Techniques matter! Great ideas don't automatically translate into great programs. It's not enough simply to show what is going on. The way you present your subject will influence how your audience responds. You need to choose your picture and sound carefully, to convey your ideas in an interesting, persuasive way. This book will show you how.
Video Production Handbook shows the full production process, from inception of idea to final distribution. The book focuses especially on why each step occurs as it does and provides guidance in choosing the simplest methods of creating the shots you want in your video project. Concentrating on the techniques and concepts behind the latest equipment, this book demonstrates the fundamental principles needed to create good video content on any kind of budget.
Suitable for students and beginning videographers, the new edition of this classic text retains its clarity and directness but has been completely revised and updated.
This practical sourcebook has been specially prepared to give you an at-a-glance guide to quality video program-making on a modest budget. Emphasis throughout is on excellence with economy; whether you are working alone or with a small multi-camera group. The well-tried techniques detailed here will steer you through the hazards of production, helping you to avoid those frustrating, time-wasting problems, and to create an effective video program.
For many years Video Production Handbook has helped students and program-makers in a wide range of organizations. Now in its thoroughly revised 4th edition, Video Production Handbook guides you step-by-step, explaining how to develop your initial program ideas and build them into a successful working format. It covers the techniques of persuasive camerawork, successful lighting and sound treatment, and video editing. You will find straightforward up-to-the-minute guidance with your daily production problems, and a wealth of practical tips based on the authors' personal experiences.
* Highly visual: hundreds of full-color illustrations demonstrate techniques
* Modern: Up-to-date information on current equipment, techniques, and new distribution outlets such as the Web and mobile phones
* Balanced: Production techniques are covered in detail, but ideas and creative problem solving are given equal weight
* A complete resource: Detailed teaching ancillaries are available for instructors
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 Greatly Improved My Videos |
| Review Date: August 12, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Tiffany Ann, Black Diamond Bay |
I've got a pretty good video camera, a Sony Handycam, and I use it a lot. I'd thought I was pretty good at it, but you can always improve. Right from the get go this book says that it's for anyone who wants to make high quality videos on a modest budget. My budget is pretty modest, let me tell you.
The first chapter gives you an overview of Video Production and explains the basics, then the rest of the book gets you right into it. Chapter Four, Production Techniques, was very helpful and it'll make you look at your video in a whole new way. Chapter Six explains in a concise and very understandable way how your camera works. Chapter Seven is long and tells you how to use your camera to get the best results and I found it extremely helpful.
This book is meant to be used as a textbook, but you don't have to be in school, don't have to have a teacher to get all this book has to offer, all you need is a video camera and the desire. |
Will Have You Making Videos You're Proud of
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| Review Date: August 11, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Zachary Hackett, Reno, Nevada |
If you spend anytime at all looking at YouTube you know video production is not limited to television programs. Video production is all about telling a story and no matter how good your idea is, if you can't get your story across, it'll die a lonely death in your head.
This book may not turn you into Steven Spielberg, but it'll teach you how to make attention grabbing videos. Just wade a bit into the book and in no time at all you'll be framing shots, directing your friends, shooting video that matters, at least to you and that's what it's all about, making videos you're proud of. |
I was a Novice, Now I'm Not
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| Review Date: August 12, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Maggie Mae, Memphis, Tennessee |
My so called better half has always been the video camera holder in out relationship. Not anymore. Now, thanks to this book, I demand and get equal time. After reading through this book, I'm every bit as good with the camera as he is. No, I'm better. I remember when we first got the camera. We bought it because we were going to Hawaii. I remember standing out on the balcony of our hotel and shooting the ocean. I didn't have a clue as to what I was doing. I was just holding the camera and pointing, making a dull and very boring video. That was it for me.
But after going through this book I saw that I could actually get good at it, that shooting video was an art form. Just because you have an expensive camera doesn't make you a video god, you have to work at it, like all art, getting good at it requires a little work, but everything you put into it, you get back out ten fold.
This is an excellent book for both the video novice and video amateur alike. I was a novice, now I'm not. |
A broader scope beyond the tube.
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| Review Date: August 20, 2009 |
| Reviewer: M, |
Excellent for the intrigued and the lost, like me. Let's face it, we have not really paid much attention to video and camcorders until the tube-like sites started melting our brains. I've gotten so connected with web video that I am getting clients hiring me for video work just for the tube sites. Well, the phenomenon has also inspired me to do some minor film making with a desire to go further with my ideas. This is the book just for that.
If you are overwhelmed with what camera to buy, this is a great first step. I am still trying to decide which is best for my upgrade, and this helped narrow it down to a more affordable decision. But, without losing quality and my mind.
The main focus here are the techniques and tips. And there are plenty of them for all experience ranges. I have been using the book to refer to for many situations, and it's very current with today's technology. Whether you are interested in television, cinematic achievements, or recording the soon to be viral bubble gum blowing dog, this will guide you through it.
I am not good with text books as I learn by doing. But having this by my side, for an at a glance need, it's easy to read. Most importantly is that there is an abundance of color photos in this book. You know exactly what they are talking about on every page. If you are thinking the retail price is high for a paperback, it more than pays for itself with the high quality photography guiding you along the way.
This book should appeal to the more experienced Director just for the reference points at hand. But if you are a beginner or want to take your amateur work to a professional level, this is a perfect first step without the intimidation. You may want to follow this publication in the future as I am sure there will be further or updated editions. But at the moment, it's remarkably fresh and enlightening. |
The Right Stuff
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| Review Date: August 20, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Jason, NC, USA |
A lot has already been said, let me try and sum up the best.
Great book,
High quality images, immediately useful information.
Works for all areas of video
If you want to shoot a infomercial, a documentary, or a short film, everything (and I do mean EVERYTHING) is covered here.
This book and google is all you need to go from newbie to expert in a matter of weeks.
Every topic is covered, they provide great insight and the information is easily accessible and at hand.
I highly recommend checking this book out. Then you can focus your attention on working on the areas that still need more explaining to you.
This book covers most everything and devotes about a chapter to each topic, some topics require a book themselves, but this book does get you started on the right track.
Last, but not least, is the way this book is designed allows it to be almost immediately useful at any moment.
All the information is laid out as quickly to read as possible with as much relevant information as allowed (no fluff).
Take page 100 for example, you can flip to that page, and immediately see and learn various ways to hold the camera to avoid shakiness. This is just 1 of the many pages I have "tagged" so that I may flip to it more easily for quick reference.
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