July 2008 Table of Contents

Feature Stories

Tutorial - Getting That Film Look

Shooting video to look like film

Coming of Age... Videotape Decks Enter Their Golden Years

In the days of olde, a videotape deck was an important member of your video editing arsenal. Believe it or not, it is still an essential tool for many editing situations.

Alakazam! The Magic Bag of Tricks

Just like every good magician has a bag of tricks, so should every great videographer.

Editing Software Buyer's Guide 2008

Finding the right tool to edit your masterpieces

The Divine Proportion
Balancing the Golden Rule

Nature created it; visual artists follow it. Using aesthetically-pleasing framing creatively draws your viewer into your shot composition.

Choosing Your Direction: Progressive or Interlaced

A great director once asked, "To Interlace or not to Interlace? That is the Question. Whether âtis nobler in the mind to capture slings and arrows of sporting events clearly, or to make beautiful film-like pictures against a sea of blur..."

Reviews

Camcorder Review: Canon Vixia HF10 Camcorder

Canon in HD - No more tape? Not for Canon's new Vixia HF10. It records directly to a built-in Flash memory. As if that weren't enough, the HF10 also offers high-definition video recording at a 1920x1080 resolution. Right away, as I pull the sleek black camcorder out of the box...

JVC Camcorder Review: JVC Everio GZ-MG330 Hybrid Camcorder

JVC's Budget Solution - The GZ-MG330 JVC camcorder sets its crosshairs precisely at the entry-level user. Its small size, low price and color options will most likely appeal to the family reunion shooter or to the non-technical members of Generation-Y who want to link their YouTube clips...

Duplicator Review:
Primera Bravo SE Blu Duplicator

Blu Duper

Video Transfer Device Review:
Pinnacle Video Transfer Device

Simplicity Itself

Columns

Viewfinder

Footage

Distribution
Finding Your Target Market

The internet has turned traditional business models upside down. This includes the market relationship between sellers and buyers.

Lighting
Lighting Gels

You're ready with 3-point lighting or a soft-light and mood setting. But ... hum... what's missing? How about some red and blue on that dull white scene?

Save As:
15 Quick Tips to Videotaping Fireworks

Shooting great firework footage is more than pointing the camera into the sky. The less light you have, the harder it is to focus or capture an image that isn't underexposed or overly grainy. Throw in a fireworks scene that changes from dark to light within nanoseconds, and your camera will need a lot of help from its human counterpart. Let's start with the gear, then go to the technical, setup and finally the techniques.

Editing:
Fix It in Post

If a director, cinematographer, producer or uncle of the movie studio mogul tells you, "no worries... we'll fix it in post," tell them, "well, sure, we can... but it'll cost you."

Audio
Boom Op 101

The boom mic is the go-to microphone of choice for most television shows, documentaries and major motion pictures.

Departments

In box

readers' letters

New Video Equipment: G-Technology's G-RAID Pro |Pelican's 1730 Transport Case| Varizoom's VZ-SnapCrane

New Gear. G-RAID Pro hot swappable 7200rpm SATA 3.0Gbs w/ 4TB. Varizoom's adjustable camcorder crane.

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