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Basics of Video Production, 2nd Edition
Author Graham Swainson , Des Lyver
Now fully updated by Des Lyver to reflect the latest advances, the second edition of Basics of Video Production is a primer for anyone wishing to learn about video production. It describes the principles and processes involved in obtaining professional results....
Release Date 1999/05 -
Basics of Video Sound, 2nd Edition
Author Des Lyver
Now fully updated to reflect the latest advances, the second edition of Basics of Video Sound is a primer for anyone wishing to learn about recording sound. It describes the principles and processes involved in obtaining professional results in educational, t....
Release Date 1999/05 -
Timecode A User's Guide, 3rd Edition
Author J. Ratcliff
Recent radical changes in timecode technology, location shooting and post-production working practices have been brought about by the fragmentation of the television programme making industry and by a dramatic increase in affordable digital transmission and e....
Release Date 1999/04 -
Art Direction for Film and Video, 2nd Edition
Author Robert Olson
Written by an author with over 30 years of working experience, this book takes a practical, thorough look at the duties and skills of art directors and production designers. It teaches readers how to analyze a script, develop concepts that meet the needs of ....
Release Date 1998/10 -
Author Rod Fairweather
All studio directors need to know the basics of studio directing, whether they go on to direct news, drama, children's programmes or light entertainment. Learning the ropes on air can be costly: this book gives you all the practical and technical guidance yo....
Release Date 1998/10 -
Information Rules: A Strategic Guide to the Network Economy
Author Hal R. Varian , Carl Shapiro
In Information Rules, authors Shapiro and Varian reveal that many classic economic concepts can provide the insight and understanding necessary to succeed in the information age. They argue that if managers seriously want to develop effective strategies for competin....
Release Date 1998/10 -
How to Build and Use a 360-Degree Feedback System—Management Development
Author Warren Shaver , Jr.
This issue defines and describes a 360-degree feedback program. It walks the reader through the steps of: 1) design and plan the process, 2) design and develop the tool, 3) administer the instrument, 4) process and report feedback, and 5) plan responses to feedback.....
Release Date 1998/09 -
Information Architecture for the World Wide Web
Author Louis Rosenfeld , Peter Morville
Some web sites "work" and some don't. Good web site consultants know that you can't just jump in and start writing HTML, the same way you can't build a house by just pouring a foundation and putting up some walls. You need to know who will be using the site, and....
Release Date 1998/02 -
Author Philip Newell
Recording Spaces deals with the acoustics of rooms intended for musical performance of many styles. It discusses these spaces in terms of isolation, internal acoustics, possible techniques of use, and the way that these spaces will interact with the musicians, their....
Release Date 1998/01 -
Contemporary Cinematographers on Their Art
Author Pauline B Rogers
The twelve interviews in this book cover all aspects of cinematography from pre-production planning to post-production, special effects, aerial photography, and second unit. Each interview gives a behind-the-scenes look at how some of the most popular shots ....
Release Date 1998/01 -
Color for Science, Art and Technology
Author Kurt Nassau
The aim of this book is to assemble a series of chapters, written by experts in their fields, covering the basics of color - and then some more. In this way, readers are supplied with almost anything they want to know about color outside their own area of expe....
Release Date 1997/12 -
Author Mike Crisp
Directing drama for the single camera is like no other form of Filmmaking, or any other medium involving actors. Experience in documentary or theatre may provide useful clues, but the techniques for drama film directors, although not basically complicated, ar....
Release Date 1997/12 -
Film and Television Acting, 2nd Edition
Author Ian Bernard
Film and Television Acting offers solid techniques for creating a natural, believable performance for film and television. The reader will discover techniques for listening and reacting, blocking and business, character, focus, the closeup, and comedy as they....
Release Date 1997/12 -
Should 360-degree Feedback Be Only Used For Developmental Purposes?
Author Cynthia D. McCauley , Maxine Dalton , David W. Bracken
Along with the growing use of 360-degree feedback in organizations today, there is much disagreement over how it should be employed: strictly to help the manager develop or also to help those who work with the manager decide such issues as pay and promotion? This p....
Release Date 1997/11 -
Basic TV Reporting, 2nd Edition
Author Ivor Yorke
Basic TV Reporting is a practical, easy to read guide to the skills needed to become a successful television reporter - arguably the most demanding and glamorous job in journalism. The book describes the role in detail, how reporters fit into the editorial te....
Release Date 1997/10 -
Documentary for the Small Screen
Author Paul Kriwaczek
Film and video have grown to be as significant in our time as books, newspapers and magazines. Documentary film-making is fast becoming as important and useful a skill as the ability to write well. Like writing, it can be learned by anyone. Film and video hav....
Release Date 1997/10 -
Concert Tour Production Management
Author John Vasey
Concert Tour Production Management deals with the business of production and sets out guidelines to follow in order to literally get the show on the road. Concert Tour Production Management provides the basic information to manage the production for a touring con....
Release Date 1997/10 -
Simplified Design of Data Converters
Author John Lenk
Simplified Design of Data Converters shows how to design and experiment with data converters, both analog-to-digital and digital to analog. The design approach here is the same one used in all of John Lenk's best-selling books on simplified and practical design. Th....
Release Date 1997/06 -
Choosing 360: A Guide to Evaluating Multi-rater Feedback Instruments for Management Development
Author John Fleenor , Jean Brittain Leslie , Ellen Van Van Velsor
Feedback is a rare commodity in organizational life, but it is key to managerial effectiveness. One increasingly popular vehicle for getting feedback from one's boss, peers, and subordinates is the multiple-perspective, or 360-degree, feedback instrument. Use of s....
Release Date 1997/06 -
The Manager's Pocket Guide to Generation X
Author Bruce Tulgan
Based on Bruce Tulgan's classic study of Generation X in the workplace, Managing Generation X, as well as his ongoing research into the working lives of people born after 1963, The Manager's Pocket Guide to Generation X is a concise, hands-on guide that will enabl....
Release Date 1997/01 -
Creating Special Effects for TV and Video, 3rd Edition
Author Bernard Wilkie
Creating Special Effects for TV and Video is a concise and practical introduction to the techniques used in television production. Now completely updated, this third edition covers a wide range of special effects in a simple and practical form, with clear ill....
Release Date 1996/11 -
Panaflex User's Manual, 2nd Edition
Author David Samuelson
The Panaflex User's Manual, Second Edition, provides detailed instructions and illustrations on how to use Panaflex motion picture camera equipment. Developed in conjunction with Panavision, this easy-to follow manual provides current, up-to-date information on all....
Release Date 1996/10 -
CGI Programming on the World Wide Web
Author Shishir Gundavaram
The World Wide Web is more than a place to put up clever documents and pretty pictures. With a little study and practice, you can offer interactive queries and serve instant information from databases, worked up into colorful graphics. That is what the Common Gatewa....
Release Date 1996/03 -
Author Richard C. Dorf , John V. Oldfield
Timely, authoritative, application-oriented. an in-depth exploration of current and future uses of FPGAs in digital systems The development of field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) may well be the most important breakthrough for the microelectronics industry since ....
Release Date 1995/01 -
Author Peter G. Neumann - SRI International
"This sobering description of many computer-related failures throughout our world deflates the hype and hubris of the industry. Peter Neumann analyzes the failure modes, recommends sequences for prevention and ends his unique book with some broadening reflections o....
Release Date 1994/10 -
Author Michael Talbot-Smith , Ken Angold-Stephens , Ed Boyce , Alan Bermingham
The recent demise of the independent television companies and the expansion of satellite and cable networks has led to an explosion in small, independent production facilities. In parallel with this development has been a steady increase in media training and....
Release Date 1994/10 -
Video Camera Techniques, 2nd Edition
Author Gerald Millerson
Video Camera Techniques is an ideal starter guide for anyone owning a camcorder, newcomers to the field of broadcast or corporate video-making, or students who all wish to make videos to professional standards. Written in Gerald Millserson's easy to understan....
Release Date 1994/08