Desktop DV Production Tutorial

Author: Liu Yumin
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Publish Date: 2003-08-01
Features: This book combines a large number of practical examples to systematically and comprehensively introduce knowledge related to video cameras, the composition of desktop DV systems, audiovisual material acquisition, the shaping of television images, lighting for scenes, and a full set of practical desktop DV production techniques, including television editing, post-production processing, and output. The book is divided into 5 chapters:
Chapter 1 briefly introduces relevant knowledge of desktop DV production systems;
Chapter 2 covers the preparation work before DV shooting, basic knowledge of television cinematography, and desktop digital audiovisual acquisition;
Chapter 3 discusses the characteristics of television visual language, the shaping of static and moving shots, subjective and objective shots, and empty shots, the configuration and scene direction of television lenses, and the lighting treatment of television images;
Chapter 4 focuses on the art of television editing, including the basics of audiovisual language—montage and long shots, basic methods of television image editing, audiovisual combination, rhythm, and the structure of television programs;
Chapter 5 introduces desktop television special effects production, desktop subtitle, graphic, and image creation, basic methods of television voice-over and background music, and desktop voice-over and background music production for post-production processing and output.
This book integrates theory with practice, features concise analysis, logical structure, and strong practicality, making it a crystallization of the authors' years of teaching experience. It is highly suitable as a supplementary textbook for college and university courses or a teaching reference book, as well as a training manual for film and television personnel or for individual DV production enthusiasts.