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How To Write and Sell a Screenplay

Excerpted from the book Television That Matters: A guide for writers and producers By David L. Smith Industry professionals generally agree: If you’re serious about writing fiction for television or film, live in Los Angeles. That’s where the resources...

Camera Obscura

The term "camera obscura" is Latin. "Camera" means a vaulted chamber/room and "obscura" means dark. So the phrase translates as "darkened chamber/room." It is an optical technique that uses a darkened room with a small hole to the outside. The hole acts like a lens...

Multicamera Production

from the book "Mastering Multicamera Techniques: From Preproduction to Editing and Deliverables" by Mitch Jacobson Category-5 Studios, New York From a two-camera interview to a 26-camera concert special, multicamera production is being used more now than ever before....

Techniques of Professional Shooters

Plan Your Work. Work Your Plan. Think about the subject of your story and how you will get the shots you need to tell the story. You don't have to shoot it in the order it occurs so focus on those shots that may only be available for a short time. Get them "in the...

Metadata For Video

What is metadata? Basically, it’s data about data. You may be familiar with meta tags used for web pages. Meta tags are inserted between the head tags which are at the very top of a web page. The information in this head area of your web pages is not seen by those...

The Art Of Film And Video Editing Part-9

Influence of Music Videos MTV was launched in 1981 as a medium for record companies and recording artists to sell music, clothes, movies and more. Today MTV (owned by Viacom) earns over a billion dollars a year in profits. The business of MTV is all about learning...

The Art Of Film And Video Editing Part-8

Does Non-Linear Editing Change Style and Art? Non-Linear editing is done on a computer and offers “random access, non-destructive editing” of the source material, including video and audio. There are a great many advantages to Non-Linear Editing. Two of...