This text covers various techniques that can be utilized in television and video for creating special effects with the use of sound, camcorder, computerization, mirrors, periscopes, polystyrene modelling, moulds and latex casting, models and miniatures, colour separation overlay and more.
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"A concise and practical introduction... I would recommend this book for all people interested in this fascinating technical aspect of television production."
Television Magazine
" The text is practical with easy to follow illustrations and diagrams ... it has truly become a compact special effects handbook."
Image Technology
--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
"A concise and practical introduction... I would recommend this book for all people interested in this fascinating technical aspect of television production."
Television Magazine
" The text is practical with easy to follow illustrations and diagrams ... it has truly become a compact special effects handbook."
Image Technology
--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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Creating Special Effects for TV and Video is a concise and practical introduction to the techniques used in television production. Now completely updated, this third edition covers a wide range of special effects in a simple and practical form, with clear illustrations and photographs that support the text. Bernard Wilkie now a freelance consultant, director and writer, spent 25 years creating special effects for BBC TV where he became manager of one of the largest and most specialized visual FX units in the world.
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This review is from: Creating Special Effects for TV and Video, Third Edition (Media Manuals) (Paperback)
Creating Special Effects for TV and Video is a good primer on everything from action sequences to car crashes. Each section is split across two pages - half explanation and half diagrams providing very valuable information on almost every subject pertaining to special effects.
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A good reference book,
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This review is from: Creating Special Effects for TV and Video, Third Edition (Media Manuals) (Paperback)
As far as classical special effects go this is a good reference book. Even though it has it's merits I think it's a bit pricey and doesn't go into depth on how to create the said effects. I feel the more classical effects are described the best, whereas the "computers" pages were just thrown in to seem with it. That's cool, I really wanted to know about the classical way of doing it. All in all a good read, however I suggest you have a look at the book to see if it is what you really want, because there are more detailed books in the same price range. This one will hardly leave you ready to make car chases for your indie-film, it will however give you some insight in how a lot of the good old film effects were/is made.
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- Motion Picture Camera and Lighting Equipment by David Samuelson in Front Matter
- Special Effects in Television, Third Edition by BERNARD WILKIE in Front Matter
- Video Camera Techniques, Second Edition (Media Manuals) by Gerald Millerson in Front Matter
- The Video Studio, Third Edition (Media Manuals) by Alan Bermingham in Front Matter
- Basic Film Technique (Media Manuals) by KEN DALEY in Front Matter
- Basics of Video Sound, Second Edition by Des Lyver in Front Matter
- Basics of Video Production, Second Edition by Des Lyver in Front Matter
- Basics of Video Lighting, Second Edition by Des Lyver in Front Matter
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