Discover how to create professional-quality digital videos--faster than you can say "lights, camera, action"
Digital video cameras are everywhere--even on our phones! But cameras don't make great movies; filmmakers do. Written by a seasoned pro with 40 years of teaching experience, Digital Filmmaking for Beginners is your fully illustrated introduction to all technical aspects of digital filmmaking.
Featuring clear, concise instruction--accompanied by online video demonstrations--this comprehensive guide covers the best methods and techniques to plan and script projects; set up lighting, microphones, and cameras; and shoot, edit, and apply postproduction effects and other finishing touches. Whether you're an amateur film buff or an aspiring professional videographer, this is the source for everything you need to bring your ideas from the page to the screen.
Coverage includes:
- Best practices to ensure smooth operations in all project phases, from planning to post production
- Recommendations on selecting and purchasing cameras, filming gear, and the best editing and effects software to fit your budget and needs
- Advice on planning, shooting, editing, and other technical elements
- Fully illustrated tutorials on composition, framing, and other visual storytelling techniques
- Exclusive bonus online content, including finished video demonstrations of key filmmaking techniques and informative articles
About the Author
Michael Hughes was born in Vancouver, Canada in 1949, the son of a prominent broadcaster who was proficient in filmmaking as well as many other audio and visual technologies. Michael grew up learning not only the hands-on technology of filmmaking, but also the intellectual skills required to plan a production and see it through to a completed project.
As a young man Michael worked in radio, television and audio visual production houses. His occupation for the last 30+ years, in his own private business, has revolved around producing highly creative corporate and industrial video projects. Michael's other background in adult education has allowed him to be a teacher of filmmaking at various colleges and film schools throughout the last 40 years.
Michael is still working on corporate films and documentaries, his part-time teaching career - and now as an author.
He feels that a well-crafted video production must incorporate a balanced combination of creative artistic representation, solid content structure and technical proficiency.
