Make Your Own Music Videos with Adobe Premiere [Paperback]

Pete Kennedy (Author), Maura Kennedy (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 15, 2002

Music videos are a necessity if you want to take your musical career to the next level. But how do you create one without breaking the bank? This book delivers the answers. Written by two acclaimed recording artists who've been producing their own award-winning music videos for several years, it shows you step-by-step how to get from an idea to an MTV-worthy result on a shoestring budget -- even if you've never worked with video before. Packed with easy-to-understand instructions, hands-on exercises and fascinating road diaries that illuminate the inspiration behind video concepts and special effects, it's all you need to become a music video star.
* If you are a music lover and have always thought that you could make a music video if only you had the right tools, this book is for you.
* If you or someone you know is in a band, and you want to make a video for your website, a cable TV channel, or as a promotional tool, this book is all you need.
* If you have great stacks of pre-video vinyl, and you always wanted to make your own video for your favorite song, you've come to the right place.
* If you saw a video on TV and said, "I could make a much better video than that," here's your chance.
* If you want to become a professional music videographer, this book is a great place to start.

Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

Music videos are a necessity if you want to take your musical career to the next level. But how do you create one without breaking the bank? This book delivers the answers. Written by two acclaimed recording artists who've been producing their own music videos for several years, it shows you step by step how to get from an idea to an MTV-worthy result on a shoestring budget-even if you've never worked with video before. Packed with easy-to-understand instructions, hands-on exercises, and fascinating Road Diaries that illuminate the inspiration behind video concepts and special effects, it's all you need to become a music video star.
* Have fun with camera angles and special lenses
* Discover the secrets of lip-synching
* Create special effects with video filters and keyframes

After you've created your video, submit it for worldwide viewing via JTL Networks' streaming video site, created exclusively for purchasers of Make Your Own Music Videos With Adobe Premiere! Posting availability is limited. See the back page of the book for details.

Bonus CD-ROM!

Everything you need to get started:
* Adobe Premiere, Photoshop and After Effects tryout versions
* Sample clips to use with the exercises in the book
* Three complete Kennedys music videos

System Requirements: PC running Windows 9x or later, Windows NT4 or later; Power Macintosh running System 9.04 or later.
See the "What's on the CD-ROM" appendix for details and complete system requirements.

About the Author

Pete and Maura Kennedy are The Kennedys, an acclaimed pop-folk group. Their recordings include River of Fallen Stars, which won an award from the National Association of Independent Record Distributors, Life Is Large, Angel Fire, Evolver, Positively Live!, and Get It Right. Their two most recent videos, which they produced themselves using Premiere, received Video of the Year awards from the Washington Area Music Association. Learn more about The Kennedys at www.kennedysmusic.com.

Product Details

• Paperback: 400 pages
• Publisher: Wiley (June 15, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764536761
• ISBN-13: 978-0764536762
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,254,854 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars videography for mortal, musicians, and non-techies, July 11, 2002

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Tad Sharpe (miami, fl) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Make Your Own Music Videos with Adobe Premiere (Paperback)

This book provides guidelines for producing a music video in a cost effective yet aesthetically pleasing way. It examines other videos from major artists, and provides the average mortal with information and techniques so that they can accomplish the many technical details needed to make an original music video. Chapters on preparing content for the web and for distribution make this book a very complete treatise on the many facets of adobe premiere. highly reccomended.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Generic, December 30, 2004

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A. Williams - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Make Your Own Music Videos with Adobe Premiere (Paperback)

I bought this book and returned it after I saw that it had nothing to teach the more learned users of Premiere. I was really dissapointed when I saw that it couldn't tell me how to sync a fast-paced video with multiple scenes, just the usual scrubbing technique.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It's great, and the CD actually works! (gasp!), October 31, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Make Your Own Music Videos with Adobe Premiere (Paperback)

If you want to actually learn Premiere, get this and you may forget all the rest. Not only will you learn Premiere , but you'll learn much more about pragmatic video production. Great book! Thanks Kennedys whoever you are.