Technical Film and TV for Nontechnical People by Drew Campbell

Technical Film and TV for Nontechnical People by Drew Campbell

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Summary

This volume seeks to offer non-technical people working in film and television information on the technical side of their art. It covers: who does what on a set; what happens during a typical day; and how details such as focus, camera angle and microphone position affect the entire process.

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Technical Film and TV for Nontechnical People by Drew Campbell

Technical Film and TV for Nontechnical People introduces film students, actors, producers and other nontechnical film people to the technical aspects that everyone working on a film set should know. Author Drew Campbell is a lighting and sound designer for Universal Studios who started out in theater and who was struck by the complex technical procedures and idiosyncratic expressions that he encountered on his first weeks on the set. Topics explained: Who does what on a film set: the roles of technical and non-technical team members Seeing a script: turning a story into a storyboard and then into a production Shooting on film or video: when each format is best used The parts of a camera: how it functions and how actors can best cooperate with it Sound: the process of recording and editing Shooting: the geography and schedule of a set and "getting the shot" Postproduction: editing, continuity, and the dailies
Drew Campbell is a lighting and sound supervisor for Universal Studios. for more than fifteen years he has worked as a lighting and sound designer and has taught at San Francisco State University. The author of Technical Theater for Nontechnical People (Allworth Press), he lives in Woodland Hills, California.
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ISBN 13 9781581152296
ISBN 10 1581152299
Title Technical Film and TV for Nontechnical People
Author Drew Campbell
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Allworth Press,U.S.
Year published 2002-06-20
Number of pages 256
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