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Pocket Posh Guide to Great Home Video 0th Edition

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Product Details

  • Series: Pocket Posh
  • Paperback: 128 pages
  • Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing (February 7, 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1449408702
  • ISBN-13: 978-1449408701
  • Product Dimensions: 4 x 0.6 x 6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 starsHit them with your best shot? This guide shows you how to fire away
By Jesse Kornbluth on March 2, 2012
Format: Paperback
I am aware of my deficiencies as a videographer --- just as I am aware of those terrible videos that unembarrassed concertgoers slap up on YouTube. You know the ones I mean: shaky and zoomy.

I would like to do better than that. I was about to ask the child --- our resident IT department --- what she charges for an hour's instruction. But then Roger Sherman produced a 113-page, pocket-sized book --- "The Pocket Posh Guide To Great Home Video" --- that costs less than a live tutorial from our mercenary offspring.

I knew of Roger Sherman before I met him; his awards and nominations are that memorable. Now I've seen a few of his documentaries, and I see why he's so highly regarded --- his films are, shot for shot, just plain good.

And so is his guide to better video.

What Roger Sherman has done in these pages is conduct a kindergarten class. (Don't feel patronized --- remember: everything you need to know, you learn in kindergarten.) And these basics read as much like guides to life as to video.

"The world is not just in the center of the frame."

"Hold longer --- it's not over when it's over."

"Zooming is death."

"Don't follow the ball."

But mostly: Don't shoot and shoot, with the idea that you'll edit in the camera or on your computer. You won't. It's much better to plan. Think. Prepare. And then, without frills and cool moves, capture the scene.

What about all that firepower in your hand? It's a trap. Simple is best. Which translates to: "Static shots are winners."

Semi-advanced stuff? That's another book. This one tells you how to shoot your kid's recital. Make a wedding video.

But mostly, Sherman's focus is on helping you avoid the standard mistakes of amateurs.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsBore No More
By Miles Chapin on March 7, 2012
Format: Paperback
It's not often that you can give the perfect gift; one which combines a thoughtful understanding, a practical leg up, and a slap upside the head. Remember last year at your Cousin Ferd's house, the evening they made you sit through that interminable video of their cat's bath/child's graduation/grandchild's school play/Caribbean vacation, etc, etc, etc? Well, this book is the perfect gift for those people. Sherman has done a remarkable job of simplifying what it is that makes a good video, and how to tell a story in pictures. And he should know, because he's told us many stories over a long and distinguished career as a documentary filmmaker, as part of an illustrious cohort of Hampshire College students who basically re-invented the documentary film for our time and our marketplace. This remarkable group has won more Emmys, Oscars, and other awards you haven't heard of than you can imagine, and the thing that really separates them from the pack is their flexibility, and the ease with which they wear various hats while working on one another's projects - as Cinematographer, Director, Sound Guy, Producer, Editor, and so on. This is all to the good because in order to make an interesting video or short film it's not so much about how you point and shoot the camera (although that's part of it) as how you tell a story. So the person who wishes to capture a moment (with their cell phone, cam-corder, or whatever) needs to wear all those hats at once - and in order not to make their final product more soporific than Lunesta, they better know how the pros do it, in simple easy terms. And voila! That is just what Sherman has accomplished in this slim volume. And at this price? C'mon - you should buy them by the crateful and hand them out at the next family reunion.
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5.0 out of 5 starsA must-have for anybody with a camera
By Thomas McNamee on March 7, 2012
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If you own a video camera, or a camera with video capability, or a smartphone, you need this book. Sherman shows in a few simple lessons that any of us--even the klutziest--can make videos that won't bore our friends and families to death. I never imagined that I could do it, but I can now produce a genuinely presentable video--short, non-shaky, in-focus, coherent, and fun to watch--thanks to READY, STEADY, SHOOT.
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