Real World Digital Video

Real World Digital Video promotes DV's "democratization" of video and film-making the powerful tools of mass communication more economical and accessible than ever before. Plus a companion DVD comes packed with examples of a video interview, a documentary, and a scripted project, in addition to on-camera interviews with DV experts, software demos, and useful production forms and templates. For example, rather than working up your own documents, you can simply download pre-production and production forms, a template for shot plans, and checklists for buying or renting cameras, lighting and sound equipment, and an editing system.

Gerald Everett Jones has written more than 20 books on computer and business subjects, including How to Lie with Charts and A Guided Tour of Excel, as well as Harvard Graphics: The Art of Presentation. Pete Shaner is a motion-picture writer-director who has written and directed two independent features: Lover's Knot (starring Billy Campbell, Jennifer Grey, and Tim Curry) and Nicolas, a supernatural thriller—and the first independent feature ever shot on high-definition HDTV.