manner. It is a great start for beginners, yet it includes a rich amount of information for the professional. Anyone who has ever thought about a career in film really needs to get a copy of this book. Written in a manner that neither patronizes nor confuses the reader, the Filmmaker's Handbook is the best book I have skimmed or read on film, and believe me, I've looked at a lot.
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent A++
Comment: The Filmmaker's Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide for the Digital Age is a title that exactly expresses the intentions of this book. If you are inspiring to be a professional in the video industry then this book is for you. This book is a must for any one person who wants to begin their works in the video industry.
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Title: Film Directing Shot by Shot : Visualizing from Concept to Screen by Steve Katz ISBN: 0941188108 Publisher: Michael Wiese Productions Pub. Date: 31 July, 1991 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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Title: Digital Filmmaking 101: An Essential Guide to Producing Low Budget Movies by Dale Newton, John Gaspard ISBN: 0941188337 Publisher: Michael Wiese Productions Pub. Date: July, 2001 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: What They Don't Teach You At Film School : 161 Strategies to Making Your Own Movie No Matter What by Tiara White, Camille Landau ISBN: 0786884770 Publisher: Hyperion Pub. Date: 16 August, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: The Five C's of Cinematography: Motion Picture Filming Techniques by Joseph V. Mascelli ISBN: 187950541X Publisher: Silman-James Press Pub. Date: June, 1998 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Rebel Without a Crew: Or How a 23-Year-Old Filmmaker With $7,000 Became a Hollywood Player by Robert Rodriguez ISBN: 0452271878 Publisher: Plume Pub. Date: September, 1996 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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