This is not another “how-to-make-a-movie” book. This book is about how to be successful at making your movies in a very competitive market. Scott Billups’ experience-backed advice will kick your professionalism, tool set and image quality up a notch so that you can compete in the real world of more...

What the Pros Know and the Manuals Don’t Tell You

Whether you spent $200 or $20,000 on your camera, this book will give you what you need to get a great look.

Here are 107 easy-to-apply digital video shooting secrets that “everyone knows” but no one will tell you. This is a more...

Written for the beginner, Practical DV Filmmaking guides you thorough the process of making a film with low-cost digital equipment: from development through to production, post-production and distribution. While the technical tools you need are fully explained, the book concentrates on filmmaking more...

If you can't make it to one of Bruce Block's legendary visual storytelling seminars, then you need his book! Now in full color for the first time, this best-seller offers a clear view of the relationship between the story/script structure and the visual structure of a film, video, animated piece, or more...

Learn how to get great sound on a limited budget, from the recognized expert in the field.

Provides tips and instructions for improving sound, from planning through mixing.

Includes CD with recording and editing exercises. more...

Steaming and Digital Media gives you a concise and direct analysis to understand a scalable, profitable venture, as well as the common and hidden pitfalls to avoid in your business. By focusing on both the business implications and technical differences between online video and traditional broadcast more...

If you don't know your CMOS from your BIOS, this is essential guide to help you crack the code. Digital imaging has created a whole new language to grapple with as well ad a formidable collection of acronyms. The Digital Photographer’s Pocket Encyclopedia explains the more...

This book consists of edited conversations between DP_s, Gaffer_s, their crew and equipment suppliers. In common with the other CML books it doesn_t have the same structure as a _normalî film reference book. It covers discussions on High Definition between January 2001 and November 2004. more...

The new edition of this comprehensive yet succinct guide to planning, shooting, and editing most field and in-studio video productions has been updated to include the latest developments in HD, Digital Video, and equipment. This helpful guide details how to visualize, shoot, and edit coherent more...

This book explains how cutting-edge technology and the age-old desire to tell a story have come together in the form of Digital Cinema. Informative and hip, this book addresses the needs of independent filmmakers while also offering a perspective from the agents, producers, distributors, studios, more...

With topics such as the distinctions between DVCAM and DVCAM tape, VTRs, Editing and DVCAM to film, this book will benefit anyone wanting to learn more about the Sony DVCAM. Written in user-friendly text, it offers an overview of the DVCAM format, its equipment and use. more...

Jon Fauer, ASC, cinematographer, director, and author of ten best-selling technical books, introduces the newsletter, Film and Digital Times. Published 6 times a year, each issue is 16 pages and focuses on the technical aspects of equipment, technique and technology. The Newsletter idea began when more...

HDTV and the Transition to Digital Broadcasting bridges the gap between non-technical personnel (management and creative) and technical by giving you a working knowledge of digital television technology, a clear understanding of the challenges of HDTV and digital broadcasting, and a scope of the more...

Put the essential concepts and techniques of digital compositing to work for you without the need of a single mathematical equation. Compositing Visual Effects is lavishly illustrated with hundreds of film shots, figures, illustrations and diagrams to help the visual reader gain a valuable more...

Take an introductory “crash course” in 24p video production. Ideal for film students and professional videographers alike, this book includes techniques, examples, tips, and case studies to get you up to speed on the increasingly popular 24p production format. more...