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The Little Digital Video Book
Congratulations! You've got a brand-new digital camcorder. Now what do you do with it? Before you shoot a single frame of tape, pick up The Little Digital Video Book. This friendly guide to the basics of digital video will teach you how to shoot well, organize easily, and quickly edit your own footage. For new camcorder owners, it's the ideal--and affordable--introduction to the exciting world of quality digital filmmaking. The Little Digital Video Book is not some dense, jargon-filled reference tome. Instead, it focuses on practical shooting and editing techniques, and shows you how to start (and actually finish) that video project you have in mind--in less than a day. You get a thorough grounding in the basics of digital video, from how to get a good close-up shot and how to add a sound track to your video to how to organize your videotapes. The Little Digital Video Book is platform- and software-neutral, truly making it the guide for the moviemaking masses.
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First published September 1, 2001
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March 16, 2016
This little book is great for a person beginning the video shooting and professional-like editing. It is Mac-centric but you can apply the editing techniques to software for PC like my favorite Sony Vegas HD Platinum 10.
Rubin's style is hip and geeky, a sort of seamless mixture of the two. He tells you the different camcorder types, tapes (and tapeless mediums), cables etc. What I liked most is the coverage of HOW to shoot GOOD clips. From Wide shots, medium shots, shot/reverse shot, you name it, he covers it. It is important for every potential videographer to read this part. It may seem rudimentary for some but this book is definitely for beginners.
There is one caveat:
The book IS dated. I'm shooting with a prosumer DSLR that has 720p HD video shooting capabilities and shoots frames at 1/24 of a sec (or 24 frames a second). He never mentions this as a possibility, which I think he would have done if it was written this year or even 2009. I know the book is about video but I think this "niche" can't be overlooked.
Other than that this was a quick, excellent introduction to video and video editing.
Rubin's style is hip and geeky, a sort of seamless mixture of the two. He tells you the different camcorder types, tapes (and tapeless mediums), cables etc. What I liked most is the coverage of HOW to shoot GOOD clips. From Wide shots, medium shots, shot/reverse shot, you name it, he covers it. It is important for every potential videographer to read this part. It may seem rudimentary for some but this book is definitely for beginners.
There is one caveat:
The book IS dated. I'm shooting with a prosumer DSLR that has 720p HD video shooting capabilities and shoots frames at 1/24 of a sec (or 24 frames a second). He never mentions this as a possibility, which I think he would have done if it was written this year or even 2009. I know the book is about video but I think this "niche" can't be overlooked.
Other than that this was a quick, excellent introduction to video and video editing.
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