Single-camera Video Production,

Single-Camera Video Production, Third Edition is a comprehensive yet succinct guide to planning, shooting, and editing most field and in-studio productions. Written as part of the Focal Press Media Manual series, each page of this helpful guide covers a specific issue in video production. Single-Camera Video Production, Third Edition clearly explains the technology and the equipment of video production and details, step-by-step, the professional-level techniques that can be applied to any type of production or budget. In addition, this manual will train readers to integrate technique, equipment, and creative concerns within the production process-from pre-production planning through final editing. This new edition covers the ever-changing transition from analog to digital video production, and includes new information on digital video and HDTV. With coverage of wide screen equipment and techniques, nonlinear editing techniques, and non-tape formats, this manual is the essential guide to video production.* Details how to visualize, shoot, and edit coherent sequences of scenes* Includes new information on Digital Video and HDTV* Explains how to light and compose scenes for maximum impact