The Filmmaker's Handbook: 3rd Edition: A Comprehensive Guide for the Digital Age

Overview

2008 Edition The authoritative guide to funding, preparing, shooting, lighting, editing, finishing and distributing your film or video

Widely acknowledged as the "bible" of film and video production and used in courses around the world, this indispensable guide to making movies is now updated with the latest advances in high- definition formats. For students and teachers, the professional and the novice filmmaker, this clear and comprehensive handbook remains the reliable reference to all aspects of moviemaking.
- Techniques for making narrative, documentary, corporate, experimental and feature films.
- Working with high-definition and standard-definition digital video formats, including DV, HD, and HDV.
- Extensive coverage of video editing with the latest nonlinear editing systems.
- Thorough grounding in lenses, lighting, sound recording, and sound editing.
- The business aspects of financing and producing movies.

Written by filmmakers for filmmakers, this book will give you the skills you need to take your dreams from script to screen.

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Author Information

Bio of Edward Pincus

Edward Pincus has taught film courses at both Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Bio of Steven Ascher

He is co-author (with Edward Pincus) of The Filmmaker's Handbook (Plume, 1999), a thorough reference to the video and film techniques and technologies behind movie making and how this technology is used to make great movies.

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Additional Info

Imprint

Penguin

Filesize

16.49 MB

Number of Pages

832

eBook ISBN

9781436225304