Video Basics (with InfoTrac),9780534526245

Video Basics (with InfoTrac)

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ISBN13: 9780534526245
ISBN10: 0534526241
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2000-08-01
Publisher(s): Wadsworth Publishing
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Summary

Meeting the instructor's needs for a briefer book, this text distills video basics so that they can be covered in a single term. The book moves students from video concepts and processes to production tools and techniques, and finally, to the production environment (studio or field, inside or 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

PART I Production Processes and People 1(43)
The Production Process
4(22)
The Effect-to-Cause Production Model
6(13)
Basic Idea
8(1)
Desired Effect: Defined Process Message
8(2)
Cause: Medium Requirements
10(2)
Script Formats
12(4)
Real Effect: Actual Process Message
16(1)
Evaluation
16(3)
Generating Ideas
19(7)
Clustering
20(1)
Brainstorming
20(6)
The Production Team: Who Does What When?
26(17)
Team Members
28(4)
Preproduction Team
28(2)
Production Team
30(1)
Postproduction Team
30(2)
Passing the Buck
32(4)
Taking and Sharing Responsibility
36(2)
Production Schedule
38(5)
Interview Time Line
38(1)
Production Schedule: May 25---Interview (Studio 1)
39(4)
PART II Image Creation and Control 43(185)
Digital Video
46(12)
Basic Image Formation
47(4)
Scanning Process
48(3)
Digital Television Scanning Systems
51(1)
Primary Colors of Video
51(1)
What is Digital?
52(2)
The Difference Between Analog and Digital
52(2)
Why Digital?
54(4)
Quality
54(1)
Compression and Signal Transport
54(1)
Effects and Picture Manipulation
55(3)
The Video Camera
58(20)
Basic Camera Function and Elements
59(9)
Function
60(1)
The Lens
61(4)
Beam Splitter
65(1)
Imaging Device
66(1)
Viewfinder
67(1)
Types of Cameras
68(10)
Studio Cameras
69(2)
HDTV Cameras
71(1)
ENG/EFP Cameras
72(1)
Consumer Camcorder
73(2)
What's the Difference?
75(3)
Looking Through the Viewfinder
78(30)
Framing a Shot
80(15)
Aspect Ratio
80(2)
Field of View
82(2)
Vectors
84(1)
Composition
85(7)
Psychological Closure
92(3)
Manipulating Picture Depth
95(5)
Defining the Z-axis
96(1)
Lenses and Z-axis Length
97(1)
Lenses and Depth of Field
97(2)
Lenses and Z-axis Speed
99(1)
Controlling Camera and Object Motion
100(8)
Controlling Camera Movement and Zooms
100(2)
Controlling Object Motion
102(6)
Operating the Camera
108(30)
Basic Camera Movements
110(4)
Camera Mounts and How to Use Them
114(12)
The Handheld and Shoulder-Mounted Camera
114(3)
The Tripod-Supported Camera
117(4)
The Studio Pedestal
121(2)
Special Camera Mounts
123(3)
Operational Features
126(5)
White-balancing
126(1)
Focusing
127(3)
Zooming
130(1)
General Guidelines
131(7)
Checklist: Camcorders and ENG/EFP Cameras
132(1)
Checklist: Studio Cameras
133(5)
Light, Color, Lighting
138(38)
Light
140(2)
Types of Light
140(1)
Light Intensity
140(1)
Contrast
141(1)
Shadows
142(5)
Attached Shadows
142(3)
Cast Shadows
145(1)
Falloff
146(1)
Color
147(3)
Additive and Subtractive Color Mixing
147(1)
The Color Television Receiver and Generated Colors
148(1)
Color Temperature and White-Balancing
148(2)
Lighting Instruments
150(8)
Spotlights
151(3)
Floodlights
154(4)
Lighting Techniques
158(18)
Operation of Lights
158(1)
Checklist: Lighting Safety
158(2)
Studio Lighting
160(5)
Field Lighting
165(4)
Guidelines: Field Lighting
169(1)
Measuring Illumination
170(6)
Audio and Sound Control
176(36)
Sound Pickup Principle
178(1)
Microphones
179(15)
How Well They Can Hear: Sound Pickup
179(2)
How They Are Made
181(2)
How They Are Used
183(11)
Sound Control
194(6)
The Audio Mixer
194(2)
The Audio Console
196(1)
Cables and Patch Panel
197(3)
Sound Recording
200(5)
Analog Recording Equipment
200(2)
Digital Recording Equipment
202(3)
Synthesized Sound
205(1)
Sound Aesthetics
206(6)
Environment
206(1)
Figure-Ground
206(1)
Perspective
207(1)
Continuity
207(1)
Energy
208(4)
Video Effects
212(16)
Standard Electronic Video Effects
214(6)
Superimposition
214(1)
Key
215(3)
Wipe
218(2)
Digital Effects
220(8)
Digital Image Manipulation Equipment
220(1)
Common Digital Video Effects
221(2)
Synthetic Image Creation
223(3)
Animation
226(2)
PART III Video Recording, Switching, and Editing 228(88)
Video Recording
230(24)
Videotape-Recording Systems
232(8)
Tape- and Disk-Based Recording Systems
232(1)
Basic Videotape Tracks
232(3)
Composite, Y/C Component, and RGB Component Systems
235(2)
Types of Videotape Recorders
237(1)
Time Base Corrector
238(1)
Tape Formats
239(1)
Videotape-Recording Process
240(7)
The ``Before'' Checklist
240(3)
The ``During'' Checklist
243(3)
The ``After'' Checklist
246(1)
Nonlinear Storage Systems
247(2)
Computer Disks
247(1)
Electronic Still Store System
248(1)
Read/Write Optical Discs
248(1)
CD-ROMs and DVDs
248(1)
Use of Video Recording
249(5)
Interactive Video
249(1)
Multimedia
250(4)
Switching and Postproduction Editing
254(36)
Switching, or Instantaneous Editing
256(9)
Basic Switcher Layout
256(2)
Multifunction Switchers
258(2)
Switcher Operation
260(5)
Postproduction Editing
265(25)
Linear Editing Systems
265(9)
Nonlinear Editing Systems
274(2)
Editing Preparations
276(2)
Production Tips to Make Postproduction Easier
278(4)
Off-line and On-line Editing
282(8)
Editing Principles
290(26)
Editing Purpose
291(1)
Editing Functions
292(2)
Combine
292(1)
Condense
292(1)
Correct
293(1)
Build
293(1)
Aesthetic Principles of Continuity Editing
294(15)
Mental Map
294(4)
Vectors
298(5)
On- and Off-screen Positions
303(6)
Aesthetic Principles of Complexity Editing
309(7)
Intensifying the Event
309(2)
Supplying Meaning
311(5)
PART IV Talent and the Production Environment 316(74)
Talent, Clothing, and Makeup
318(22)
Performing Techniques
320(10)
Performer and Camera
320(2)
Audio and Lighting
322(1)
Timing and Prompting
323(7)
Acting Techniques
330(3)
Environment and Audience
331(1)
Small Screen and Close-ups
332(1)
Repeating Action
332(1)
Auditions
333(1)
Clothing
333(2)
Texture and Detail
334(1)
Color
334(1)
Makeup
335(5)
Technical Requirements
335(1)
Close-ups
335(1)
Materials
336(4)
Production Environment: The Studio
340(28)
The Video Production Studio
342(4)
Physical Layout
342(3)
Major Installations
345(1)
The Studio Control Room
346(6)
Image Control
347(4)
Sound Control
351(1)
Master Control
352(1)
Studio Support Areas
353(1)
Scenery and Property Storage
353(1)
Makeup
354(1)
Scenery, Properties, and Set Dressings
354(5)
Scenery
354(4)
Properties
358(1)
Set Dressings
359(1)
Set Design
359(9)
Process Message
359(1)
Floor Plan
360(2)
Prop List
362(1)
Using the Floor Plan for Setup
362(1)
Evaluating the Floor Plan
363(5)
Field Production and Synthetic Environments
368(22)
Electronic News Gathering
370(3)
News Gathering
370(1)
Transmission
371(2)
Electronic Field Production
373(10)
EFP Preproduction: Remote Survey
373(4)
Production
377(1)
Checklist: Field Production Equipment
377(5)
Postproduction: Wrap-up
382(1)
Big Remotes
383(2)
Synthetic Environments
385(5)
Computer-Generated Settings
385(1)
Virtual Reality
386(1)
Interactive Video
386(4)
Epilogue 390(1)
Selected Readings 391(4)
Glossary 395(12)
Index 407(7)
Photo Credits 414

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