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Digital Filmmaking, Second Edition: The Changing Art and Craft of Making Motion Pictures [Paperback]

Thomas Ohanian (Author), Natalie Phillips (Author)
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0240804279 978-0240804279 April 20, 2000 2
Digital Filmmaking has been called the bible for professional filmmakers in the digital age. It details all of the procedural, creative, and technical aspects of pre-production, production, and post-production within a digital filmmaking environment. It examines the new digital methods and techniques that are redefining the filmmaking process, and how the evolution into digital filmmaking can be used to achieve greater creative flexibility as well as cost and time savings. The second edition includes updates and new information, including four new chapters that examine key topics like digital television and high definition television,making films using digital video, 24 P and universal mastering, and digital film projection.




Digital Filmmaking provides a clear overview of the traditional filmmaking process, then goes on to illuminate the ways in which new methods can accomplish old tasks. It explains vital concepts, including digitization, compression, digital compositing, nonlinear editing, and on-set digital production and relates traditional film production and editing processes to those of digital techniques. Various filmmakers discuss their use of digital techniques to enhance the creative process in the "Industry Viewpoints" sections in each chapter .

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'What you are about to read encompasses a depth and range of areas in digital filmmaking, with thoughts drawn from some of the best craftsmen in the entertainment industry, people actively working in the digital realm to break down the barriers between the technical and the artistic.' From the foreword by filmmaker James Cameron --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Digital Filmmaking provides a clear overview of the traditional filmmaking process, then goes on to illuminate the ways in which new methods accomplish old tasks. It explains vital concepts, including digitization, compression, digital compositing, nonlinear editing, and on-set digital production and relates traditional film production and editing processes to those of digital techniques. In the "Industry Viewpoints" sections in each chapter various filmmakers discuss their use of digital techniques to enhance the creative process.

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  • Paperback: 368 pages
  • Publisher: Focal Press; 2 edition (April 20, 2000)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0240804279
  • ISBN-13: 978-0240804279
  • Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.7 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #877,960 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars No Real useful information, January 24, 2000
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I work in digital production, and bought this book to get some background info before my interview with Sony Imageworks. Unfortunately, it is just a jumble of too general info and gee-whiz diagrams, that wouldn't be useful to anybody. Production pipelines vary from studio to studio, and are constantly changing. There are interviews with some impressive names, but most of it is this starry-eyed look at the digital future. The stupidest thing is the quote from Francis Ford Coppola "I knew it would happen all along". Give me a break! Spend your cash on some magazines like Computer Graphics world for the effects info.
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars A Commercial for Avid, Circa 2000, October 15, 2000
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Written like a bad stereo manual and padded with self-serving industry interviews, this title was an in-house product of Avid Press, and an unabashed commercial for their system as it existed at the turn of the century. Just one chapter was devoted to HD, with nothing useful about how to actually shoot in this medium, and there was no coverage of DV moviemaking either. The book was targeted towards Hollywood industry types who planned to shoot on 35 mm film, digitize their footage, and rent an expensive Avid editing suite for all post-production. Even Avid has had to rethink their business model in the intervening years, as competitors have offered more affordable software for desktop computers. Unless you just want an historical journey through obsolete editing systems, don't waste half a c-note on this book...
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars A disapoitment for the didital videographer, June 10, 2001
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I found the audience for this book to be elusive. It appears to be aimed at those currently working in major film industry centers on one hand and then at the enthusiast with a digital camcorder on the other. Someone currently working in film-in whatever capacity-probably knows considerably more than is presented in this book. The enthusiast with a camcorder will learn a little, but much of the material assumes a level of knowledge that he may not have.

My background is in sound, both production and video post, and running a recording studio the 70s. I then migrated into computers. About five years ago I started getting back into multimedia via web audio and video. I have some clients who want to produce movies using 24p for distribution via film and was hoping to get a view of current industry practice. This book only lightly touches on current technical practice and is incomplete in this area. I have shot some 24p and almost all of my experieence with cvamera work is digital. The information on digital technology is incomplete and in some cases inaccurate and the information on originating on video and finishing on film is trivial.

While a few of the interviews are good, most just occupy space and a few are fatuous. Much of the material is dated-such as the interview with Larry Blake, and the references to DNLE (today there are only digital Non Linear Editors). This second edition appears to be some minor material plastered onto the first edition. The first edition was aparently from some time in the middle 90s. The bright spot of the book is an excellent description and explanation of 3:2 pulldown.

Overall I found this book very disapointing.

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Judgment Day, Academy Award, Jeffrey Krebs, United States, Cam Roll, Los Angeles, Eastman Kodak Corporation, The Abyss, Avid Film Composer, George Lucas, Jurassic Park, Francis Coppola, Sony Pictures Imageworks, Needful Things, Progressive Nonsquare, Progressive Square, San Francisco, The Crow, True Lies, Dead Ringers, Dolby Laboratories, James Cameron, Star Wars, American Zoetrope, Bram Stoker's Dracula
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