Shoot!

Sales of video cameras topped 500,000 in 1991 and are expected to break the one million-per-year mark by 1996. These machines are far from easy to use to any sort of standard. At the moment sales are 40,000 per week: there is a huge market for this book, particularly in the run-up to Christmas. This book is designed to help readers give their finished film that professional feel, whether it be a wedding, a family holiday or something more ambitious such as your own documentary. All the processes this book describes can be achieved using the wide variety of domestic filming and editing equipment now available. A huge number of people now own a camcorder, but having invested in such expensive equipment, they don't really know what to do with it. This book provides basic instruction on the camera, sound and lighting, as well as professional tips such as how to avoid shake, which different shots to use to vary your filming, and techniques such as panning, tilting, tracking and zooming.