How to Produce Spectacular Home Videos – A Practical Guide

Produce Spectacular Home Videos: A Practical Guide for Camcorder Users, Dominic Gentile (1995, Time Passages Video Production, P.O. Box 2871 Renton, WA 98056, 49 pp., $15)

Are you looking for a simple, easy to read guide to improve your home videos? This book may be the one you want. It is filled with hints and illustrations to help you make better videos. The topics that are covered include videotape care and maintenance, camcorder features, accessories and pre-production planning.

This is a book for those who want to do more with their camcorders than simple point and shoot. A chapter on visual variety focuses on the basics of shot selection and composition, camera movement and the importance of continuity in video production. The illustrations are easy to understand and provide satisfactory reinforcement to the topics that are covered. This book would make a good companion for any camcorder owner.

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