John Carucci - Digital SLR Video and Filmmaking For Dummies

Digital SLR Video & Filmmaking For Dummies

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About the Author

John Carucci has written more than a hundred articles on photography, video, and technology. His work has appeared in many publications including American Photo, Photo Insider, and Popular Photography, where he served as a contributing editor.

Carucci works as an entertainment news producer for Associated Press Television, where he conducts studio interviews, covers field assignments (red carpet events, news events, interviews, and so on), writes scripts, and edits both television packages and online segments. He has covered numerous events in his role as producer, including the Toronto International Film Festival, the Super Bowl, and the Tony Awards. In addition to his television work, he also writes general news stories on the entertainment beat. Prior to that appointment, he was a photo editor covering sports, national, international, and features.

Carucci has worked behind the camera as a producer and director for numerous video projects and has directed several music videos.

Dedication

To the usual suspects: an actor, director, and a captain.

Authors Acknowledgments

Its hard to make a movie by yourself, and its even harder to write a book by yourself. With that in mind, I have a lot of people to thank, both those directly related to the book and those, well, directly related to me.

Lets start with the folks at Wiley, starting with executive editor Steve Hayes for giving me the opportunity and having the patience to continually modify the plan to accommodate my busy schedule. Thanks to my editor, Linda Morris, for working with my ever-changing schedule that made the planet in Star Trek II after the Genesis project was tested on it seem stable.

Thanks to my agent, Carol Jelen, for finding this project and finding me. I appreciate all of your help.

My gratitude goes out to everyone that appeared, answered a question, and provided some assistance. And once again, thanks to Jillian, Anthony, and Alice for providing a base.

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Introduction

I ts hard to imagine Alfred Hitchcock giving his cameraman instructions for shooting a scene with a DSLR. But then again, would anyone in 1982 believe video was viewable on anything other than 25 concave tube? Or that anything could ever compete with the quality of film?