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Technical Film and TV for Nontechnical People
Technical Film and TV for Nontechnical People Author:Drew Campbell TECHNICAL FILM & TV FOR NONTECHNICAL PEOPLE introduces film students, actors, producers and other nontechnical film people to the technical aspects that everyone working on a film set should know. Author Drew Campbell is a lightning and sound designer for Universal Studios who started out in theater and who was struck by the complex technical pr... more »ocedures and idiosyncratic expressions that he encountered on his first weeks on the set. Topics explained in TECHNICAL FILM & TV FOR NONTECHNICAL PEOPLE: Who does what on a film setthe roles of technical and non-technical team members Seeing a scriptturning a story into a storyboard and then into a production Shooting on film or videowhen each format is best used The parts of a camerahow it functions and how actors can best cooperate with it Soundthe process of recording and editing Shootingthe geography and schedule of a set and "getting the shot" Postproductionediting, continuity, and the dailies« less