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Third Edition
By
BERNARD WILKIE, Freelance Consultant, Director and Writer
Description
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.
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 specialised visual FX units
in the world.
Audience
Students on TV Production Courses; professional personnel, film and video makers needing a refresher book.
Students of graphic design
and related subjects, those engaged in making corporate, promotional and educational videos.
Contents
CONTENTS: Introduction;Special Effects Design; The Importance of Sound; the Camcorder; Flim cameras; Animation Stand Camerawork; Stop-frame
animation; the Computer; Computerised effects -1; Computerised effects -2; Fifty-Fifty mirrors; Mirrored effects; Periscopes; Polysterene
fabrication and modelling; Plastic forming machines; Plaster of Paris; Plaster turning; Mould making; Flexible moulds; Latex casting;
Glass fibre layups and casting; resin; Matte and Glass shots; Models and miniatures; Action miniatures; Hanging miniatures; Hanging miniatures
- Applications 1; hanging Miniatures Applications - 2: Model Landscapes; Model ships; Model seas; Scenic projection; Chroma key: Colour
Separation; Overlat; Optical printing; Underwater sequences; Water in the studio; Dry-ice generators; Radar and oscilloscopes; Laboratory
and chemical effects; Ray guns and blasters; Robots and monsters; Firing boxes and exploders; Pyrotechnics; Pyrotechnics in the studio;
Pyrotechnics in the open; safe studio explosions; Pyrofuses and bullet hits; Bullet effects in scenery; Bullet effects on vases and bottles;
Bullet effects in galss and mirrors; Bullet effects on people; Bullet effects using compressed air; Safety precautions; Arrows; Knives;
Swords and daggers; Prosthetics; Breaking windows; breaking bottles, crockery and chairs; Breaking and collapsing; Scenery; Lava, quicksand
and swamps; Gunge and custard pies; Dirt and decay; Cobwebs; Wind and blizzards; Frost and ice; Snow; Fog and mist; Rain in the studio;
Rain in the open; radio control; Remote control; Destruction of automobiles; Automobile crashes; Special lighting devices; projected
light effects; Some special plants; Modifying equipment; Photographs on the screen; Sparks and flashes; Scoring devices; Personal equipment.
| Bibliographic details |
Paperback, 224 pages, publication date: NOV-1996
ISBN-13: 978-0-240-51474-1
ISBN-10: 0-240-51474-2
Imprint: FOCAL PRESS
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