DV Filmmaking: From Start to Finish covers all aspects of the new digital video frontier, for amateurs and professionals together - from the nuts and bolts of timecode and aspect ratio, for framing, lighting, and sound recording, and editing, special effects creation, and distribution . This book is written for filmmakers at varying levels of experience - taking an integrated approach to media production, and emphasize how different aspects of the process of working together to create an important work of digital art: Hands-on detailed examination of the artistic aspects of film and video production examples of a comprehensive exercise which makes extensive use of step-by-step to edit a scene of advanced techniques from successful films illustrate techniques used by professionals including a collection of professionally shot video clip, so users can read and follow along with sets of structured exercises develop highly refined repertoire of advanced skills in editing, effects creation, title design, and more Inspires advanced readers to work with the included clips on their own and experiment with new ideas Written for both Mac and PC users and covers using advanced from both Final Cut Pro and Adobe After Effects Written in accessible, attractive style, DV Filmmaking provides a solid basis of a very large value for beginners, while responding to the main points of filmmaking with a level of sophistication, detail, and understanding that even the most worldly director or educator can appreciate.