Introduction: -- About this book -- Foolish assumptions: -- Newbies -- Students -- Photographers -- Videographers -- Conventions used in this book -- How this book is organized: -- Part 1: Joining The DSLR Video Revolution -- Part 2: Control The Camera, Control The Movie -- Part 3: Fixing It In Post -- Part 4: Becoming A Filmmaker -- Part 5: Part Of Tens -- Icons used in this book -- Where to go from here -- Part 1: Joining The DSLR Video Revolution: -- Going From Still To Video In A Single Camera: -- Making Movies With Your DSLR: -- Understanding the SLR part -- Figuring out the digital part -- Changing a lens -- Defining DSLR users -- Deciding Whether To Get A DLSR: -- Understanding why DSLRs are not quite the same as a video camera -- Seeing how DSLR is familiar to still photographers -- Thinking in movie terms -- Putting It All Together: -- Realizing that half the movie is shooting it -- Making your movie sing in post-production -- Figuring out what to do with your movie -- Exploring DSLR Video Capabilities: -- Selecting The Right Camera: -- Working on a budget -- Blowing the budget -- Using something just right -- Understanding camera controls -- Breaking Down The Numbers: -- Sensor resolution for movies -- Frame rate -- Scan types -- Outlining The Main Functions On Your DSLR: -- Moviemaking shutter speeds -- Key DSLR functions -- Knowing Your DSLR: -- Canon -- Nikon -- Olympus -- Pentax -- Sony -- Panasonic - Eyes of the camera: breaking down camera lenses -- Discovering The Tools Of Tapeless Capture: -- Size matters and so does speed -- Protecting your card -- Keeping Your Camera Steady: -- Using A Tripod: -- Keeping a good head on your shoulders - er sticks -- Simplifying with a monopod -- Creating stability without a tripod -- To Have And To Hold: -- Camera rig systems -- Breaking down the rig components -- Other handheld devices -- Moving The Camera With Support: -- Camera dolly -- Using a crane or jib -- Audio Matters: -- Deciphering Audio Capture Choices: -- Internal audio -- Portable digital audio recorders -- Explaining Microphone Flavors: -- Microphone designed for DSLR -- Microphone accessories -- Connecting your audio device -- Understanding wireless transmitters -- Recognizing the importance of monitoring audio -- Part 2: Control The Camera, Control The Movie: -- Shooting Video With Your DSLR: -- Nailing The Fundamentals Of The Shoot: -- Understanding exposure -- Putting it all together -- Keeping The Camera Steady, Eddie!: -- Handholding like a SLR doesn't work -- Not wanting, but needing, to use a tripod -- Using a rack system for steady holding -- Shooting to edit -- Shooting just enough variations -- Watching and learning from the movies -- Varying focal length -- Mastering shot structure -- Maintaining continuity between shots -- Getting Creative With Your Shoot: -- Controlling Aperture For Effect: -- Understanding depth of field -- Reciprocity at work -- Factors that affect depth of field -- Finding The Best Angle: -- Employing angles effectively -- Let the camera do the walking, -er - moving -- Playing nice with your dolly -- Using Camera Filters: -- Mounting filters: the choice is yours -- Shooting day for night -- Tooling With Camera Effects: -- Keen on green screen -- Shooting your very own chroma key -- Using Time-Lapse Photography: -- Making a time-lapse movie -- Calculating your time -- Breaking Dawn Over Light Sources: -- Understanding why lighting is critical -- Taking advantage of natural light -- Looking at passive versus proactive lighting -- Seeing Why Not All Light Is Created Equal: -- Color temperature -- Day-light spectrum -- From dawn to dusk -- Understanding Incandescent Light Sources: -- Candlelight -- Tungsten illumination -- Household bulbs -- Working with location and studio lighting -- Dealing With Artificial Illumination On The Scene: -- Night light, dark and bright -- Shadows and highlights -- Working With High-Intensity Discharge Lamps: -- Sodium vapor -- Mercury vapor -- Metal halide lighting -- Loving the way that neon glows -- Coping with the unpredictability of fluorescents -- Making the scene look better -- BYOL: Bringing Your Own Light: -- Selecting Lighting Solutions A LA Carte: -- Using on-camera video lights -- Exploring lighting kits -- Using non-conventional lighting -- Understanding The Basic Nature Of Lighting: -- Mastering three-point lighting -- Discovering main light -- Working with a fill light -- Using a backlight -- Looking at four-point lighting -- Discovering even more lights -- Using reflectors to complement lighting -- Improvising a reflector -- Making Dramatic Lighting Easy: -- Making Rembrandt proud -- Playing the angles -- Doing a simple green screen illumination -- Complementary color -- Avoiding Lighting Pitfalls: -- Remaining diligent of all lights in the scene -- Seeing why too much texture may get you in trouble -- Keeping your eyes on the subject's face -- Watch out for lens flare -- Reigning In The Frame: -- You Got Framed!: -- Considering proper composition -- Using the rule of thirds -- Remembering the people aesthetic -- Keeping the frame simple -- Using the background -- Art Directing The Scene: -- Framing the subject -- Being creative with shadows and reflections -- Taking advantage of symmetry -- Beginning mise-en-scene -- Breaking down the shots -- Moving The Camera The Wrong Way: -- Too much camera movement -- Too much zoom -- Panned and panned and panned -- Tilting frames -- Subject disappears from view -- Objects disappear from the edge of the screen -- Making The Most Of Audio Capture: -- Recording Sound On The Scene: -- Capturing sound with the camera's built-in microphone -- Using a camera-mounted microphone - Taking a step up to a separate microphone -- Identifying audio problems -- Using a separate sound recorder -- Getting Around Those Audio Pitfalls: -- Working around limitations -- Maintaining proper levels -- Watching the meters -- Using headphones -- Staying close to the subject -- Seeing why two channels are good, four channels are better -- Audio file types -- Adding Sound Effects: -- Finding sound effects -- Making your own sound effects --

Part 3: Fixing It In Post: -- Building Your Editing Suite: -- Picking The Best Computer For the Job: -- Are you a Mac? -- Or are you a PC? -- Naming conventions out the windows -- Systems are not that far apart -- Understanding Workstation Requirements: -- Minimum speed need not apply -- Nexus of processors -- Graphic cards -- Random Access Memory (RAM) -- Cache-ing out -- Spin your hard drive at 7,200, please -- Port types -- Accessories Make The Outfit: -- Adding an additional monitor -- Keying in to keyboard types -- Of mice and men -- Using a video cassette deck -- Picking The Software That Suits Your Needs: -- Checking out free software -- Using pro software -- Exploring inexpensive options -- Getting To Know Adobe Premiere Elements: -- Getting the concept of non-linear editing -- Choosing From An Abundance Of Non-Linear Editing Software: -- Deciding on premiere elements -- Breaking down the interface -- Looking at the quick versus expert view -- Checking out the new features in expert view -- Checking out the new features in expert view -- Understanding The Requirements For Running Premiere Elements: -- Windows -- Mac OS -- Supported formats -- Looking At The Timeline: -- Organizer -- Tooling around -- Bringing in the media -- Importing video files -- Ingesting from camera -- Setting your scratch disc -- Implementing An Efficient Workflow: -- Setting preferences -- Setting up your movie -- Customize your workspace -- Save early, save often -- Looking At Premiere's Key Features: -- Instant movies -- Transitions -- Video effects -- Audio features -- Making titles -- Making Your Movie: -- Creating your movie project -- Putting It All Together: -- Transferring content from the camera card -- Importing movies from a hard drive -- Dragging and dropping in the timeline -- Setting ins and outs -- Trimming it, scrubbing it -- Using smart trim -- Adding tracks -- Resizing tracks -- Assembling the edit -- Using the snap option -- Negotiating Audio Matters: -- Mixing audio -- Get those levels right -- Separating tracks -- Observe audio with your eyes through waveforms -- Dressing Up Your Movie: -- Transitioning one clip to the next -- Titles make the movie -- Adding a static tile to your movie -- Create a rolling or crawling title -- Taking Your Edit To Infinity And Beyond: -- Making Elements Sing: -- Using keywords for metadata -- Tagging in organizer -- Smart tagging -- Changing a clip's speeded by using time stretch -- Reverse the playback of a clip -- Using time remapping -- Grabbing a freeze frame -- Exporting your movie -- Presenting Your Movie: -- Creating a self-playing movie -- Controlling File Size: -- Using a conversion program -- Checking out your movie -- Sharing and sharing alike -- Other choices for conversion programs -- Considering intellectual property rules -- Burning to DVD -- Showing your movie on Facebook -- Sharing video on YouTube -- Sharing video on Vimeo -- Archiving Your Movie Files: -- Finding The Best Archiving Solution: -- Archiving with external hard drives -- Burning to DVD -- Backing up to tape -- Considering Sony XDCAM -- Using media cards -- Trying online storage -- Managing Your Content: -- Organization made simple -- Using Adobe elements organizer -- Saving graces -- Exercising Common Sense: -- Redundancy is redundant, and it works -- Staying current on backup formats -- Constantly migrate the important files -- Part 4: Becoming A Filmmaker: -- Doing The Pre-shoot Work: -- Figuring What You Need: -- Scouting locations -- Shooting on a soundstage -- Considering props and costumes -- Gathering Your Assets, Er, Actors: -- Taking the next step with your cast -- Rehearsing your actors -- Doing a table read -- Writing the screenplay -- Breaking Down The Screenplay: -- Understanding character types -- Discovering the three-act structure -- Writing the treatment -- Starting small and building -- Crafting your character's dialogue in your screenplay -- Roles In The Filmmaking Process: -- Exploring The Behind-The-Scenes Roles: -- Producer -- Director -- Director of cinematography -- Camera operators -- Screenwriter -- Script supervisor -- Sound technicians -- Production designer -- Stunt coordinator -- Casting director -- Going Far Behind The Scenes: -- Production assistants -- Gaffers and cohorts -- Working With Talent: -- Staying on top of acting lingo -- Working with actors -- Finding actors -- Knowing The Post-Production Experts: -- Film editor -- Special effects editor -- Sound effects editor -- Managing The Day Of The Shoot And Beyond: -- Directors Direct: -- Directing your movie and keeping friends -- Understanding why directing is like politics -- Figuring out the importance of the clapperboard -- Shooting The Movie: -- Recognizing the need for multiple takes -- Shooting your movie out of order -- Arriving prepared -- Cleaning your lenses -- Creating a shooting schedule -- Working from a shot list -- Planning For Your Edit: -- Doing a sound check -- Logging each shot -- Managing continuity -- Backing up your stuff -- Your Read Carpet Premiere Awaits: -- Holding A Private Screening: -- Creating a virtual screening -- Dabbling in the festival waters -- Pondering The Film Festival Circuit, Major League Edition: -- Cannes Film Festival -- Sundance Film Festival -- Toronto International Film Festival -- Other film festivals -- Considering online film festivals -- Part 5: Part Of Tens: -- Ten Ways To Improve Your Filmmaking Skills: -- Plan your shoot -- Tell a concise story -- Shot to edit -- Use the proper tools for stabilization -- Understanding your DSLR like the stats for your favorite team -- Bring your own lighting -- Never skimp on composition -- Remember to get plenty of cutaways -- Don't forget about sound -- Watch a lot of movies -- Ten Steps To Creating A Music Video: -- Find the right song -- Determine what it takes to produce it -- Have a concept for the video -- What type of music video do you want? -- Break down the beats -- Work from a script -- Use light effectively -- Get the lip-synching down pat before hitting record -- Follow through on every sequence you shoot -- Shoot to edit to the umpteenth degree -- Ten Wedding Video Techniques: -- Have the right equipment -- Anticipate the action before you can follow it -- Capture the necessary moments -- Create a narrative through interviews -- Monitor your audio -- Shoot a healthy dose of B-roll -- Pay attention to focal length -- Try some tricks -- Make it happen in editing -- Be responsible and finish the job on time -- Ten Tips For Creating A Documentary: -- Know the topic you're going to cover -- Plan your shoot well -- Have the right equipment -- Have a plan for shooting -- Make contact with sources before shooting -- Don't under/overestimate your social skills -- Have a strong narrative -- Shoot much more than you'll ever use -- Using still photos -- Watch documentaries to understand narrative -- Index.