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Video Gestalt

Working Towards the Perfect Fit Making the whole greater than the sum of its parts is a fundamental aspect of videomaking. Making the whole greater than...

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Visual Composition

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Every time you point your camera you make choices: how much of the scene to include; using a still shot or movement involving pan,...

Audio

Secrets of the Aural Edit

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Many video viewers wouldn't recognize jump cut or bad edit if it bit them on the bottom. Everybody, however, notices bad audio. They might...

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Improve Your Self-Images

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Invite friends and relatives to see your latest home movie and count on a generous outpouring of stammered feeble excuses designed to keep them...

Directing

Get Set

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Scenery and staging for economical videomaking, impressive results. When we watch a TV program or film we have an impression of total reality. We...

Editing

The Editor

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The director of a Very Important Shoot looks out over the location of her latest scene. She's just completed what seems to be the...

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Sex Lives and Videotape

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Have camcorder sales increased since the film sex, lies and videotape became last season's sleeper smash hit? Or hove a significant number of video...

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The Cameraman: The Right-Hand Man of Video

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If the director is the leader of the orchestra, the cameraman is the first violinist. The director may be able to inspire his shooting...

Directing

Techniques from 10 famous filmmakers

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The same story given to these master directors would be filmed in a different and quite distinctive way by each. "Little Red Riding Hood," directed...

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Video Potlucks

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Focus on Fun and Feedback Lasagne, enchiladas, salads, crepes. . Potlucks offer a wide variety of homemade specialties In a fi-ieudlly, festive atmosphere. Sampling this smorgasbord...