By
Thomas Ohanian, Chief Editor, Avid Technology, MA, USA
Natalie Phillips, Senior Production Designer, Avid Technology
Description
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 .
Audience:
Film producers; directors; editors
