Making short films / Jim Piper.
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TextPublication details: New York : Allworth Press, c2006.Description: vii, 263 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. + 1 videodisc (DVD : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.)ISBN: - 9781581154443
- 1581154445
- 791.4302 PIP
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Standard Loan | LSAD Library Main Collection | 791.4302 PIP (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 39002100424283 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
* Accompanying DVD of thirty short films offers an instructive mini film festival * Shows beginners how to make meaningful films without fancy equipment * Great for film students and independent filmmakers Want to make an art film, a documentary, a video biography? Here's how to create real movies using consumer digital video format--without spending a lot of money or time. Author Jim Piper has taught filmmaking for more than thirty years--and along with his technical expertise, he brings entertaining anecdotes and great examples. His descriptions of more than one hundred student films, illustrated with three hundred stills, offer inspiration for beginners, and the accompanying DVD showcases thirty examples that comprise an intriguing and instructive mini film festival.
Allworth Press, an imprint of Skyhorse Publishing, publishes a broad range of books on the visual and performing arts, with emphasis on the business of art. Our titles cover subjects such as graphic design, theater, branding, fine art, photography, interior design, writing, acting, film, how to start careers, business and legal forms, business practices, and more. While we don't aspire to publish a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are deeply committed to quality books that help creative professionals succeed and thrive. We often publish in areas overlooked by other publishers and welcome the author whose expertise can help our audience of readers.
Includes indexes.
System requirements for accompanying videodisc: DVD player.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Acknowledgments (p. VII)
- 1 About Short (p. 1)
- Part I Getting Started
- 2 Equipment Systems (p. 13)
- 3 Planning Short Films (p. 27)
- 4 The Starter Film (p. 45)
- Part II Deeper Into Technique
- 5 Deeper into Shooting, One (p. 69)
- 6 Deeper into Shooting, Two (p. 93)
- 7 Deeper into Editing (p. 117)
- 8 Deeper into Sound (p. 151)
- Part III Deeper Into Ideas
- 9 Deeper into the Story Film (p. 173)
- 10 Deeper into the Documentary Film (p. 195)
- 11 Deeper Still: Doing Art Films (p. 215)
- 12 Special Effects (p. 233)
- Part IV About the DVD
- 13 About the DVD (p. 255)
- Index (p. 259)
- Index of Films and Filmmakers (p. 262)