Making Digital Videos

Whether you want to make a video of your friend's band, a documentary, or a video of a special family event, you'll need to learn the basic skills of movie making: how to make a good story, how to translate your story into images, how to capture the images, and how to turn the images into a finished piece. Making Digital Videos answers all of these questions; from writing your script and planning the shoot, to using your gear and delivering it on tape, CD-ROM, DVD, e-mail, or the Web. You'll also learn about editing, adding sound, and creating special effects by working with actual movie footage. Each chapter includes helpful hints, watchouts, and practice activities, and for those of you considering the film industry as a career, there is information on a variety of jobs in the industry.

So load up that camera and tripod, and let's get started!

Highlights

• Written for anyone interested in creating their own videos
  
• Teaches everything you need to know to make quality productions
  
• Details the hardware and software tools you'll need
  
• Teaches how to deliver your video on tape, CD-ROM, DVD, e-mail, or the Web

On the CD

• Activities: All of the support files for the book's activities, including QuickTime movies and further reading
  
• Tutorials: Contains all of the Source material for the book's tutorials so you can work along as you read
  
• Film School: A number of essays that will teach you more about the history and theory of filmmaking. This can be read in conjunction with movies that you should rent to expand your filmmaking knowledge
  
• Software: A tryout version (save disabled) of Adobe Premiere for Macintosh and Windows is included here for use with the activities in the book