Computers and the Production Process

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Just a few years ago most video producers probably couldn't tell the difference between booting a computer and booting a football. Today it would be difficult to find a producer who doesn't use a computer during some part of his or her production. There is not one aspect of the video production process that computers can not enhance. The wide use of computers in video has created a new industry where equipment and technology no longer change over a series of years but over a series of days.

Computers can make you a better camera operator, writer, gaffer, director, editor, production manager and producer. They allow us to do our work faster, cheaper and better than ever before. Yet many people still use ...

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