Video Production Workshop: DMA Series (Digital Media Academy) - Softcover

Wolsky, Tom

Softcover

ISBN 10: 157820268X ISBN 13: 9781578202683

Publisher: Routledge, 2005

Synopsis

Video Production Workshop is the first book written to be accessible and appealing to a younger, digitally savvy audience interested in learning the full range of skills involved in planning and executing a video project. It introduces all the digital tools and basic techniques in sequence for readers to build proficiency and gain a well-rounded mastery of the art and craft of video production. Author Tom Wolsky begins with lessons in video editing and camera handling, and then moves on to scripting and storyboarding a production. Readers then step through a series of exercise projects. Separate chapters explore how to light different types of scenes as well as how to obtain well-recorded sound. The book is designed both for independent students as well as for classroom use, and it includes lessons on video journalism and its rights, responsibilities, and ethics. Related techniques for interviewing and working in a live studio are also presented. The book concludes with lessons in post-production techniques, especially motion graphics and special effects. The companion DVD is packed with DV footage for projects, plus demo plug-ins and free software.Video Production Workshop introduces all the digital tools and basic techniques in sequence for readers to build proficiency and gain a well-rounded mastery of the art and craft of video production.

About this title

About the Author:

Tom Wolsky is an honors graduate of the London School of Film Technique with nearly 40 years of professional experience spanning film, tape, and digital production. Tom operates an independent studio, South Coast Productions. He also teaches for Apple Computer and for the Digital Media Academy and serves as a forum leader on creativecow.net

Review:

"If you want to learn editing, look no further...[Tom Wolsky] has proven himself an excellent teacher..." -Phil Gibson, president, Digital Media Academy

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 157820268X
• ISBN 13: 9781578202683
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224