Books : Revolutionary Final Cut Pro 2 Digital Film Making with Planning, Shooting, Workflow, Capturing Video, FX, Filters, Transitions, Titling, Sound, Output, Distribution, and EPK creation (with CD-Rom)
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Type of bind: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 791
EAN num: 9781903450741
ISBN number: 1903450748
Label: Friends of Ed
Manufacturer: Friends of Ed
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 438
Printing Date: 2001-10
Publishing house: Friends of Ed
Sale Popularity Level: 1823517
Studio: Friends of Ed
Editor's Notes and Comments:
Product Description:
Final Cut Pro 2 is 'the smartest video-editing program available for less than $10,000'. Does Apple's FCP2 warrant such a reputation? Yes - because it contains everything required by the serious video professional. You can climb a mountain or head off into the jungle with nothing but a digital camera and FCP2 on an Apple PowerBook and transmit professionally edited DV footage to your colleagues in the office... well you can if you work for National Geographic. If not, you might have to settle for preparing professional quality digital video in your own living room.
The aim of FCP2 Digital Film Making is to show you how to create a movie (from organizing the shoot to logging the footage) and then edit and enhance it using FCP2 to an advanced and professional level. With a focus on digital film making, this book digs deep into the complexities of FCP2, showing you how to go about creating a professional Electronic Press Kit (EPK) for distribution. The result is that, by the end of the book, you will have a thorough and comprehensive grasp of FCP2, having explored all the features in advanced detail, and be more than ready to start creating your own digital masterpieces.... Cannes, here we come!
DVision provides the creative and technical information that is typical of friends of ED books, delivering the CREED (Concept, Realisation, Edit, Effects, Delivery) approach to the digital video community.
User popularity level:
Rated by buyers -
For some reason the British have the best graphics magazines...always the best reviews and tutorials. Thus it is no surprise that the book, Revolutionary - Final Cut Pro 2 by Blissett et al, is such a fine book. About the very first third of the book deals with planning a production, actually shooting the footage, and preparing the footage for editing. All of these discussions are accompanied by examples and real world comments.
The rest of the book deals with Final Cut Pro 2 (FCP2) in a logical progression from clip capture to editing, then on to special effects and concluding with sound. Throughout the discussions are examples to work along with as well as a continuing project called "yootclub."
This book gives an excellent introduction to video production, in general, and FCP2 in particular.
Rated by buyers -
Then this is the book for you. I've made 8 shorts now...and I wish I had this book 2 years ago! I've bought dozens of books over the last 3 years but this is the very first one that's been wrote by real filmakers. How do I know? There are REAL tips in it. I mean those ones that come from really making a film...not the same moron advice that everyone gives.
There's a real good case study too. It reminds me of my very first video shoot for 'The Clan'. There's real good focus in there, but I think they could go further with putting things together.
Buy this book if you're an editor or a director. Definitely if you're a director! I started out editing and some of the directors I worked with could really do with reading this book ;o)
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