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• Mastering Depth-of-Field - Part 2

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  The basic concepts of controlling depth of field with aperture, focal length, and distance are fairly easy to grasp, and we covered those topics in part one of this series, but now it's time to dig a little deeper. In this segment, we talk about perceived depth of field, how sensor size and angle of view can affect your ability to get the depth of field you want, and using depth of field to rack focus. There's a lot of confusion surrounding these topics, but a little common sense, and of course a bit of math and science can help us break it all down.

• Mastering Depth-of-Field - Part 1

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  Every shooter wants to be able to direct the viewers' attention to the important aspects of a shot, and manipulating your depth of field is a great way to do it. In this two part series we talk about controlling your depth of field with aperture, focal length, and distance. In part two we talk about perceived depth of field, how sensor size and angle of view might affect your ability to get the depth of field you're striving for, and rack focusing. Knowing the different ways to achieve the depth of field you want for your scene will ultimately help you to craft more effective scenes.

• How to Make Your Video Look Like Film

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  How to Make Your Video Look Like Film using 24p

• Control Incoming Audio to your Camcorder & Capture Clean Audio

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  Charlie demonstrates how to control incoming audio to your camcorder and capture clean sounding audio.

• Three Rules to Shoot Video at Night

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  Mark explores the basics of lighting for a nighttime shoot.

• Looking for Light

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  Anonymous (not verified) - Mon, 01/01/2007 - 12:00am

  

  Shooting in a low light setting is more than just turning down the lights or opening your camcorder's aperture. You can't take low light shooting lightly.

• Copyright Law on Video Sharing Websites

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  In our News & Technology segment with Mark and Derek, It's the "Battle of the Titans" over video-sharing. Telecom networks, Verison and Comcast, are getting into the video sharing business. Version is in talks with YouTube, while Comcast is hoping its launch of Ziddio.com will cut into the massive YouTube audience. YouTube was recently purchased by Google and we talk some more on what that means to the independent producer. We also provide details about a contest in which you can produce a music video for the band "Moby".

• In Decent Exposure

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  Anonymous (not verified) - Sat, 04/01/2006 - 12:00am

  

  In a digital video camera there is no physical shutter, but, because there is a body of understanding about how film cameras work, we still call the electrical signal "shutter speed."

• Lenses - The Long and Short

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  Anonymous (not verified) - Tue, 11/01/2005 - 12:00am

  

  Wide-angle and telephoto lenses render images differently from the way we naturally see things. Skilled videographers can exploit these differences to create effective shots.

• Sound Advice: AGC Coping Skills

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  Anonymous (not verified) - Tue, 06/01/2004 - 12:00am

  

  Learning to live with built-in audio controls.

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