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Mastering MultiCamera Techniques: From Preproduction to Editing and Deliverables
From a basic two-camera interview to an elaborate 26 camera HD concert film, this comprehensive guide presents a platform-agnostic approach to the essential techniques required to set up and edit a multi-camera project. Actual case studies are used to examine specific usages of multi-camera editing and include a variety of genres including concerts, talk shows, reality programming, sit-coms, documentaries for television, event videography and feature films. Other features
* Advanced multi-camera techniques and specialty work-flows are examined for tapeless & large scale productions with examples from network TV shows, corporate media projects, event videography, and feature films.
* New techniques for 3D projects, 2k/4k media management and color correction are revealed.
* Technical breakdowns analyze system requirements for monitoring, hard drives & RAIDs, RAM, codecs and computer platforms.
* Apple Final Cut Pro, Avid Media Composer, Adobe Premiere Pro and several other software programs are detailed.
* Tables, charts, screen-grabs, photos, web-links, blogs, tech school lists and other resource tools for further study.
* Unique interviews with the 'Masters of Multi-Cam' including EMMY and academy award-winning directors and editors who share their project notes and give insight to award-winning techniques.
* Advanced multi-camera techniques and specialty work-flows are examined for tapeless & large scale productions with examples from network TV shows, corporate media projects, event videography, and feature films.
* New techniques for 3D projects, 2k/4k media management and color correction are revealed.
* Technical breakdowns analyze system requirements for monitoring, hard drives & RAIDs, RAM, codecs and computer platforms.
* Apple Final Cut Pro, Avid Media Composer, Adobe Premiere Pro and several other software programs are detailed.
* Tables, charts, screen-grabs, photos, web-links, blogs, tech school lists and other resource tools for further study.
* Unique interviews with the 'Masters of Multi-Cam' including EMMY and academy award-winning directors and editors who share their project notes and give insight to award-winning techniques.
449 pages, Paperback
First published June 4, 2010
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August 13, 2012
In the world of film, you are often thrown headlong and hands-on into situations where you have to learn an aspect of the filming and editing process that you have never done before. Even if you are fairly familiar with cameras, camera rigs and various technical aspects behind the camera, when it comes time to put together the footage, using programs like Final Cut Pro have a fairly high learning curve in order to get the hang of what you are doing. Mastering Multi-Camera Techniques helps with all those things and so much more. Focal Press is the top publisher of film related titles and they have managed to deliver yet again on this book.
Even if you are just using two cameras for a shoot, you will find value - and if you have up to 26 cameras for a serious concert or film shoot, you are going to have witin the book various case studies with examples that show real situations where the techniques are being used - and not just discussed in theory. The book is profusely illustrated with four colour pictures of actual events, diagrams for lighting, formulas for multicamera set-ups.
You get tips and tricks for Adobe Premiere, how-tos for editing in Final Cut Pro (Apple) and Sony Vegas(PC) programs. If you are in the industry, it is a given that you need to be able to deal crossplatform because not every shop is going to use the same type of set up. Vegas and Final Cut are generally what the majority of filmmakers use, but there are mentions and examples of other systems that are not so widely used. Included with the book is a CD-ROM with bonus chapters, video tutorials, various free applications, and links to more resources and material.
I have yet to be disappointed with any of Focal Press' titles and this one is no different. Mastering Multicamera Techniques is a book you are going to want on your shelf in your studio so that you can refer to it again and again. The material is current and relevant to videographers and cinematographers, editors, directors and producers.
Even if you are just using two cameras for a shoot, you will find value - and if you have up to 26 cameras for a serious concert or film shoot, you are going to have witin the book various case studies with examples that show real situations where the techniques are being used - and not just discussed in theory. The book is profusely illustrated with four colour pictures of actual events, diagrams for lighting, formulas for multicamera set-ups.
You get tips and tricks for Adobe Premiere, how-tos for editing in Final Cut Pro (Apple) and Sony Vegas(PC) programs. If you are in the industry, it is a given that you need to be able to deal crossplatform because not every shop is going to use the same type of set up. Vegas and Final Cut are generally what the majority of filmmakers use, but there are mentions and examples of other systems that are not so widely used. Included with the book is a CD-ROM with bonus chapters, video tutorials, various free applications, and links to more resources and material.
I have yet to be disappointed with any of Focal Press' titles and this one is no different. Mastering Multicamera Techniques is a book you are going to want on your shelf in your studio so that you can refer to it again and again. The material is current and relevant to videographers and cinematographers, editors, directors and producers.
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