Collins Need To Know? Digital Video
Title: Collins Need To Know? Digital Video
Sub-title: All the techniques you need to make great home movies
Author: Colin Barrett
Paperback: 192 pages
Publisher: Collins (4 Sept 2006)
This was my second complete and original book on which I embarked not long after the completion of Digital Video for Beginners and Go Digital! Keep The Past Alive. The publisher, Harper Collins, identified a gap in the market for titles aimed at novice camcorder users and so asked me to write this title for them. Again, my experience at writing simple, no-nonsense “hot-to” articles and product reviews in the (then) numerous camcorder magazines helped me enormously in finding an overall focus and style for the book.
Publisher’s Synopsis:
“This practical, accessible guide is essential reading for anyone wanting to understand digital video and make great home movies.
Packed with photographs and diagrams, it provides all the information you need to take you from nervous novice to aspiring Spielberg. Whether you’re buying your first camcorder or updating to the latest digital technology, “Collins Need to Know? Digital Video” is the one-stop guide to making entertaining and impressive home videos. It covers everything from understanding the features on the camcorder to composition, editing and post-production techniques; with insights and tips from an industry insider”.
The contents include:
- Understanding digital
- Choosing the equipment you need
- Exploring your camcorder’s features and functions
- The basics of good film-making
- Tips for shooting many occasions from weddings to holidays to sporting events
- Editing your footage and creating title sequences
- Adding music and sound effects – including how to digitize music from discs and audio cassettes
- Screening your movies – making copies, downloading and streaming on the Internet, podcasting; and DVD camcorders and the high definition future.