Video Basics 5,9780495050322

Video Basics 5

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ISBN13: 9780495050322
ISBN10: 0495050326
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2006-07-03
Publisher(s): Wadsworth Publishing
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Summary

Herbert Zettl draws on his expertise and field experience to bring you the new edition of VIDEO BASICS, the handiest and most authoritative, current, and technically accurate student guide to video production. Meeting the need for a briefer book, this text distills comprehensive video instruction so that it can be covered in a single semester. The book moves students from video concepts and processes to production tools and techniques, and finally, to the production environment (studio and field, inside and outside) and its effects. A more conceptual framework leads the student from the idea (what to create) to the image (how to create) on video.

Table of Contents

About the Author xiii
Preface xiv
PART I Production: Processes and People
1(34)
The Production Process
2(14)
The Production Model
4(1)
The Production Phases
4(1)
Importance of Preproduction
5(1)
Preproduction: From Idea to Script
6(2)
Program Objective
6(1)
Angle
7(1)
Evaluation
7(1)
Script
8(1)
Preproduction: From Script to Production
8(1)
Medium Requirements
8(1)
Budget
8(1)
Generating Ideas on Demand
9(3)
Brainstorming
9(1)
Clustering
10(2)
The Convergence of Studio and Field Production
12(4)
The Production Team: Who Does What When?
16(19)
Production Teams
18(7)
Preproduction Team
20(4)
Production Team
24(1)
Postproduction Team
24(1)
Passing the Buck
25(2)
Taking and Sharing Responsibility
27(2)
Production Schedule and Time Line
29(6)
Interview Production Schedule
29(1)
Time Line: March 9---Interview (Studio 1)
30(5)
PART II Image Creation: Digital Video and Camera
35(78)
Image Formation and Digital Video
36(12)
Basic Image Formation
37(5)
Scanning Process
38(2)
Digital Video Scanning Systems
40(2)
Flat-panel Screens
42(1)
What is Digital?
42(2)
The Difference Between Analog and Digital
43(1)
Why Digital?
44(4)
Picture Quality in Dubs
44(1)
Compression
45(1)
Picture and Sound Manipulation
46(2)
The Video Camera
48(20)
Basic Camera Function and Elements
49(9)
Function
49(2)
Lens
51(3)
Imaging Device
54(2)
Video Signal Processing
56(1)
Viewfinder
57(1)
Types of Cameras
58(10)
Camcorders
58(2)
Studio Cameras
60(2)
Field Cameras
62(1)
ENG/EFP Cameras
63(2)
HDTV Cameras
65(3)
Operating the Camera
68(24)
Basic Camera Movements
70(3)
Camera Mounts and How to Use Them
73(11)
Handheld and Shoulder-mounted Camera
73(3)
Tripod-supported Camera
76(4)
Special Camera Mounts
80(2)
Studio Pedestal
82(2)
Robotic Studio Pedestal
84(1)
Operational Features
84(4)
Focusing
85(1)
Adjusting Shutter Speed
86(1)
Zooming
87(1)
White-balancing
87(1)
General Guidelines
88(4)
Checklist: Camcorders and ENG/EFP Cameras
88(1)
Checklist: Studio Cameras
89(3)
Looking Through the Viewfinder
92(21)
Framing a Shot
94(11)
Aspect Ratio
94(1)
Field of View
95(1)
Vectors
96(2)
Composition
98(5)
Psychological Closure
103(2)
Manipulating Picture Depth
105(3)
Defining the Z-axis
105(1)
Lenses and Z-axis Length
106(1)
Lenses and Depth of Field
106(2)
Lenses and Z-axis Speed
108(1)
Controlling Camera and Object Motion
108(5)
Controlling Camera Movement and Zooms
108(2)
Controlling Object Motion
110(3)
PART III Image Creation: Sound, Light, Graphics, and Effects
113(90)
Audio and Sound Control
114(34)
Sound Pickup Principle
116(1)
Microphones
116(13)
How Well Mics Hear: Sound Pickup
116(2)
How Mics Are Made
118(2)
How Mics Are Used
120(9)
Sound Control
129(9)
Manual Volume Control
131(1)
Audio Mixer
131(3)
Audio Console
134(2)
Cables and Patch Panel
136(2)
Sound Recording
138(5)
Analog Recording Equipment
138(1)
Digital Audio Production Equipment
139(4)
Synthesized Sound
143(1)
Sound Aesthetics
143(5)
Context
143(1)
Figure/Ground
144(1)
Sound Perspective
144(1)
Continuity
144(1)
Energy
145(3)
Light, Color, and Lighting
148(36)
LIGHT
150(3)
Types of Light
150(1)
Light Intensity
150(1)
Measuring Illumination
151(1)
Contrast
152(1)
SHADOWS
153(3)
Attached Shadows
153(2)
Cast Shadows
155(1)
Falloff
156(1)
COLOR
156(4)
Additive and Subtractive Color Mixing
157(1)
Color Television Receiver and Generated Colors
157(1)
Color Temperature and White-balancing
158(2)
Lighting Instruments
160(8)
Spotlights
161(3)
Floodlights
164(2)
Special-purpose Spotlights and Floodlights
166(2)
Lighting Techniques
168(16)
Operation of Lights
168(1)
Checklist: Lighting Safety
169(1)
Studio Lighting
170(6)
Field Lighting
176(4)
Guidelines: Field Lighting
180(4)
Graphics and Effects
184(19)
Principles of Graphics
186(4)
Aspect Ratio
186(1)
Essential Area
186(1)
Readability
187(2)
Color
189(1)
Animated Graphics
190(1)
Style
190(1)
Standard Electronic Video Effects
190(6)
Superimposition
190(1)
Key
191(3)
Wipe
194(2)
Digital Effects
196(7)
Digital Image Manipulation Equipment
196(1)
Common Digital Video Effects
197(1)
Synthetic Image Creation
198(5)
PART IV Image Control: Switching, Recording, and Editing
203(86)
Switcher and Switching
204(14)
Production Switcher
205(2)
Basic Switcher Functions
207(1)
Switcher Layout
208(3)
Program Bus
208(1)
Preview Bus
209(1)
Key Bus
210(1)
Fader Bar and Auto-transition
210(1)
Delegation Controls
210(1)
Switcher Operation
211(7)
Working the Program Bus: Cuts-only
211(1)
Working the Mix Buses: Cuts
212(1)
Working the Mix Buses: Dissolves
213(1)
Working the Effects Bus: Wipes
214(1)
Working the Key Bus: Keys
214(2)
Working the Downstream Keyer
216(1)
Chroma Keying
216(1)
Special Effects
216(2)
Video Recording
218(22)
Videotape-recording Systems
220(8)
Tape- and Tapeless Recording Systems
220(1)
Basic Videotape Tracks
220(2)
Composite, Y/C Component, and Y/Color Difference Component Recording Systems
222(2)
Types of Videotape Recorders
224(1)
Time Base Corrector
225(3)
Tape Format and Quality
228(1)
Videotape-recording Process
228(6)
The ``Before'' Checklist
228(2)
The ``During'' Checklist
230(4)
The ``After'' Checklist
234(1)
Nonlinear Storage Systems
234(2)
Computer Disks and Video Servers
234(1)
Flash Memory Devices
235(1)
Read/Write Optical Discs
236(1)
Electronic Still Store Systems
236(1)
Use Of Video Recording
236(4)
Multimedia
237(1)
Interactive Video
237(3)
Postproduction: Linear and Nonlinear Editing
240(28)
Linear Editing
242(8)
Single-source Linear System
242(3)
Multiple-source Linear System
245(1)
Pulse-count and Address Code
246(2)
Assemble Editing
248(1)
Insert Editing
249(1)
Nonlinear Editing
250(6)
Nonlinear Editing System
250(4)
Nonlinear Editing Phase 1: Capture
254(1)
Nonlinear Editing Phase 2: Editing
255(1)
Nonlinear Editing Phase 3: Export to Videotape or Disc
256(1)
Postproduction Preparations
256(6)
Production Tips To Make Postproduction Easier
258(4)
Off-line And On-line Editing
262(6)
Off-line Editing Procedures
262(2)
On-line Editing Procedures
264(4)
Editing Principles
268(21)
Editing Purpose
269(1)
Editing Functions
270(1)
Combine
270(1)
Condense
270(1)
Correct
270(1)
Build
271(1)
Aesthetic Principles Of Continuity Editing
271(12)
Mental Map
271(3)
Vectors
274(4)
On- and Off-screen Positions
278(5)
Aesthetic Principles Of Complexity Editing
283(6)
Intensifying an Event
284(2)
Supplying Meaning
286(3)
PART V Production Environment: Studio, Field, and Synthetic
289(48)
Production Environment: The Studio
290(26)
Video Production Studio
292(4)
Physical Layout
292(2)
Major Installations
294(2)
Studio Control Room
296(4)
Image Control
296(3)
Sound Control
299(1)
Master Control
300(2)
Studio Support Areas
302(1)
Scenery and Property Storage
302(1)
Makeup
302(1)
Scenery, Properties, and Set Dressings
302(5)
Scenery
303(3)
Properties
306(1)
Set Dressings
307(1)
Set Design
307(9)
Program Objective
307(1)
Floor Plan
308(2)
Prop List
310(1)
Using the Floor Plan for Setup
310(1)
Evaluating the Floor Plan
311(5)
Production Environment: Field and Computer-generated
316(21)
Electronic News Gathering
318(2)
News Gathering
318(1)
Transmission
318(2)
Electronic Field Production
320(9)
Preproduction: Remote Survey
320(1)
Production: Shooting
321(3)
Checklist: Field Production Equipment
324(5)
Postproduction: Wrap-up
329(1)
Big Remotes
329(2)
Synthetic Environments
331(6)
Computer-generated Settings
332(1)
Virtual Reality
332(1)
Computer-controlled Environments
332(5)
PART VI Production Control: Talent and Directing
337(53)
Talent, Clothing, and Makeup
338(18)
Performing Techniques
340(9)
Performer and Camera
340(1)
Audio and Lighting
341(2)
Timing and Prompting
343(6)
Acting Techniques
349(2)
Environment and Audience
349(1)
Close-ups
350(1)
Repeating Action
351(1)
Auditions
351(1)
Clothing
352(1)
Texture and Detail
352(1)
Color
353(1)
Makeup
353(3)
Technical Requirements
354(1)
Materials
354(2)
Putting It All Together: Directing
356(34)
Revisiting The Program Objective
358(7)
Program Objective and Angle
358(1)
Script Formats
358(7)
Visualization
365(2)
Preparing For A Multicamera Studio Production
367(6)
Control Room Directing
373(10)
Terminology
373(1)
Time Line
373(5)
Rehearsals
378(3)
Directing the Multicamera Show
381(2)
Single-Camera Directing
383(7)
Major Differences
383(1)
Single-camera Studio Directing
384(1)
Single-camera Field Production
385(1)
Interview
386(1)
Documentary
387(3)
Epilogue 390(1)
Glossary 391(11)
Index 402(10)
Photo Credits 412

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