
Single-Camera Video Production
Robert B. Musburger, PhD(Author)
Focal Press
3rd Edition
Published on 5. September 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
208 pages
978-0-240-80476-7 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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.
Reviews / Votes
"Single-Camera Video Production is easy reading for the newcomer yet it has enough depth for the video professional. Chapters on digital video, nonlinear editing and a full description of pre-production treatments and contracts make it an excellent resource." - VideomakerMore details
Edition
3rd New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Beginning video producers, students of video production, and camcorder users and owners
Edition type
New edition
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-240-80476-7 (9780240804767)
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Robert B. Musburger, PhD
Single-Camera Video Production
Book
12/1998
2nd Edition
Focal Press
€23.55
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Person
Robert B. Musburger, Ph.D. is Professor Emeritus and former Director of the School of Communication, University of Houston. He has worked for 20 years in professional broadcasting, serving as camera operator, director, producer, and writer and has received numerous awards for his video work and teaching. His published writing includes "Electronic News Gathering: A Guide
to ENG" (Focal), "Single-camera Video Production, Fifth Edition"(Focal), and, with Gorham Kindem, "Introduction to Media Production: From Analog to Digital, Fourth Edition" (Focal).
to ENG" (Focal), "Single-camera Video Production, Fifth Edition"(Focal), and, with Gorham Kindem, "Introduction to Media Production: From Analog to Digital, Fourth Edition" (Focal).
Author
Professor Emeritus and former Director of the School of Communication, University of Houston,TX, USA
Content
Introduction; Acknowledgments; The Technology: the how and why of video signal creation, and the technical restrictions in a video system; The Equipment: cameras, recorders, as well as audio, lighting, and mounting equipment; The Production Process: pre-production planning, setting up, rehearsing, shooting, and striking; Post-production: the importance of shooting for the editing process; Conclusion; Additional Reading; Glossary; Index