Book description
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.
Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Full Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- CHAPTER 1 Overview of Video Production
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CHAPTER 2 Production Crew
- 2.1 Production crew size
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VIDEO PRODUCTION CREW JOB DESCRIPTIONS
- 2.2 Producer
- 2.3 Assistant producer or associate producer (AP)
- 2.4 Director
- 2.5 Assistant director or associate director (AD)
- 2.6 Floor manager (FM) or stage manager (SM)
- 2.7 Production assistant (PA)
- 2.8 Technical director (TD) or vision mixer
- 2.9 Makeup artist
- 2.10 Graphic designer/operator
- 2.11 Lighting director/vision supervisor
- 2.12 Camera operator
- 2.13 Camera assistant
- 2.14 Audio mixer/sound mixer/sound supervisor
- 2.15 Boom operator or audio assistant
- 2.16 Engineer
- 2.17 Writer
- 2.18 Editor
- 2.19 Set designer
- PROFESSIONAL CREW
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CHAPTER 3 Organizing the Production
- 3.1 Art conceals craft
- 3.2 Shot selection
- 3.3 The problem of familiarity
- 3.4 The problem of quality
- 3.5 The problem of “bigger and better”
- 3.6 Communication can be elusive
- 3.7 Start with an idea (concept)
- 3.8 Goals and objectives
- 3.9 Target audience
- 3.10 Research
- 3.11 Covering the subject
- 3.12 Production methods
- 3.13 The empirical approach
- 3.14 The planned approach
- 3.15 Storyboards
- 3.16 Why plan?
- 3.17 The three stages of production
- 3.18 Coverage
- 3.19 Building an outline
- 3.20 Broad treatment
- 3.21 Production research
- 3.22 Remote surveys (recce)
- 3.23 Freedom to plan
- 3.24 Single camera shooting
- 3.25 Multicamera shooting
- 3.26 Copyright
- 3.27 Contracts
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CHAPTER 4 Production Techniques
- 4.1 Single- and multicamera production
- 4.2 Multicamera ISO
- 4.3 Multicamera production without a switcher
- 4.4 The illusion of reality
- 4.5 The camera’s role
- 4.6 The camera as an observer
- 4.7 The persuasive camera
- 4.8 Beginning and ending
- 4.9 Production methods
- 4.10 How do you visualize something that does not exist?
- CHAPTER 5 Writing for Video
- CHAPTER 6 The Camera
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CHAPTER 7 Using the Camera
- 7.1 Just point and shoot
- 7.2 What gets on the screen?
- 7.3 How close should you get?
- 7.4 How much can we see?
- 7.5 Lens angles
- 7.6 So why move around?
- 7.7 The zooming process
- CONTROLLING THE ZOOM
- EXPOSURE
- HANDLING THE CAMERA
- THE BASICS OF SHOOTING
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COMPOSING PICTURES
- 7.30 Composition rules and guidelines
- 7.31 The brief shot
- 7.32 “Dull” is in the mind
- 7.33 Shots that are different
- 7.34 Fitting the frame
- 7.35 Dividing the image into thirds
- 7.36 Shooting from different angles
- 7.37 Showing scale
- 7.38 Framing the subject
- 7.39 Leading lines
- 7.40 Headroom
- 7.41 Good balance
- 7.42 Juggling proportions
- 7.43 Grouping (unity)
- 7.44 Camera viewpoint
- 7.45 Distortions
- ANTICIPATING EDITING
- CHAPTER 8 Shooting People and Objects
- CHAPTER 9 Working with the Talent
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CHAPTER 10 Audio for Video
- 10.1 The essential component
- 10.2 The nature of sound
- 10.3 Acoustics
- 10.4 Mono sound
- 10.5 Stereo sound
- 10.6 Surround sound
- 10.7 Microphone care
- 10.8 Directional features
- 10.9 Popular types of microphone
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SUPPORTING THE MICROPHONE
- 10.10 Camera microphones
- 10.11 The handheld microphone
- 10.12 The shotgun microphone
- 10.13 Using the shotgun microphone
- 10.14 The shotgun and the boom pole (fishpole)
- 10.15 Lavalier (lapel or clip-on mic) microphones
- 10.16 Boundary or PZM microphone
- 10.17 Hanging microphone
- 10.18 Surround sound microphone
- 10.19 Microphone stands and mounts
- 10.20 Wireless microphone
- 10.21 Hidden mics
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CONTROLLING DYNAMICS
- 10.22 Dynamic range
- 10.23 Automatic control for audio
- 10.24 Manual control
- 10.25 Monitoring the audio
- 10.26 The audio mixer
- 10.27 Using the audio mixer
- 10.28 Natural sound
- 10.29 Anticipation
- 10.30 Anticipating sound editing
- 10.31 Filtered sound
- 10.32 Reverberation
- 10.33 Program music
- 10.34 Sound effects
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CHAPTER 11 Lighting for Video
- 11.1 Lighting for everyone
- 11.2 The camera does not compensate
- 11.3 The key factors
- 11.4 The light’s intensity
- 11.5 If there is not enough light
- 11.6 If there is too much light
- 11.7 Hard light quality
- 11.8 Soft light quality
- 11.9 Lighting contrast
- 11.10 Three-point lighting
- 11.11 Color temperature compensation
- 11.12 Using colored light
- 11.13 Shooting in daylight
- 11.14 Using refl ectors
- 11.15 Bounce light
- 11.16 Do we really need to light it?
- 11.17 Lighting options
- 11.18 Existing light
- LIGHTWEIGHT LIGHT SUPPORTS
- LIGHTING INSTRUMENTS
- PRACTICAL LIGHTING
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CHAPTER 12 The Background
- 12.1 The importance of the background
- 12.2 The impact of the background
- 12.3 Real and unreal backgrounds
- 12.4 Set design for 16:9
- 12.5 The neutral background
- 12.6 Economical sets
- 12.7 Semipermanent sets
- 12.8 Chroma-key/matting
- 12.9 Virtual sets
- 12.10 Outside/back-lot sets
- 12.11 The location as a background
- 12.12 Watch the background
- 12.13 Camera height
- 12.14 Foreground pieces
- 12.15 Creating depth
- 12.16 Versions of “reality”
- 12.17 What can we do about the background?
- 12.18 Rearranging the background
- 12.19 Altering the background
- 12.20 Partial settings
- 12.21 Typical examples of partial settings
- 12.22 Facing reality
- CHAPTER 13 Television Graphics
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CHAPTER 14 Recording and Viewing the Video
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RECORDING THE VIDEO
- 14.1 High-defi nition television (HDTV or HD)
- 14.2 Videotape
- 14.3 Analog and digital
- 14.4 Tape formats
- 14.5 Flash memory
- 14.6 Hard disk drive (HDD) (internal hard drive)
- 14.7 External camera hard drives
- 14.8 Hard drive server recorders
- 14.9 Recordable DVD
- 14.10 XD cam disk
- 14.11 Recording media care
- 14.12 Video recording suggestions
- VIEWING THE VIDEO
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RECORDING THE VIDEO
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CHAPTER 15 Editing
- 15.1 Editing goals
- 15.2 Shooting order versus running order
- 15.3 Editing video and audio
- 15.4 Logging
- 15.5 An overview of the nonlinear process
- 15.6 Editing equipment
- 15.7 Organization
- 15.8 Editing begins
- 15.9 Selecting required sections
- 15.10 The order of shots
- 15.11 Where should the edits be made?
- 15.12 Transitions
- 15.13 Good continuity
- 15.14 Editing priorities
- 15.15 Good editing techniques
- 15.16 Anticipating editing
- Glossary
- Index
Product information
- Title: Video Production Handbook, 4th Edition
- Author(s):
- Release date: November 2012
- Publisher(s): Focal Press
- ISBN: 9781136045530
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