The DV Rebel's Guide: An All-Digital Approach to Making Killer Action Movies on the Cheap Summary and Reviews

The DV Rebel's Guide: An All-Digital Approach to Making Killer Action Movies on the Cheap
by Stu Maschwitz

The DV Rebel's Guide: An All-Digital Approach to Making Killer Action Movies on the Cheap
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Author: Stu Maschwitz
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-01-01
ISBN: 0321413644
Number of pages: 320
Publisher: Peachpit Press
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Book Review: Great
Summary: 5 Stars

This is an excellent book for those new to filmmaking and those who are already in the industry (like myself).
Although you can tell the author is a big fan of Adobe After Effects the book isn't dominated by After Effects - there is a great chapter on Online Editing including some genuinely helpful insight into colour grading (or color correction!!).
The included DVD has some useful Excel calculators on it as well as After Effects project files, and also the authors own short movie - which he refers to in the book.
I can't recommend this book enough (I can't write decent reviews either, writing isn't one of my fortes I'm afraid :) ).
I give this book 5 stars.

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