New Edition of the Book in Stores Now!
Workman Publishing has just released an updated and revised new edition of How to Shoot Video that Doesn’t Suck!
It’s available now wherever you buy your paper or pixel books. Look to your right for handy links!
This new edition is mostly a touch-up. It turns out that even if you try not to use terms that might become dated, they sneak in somehow. And for fans of my Do It Yourself Film Graduate School listing of movies that you really must see, there are new additions.
New Edition FAQs:
Do I need to run out and get this edition if I already own the book?
Yes! Please buy a dozen. I still have kids in college.
Really?
No, not really. I mean I really do have kids in college, but the changes in the book are minor.
Like what?
I wrote about shooting video with an iPod Nano. Some smartass commented on Amazon that you couldn’t shoot video with an iPod Nano. He was totally wrong, but I took out the mention anyway because Apple just stopped making the iPod Nano. Stuff like that. Fortunately, because this book isn’t about equipment, there wasn’t too much of that.
I also rewrote a few paragraphs that jumped out at me and dropped one or two other anachronisms (it turns out 6 years is a long time in tech world.)
Anything else?
Yes. I originally forgot to thank my sister and sister-in-law in the end notes. They read early drafts and had good comments for which I am very grateful. I am hoping they will now allow me back into Thanksgiving dinner. Turns out even a warm turkey leg is cold comfort when you’re sitting on a porch alone in Washington DC, shivering.
So this edition isn’t groundbreaking. Who should buy it?
If you don’t own the book yet, this is a totally up-t0-date, recently-reviewed-and-touched-up edition. You’ll love it. But if you own the book and want another edition for your bookshelf, you’ll probably want to buy the Russian version. Or maybe the audio book (which you can download to your ancient iPod Nano and store on your shelf.)
