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Mastering MultiCamera Techniques
From Preproduction to Editing and Deliverables
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Book Presentation:
From a basic two-camera interview to an elaborate 26 camera HD concert film, this comprehensive guide presents a platform-agnostic approach to the essential techniques required to set up and edit a multi-camera project. Actual case studies are used to examine specific usages of multi-camera editing and include a variety of genres including concerts, talk shows, reality programming, sit-coms, documentaries for television, event videography and feature films. Other features include: * Advanced multi-camera techniques and specialty work-flows are examined for tapeless & large scale productions with examples from network TV shows, corporate media projects, event videography, and feature films. * New techniques for 3D projects, 2k/4k media management and color correction are revealed. * Technical breakdowns analyze system requirements for monitoring, hard drives & RAIDs, RAM, codecs and computer platforms. * Apple Final Cut Pro, Avid Media Composer, Adobe Premiere Pro and several other software programs are detailed. * Tables, charts, screen-grabs, photos, web-links, blogs, tech school lists and other resource tools for further study. * Unique interviews with the 'Masters of Multi-Cam' including EMMY and academy award-winning directors and editors who share their project notes and give insight to award-winning techniques.
About the Author:
Mitch Jacobson is a producer/director and digital video editor who has specialized in multicamera productions for 30 years. His productions have been seen on all of the major television and cable networks and have been nominated twice for the Prime Time Emmy™ Award for Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special. Mitch is also the presenter of MultiCam Madness!® and other special workshops for industry trade groups and conferences.
Press Reviews:
"This is an essential book to both production and post professionals. Multicamera production is becoming increasingly relevant to many different genres and I can think of no better expert than Mitch Jacobson. He is both knowledgeable and very generous... making this an essential read."--Richard Harrington - RHED Pixel
"The book is a treasure chest of all things multicam.. At 449 pages there's tons of good information in the book from cover to cover.. If you want to learn about multicam editing then this is the book for you. As an editor who's cut a lot of multicam over his career I'm still learning as I make my way through the book."--PVC
See the publisher website: Routledge
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