The IFILM Digital Video Filmmaker's Handbook [With DVD]

by Maxie Collier

Digital technology is changing the ways in which filmmakers compose images and tell stories. This book covers the creative and technical aspects of digital shooting. It is designed to provide... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1580650317
• ISBN13: 9781580650311
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Lone Eagle Publishing Company
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Did You Honestly Read This Book?

We used Maxie's book as a textbook for an introduction to digital moviemaking class I took last semester. I finished reading the book the first week of class, it was so easy to read! When we started shooting our short films, most of the people in the class had the book on set with them. The glossary alone is filled with useful information. Out of more than 20 people in the class, there was never one complaint about the book. I think the teacher is using it again this semester. I leant my copy to a friend who ended up buying her own copy. I highly recommend this book.

Almost Perfect

I have to give Maxie 5 stars, because this truly is one of the most concise yet simple-to-read books on the subject of DV. I had only one major complaint though; Maxie makes a comparative anylasis of PCs vs Macs by comparing Mac OS to Windows 95 - and this book was published last year! Windows 95?? Come on Maxie! WinNT, Win2k and WinXP Pro are by far the standards for DV on the PC platform, and Maxie just doesn't do the PC fair in his argument.

Book review from BOOKWATCH

Ably edited by Scott Smith, the IFILM Digital Video Filmmaker's Handbook is a complete "how-to" instructional guide for digital filmmaking and covers all creative and technical aspects of pre-production, lighting, digital video, editing, post-production, distribution and exhibition. An essential, core title for personal, professional and film school library collections, The IFILM Digital Video Filmmaker's Handbook is enhanced with an accompanying and invaluable DVD of filmmaking resources.

A complete "how to" instruction guide for digital filmmaking

Ably edited by Scott Smith, Maxie Collier's The iFilm Digital Video Filmmaker's Handbook is a complete "how to" instruction guide for digital filmmaking and covers all creative and technical aspects of pre-production, lighting, digital video, editing, post-production, distribution and exhibition. An essential, core title for personal, professional, and film school library reference collections, The iFilm Digital Video Filmmaker's Handbook is enhanced with an accompanying and invaluable DVD of filmmaking resources.