MOJO: Mobile Journalism Handbook
MOJO: The Mobile Journalism Handbook
How to Make Broadcast Videos with an iPhone or iPad
By Ivo Burum, Stephen Quinn
© 2016 – Focal Press
322 pages
MOJO: The Mobile Journalism Handbook is the first book devoted specifically to training citizens, journalism students and media professionals to produce professional-quality videos with only a mobile device. As journalism becomes increasingly competitive, students and emerging professionals need a broader skillset to make themselves more employable, whether as mainstream or entrepreneurial journalists. This book by Dr. Ivo Burum and Dr. Stephen Quinn, world experts in mobile journalism, provides comprehensive coverage of all the skills and practices needed to be a mobile journalist.
Key features:
- Burum and Quinn underline the importance of story and storytelling, the crucial context journalists always need to keep in mind. Other books and tutorials merely offer step-by-step guidance to mobile technology and apps.
- The book synthesizes the knowledge and more than 70 years of combined expertise of two of the world’s leading mobile journalism practitioners, offering sage advice and tips from people who have trained mojos in more than 20 countries.
Companion Website:
How-to videos on the companion website offer powerful ways for learners to absorb the content easily, walking them through the key mojo components of research, shooting, scripting, voice-over, editing and post-production.
www.routledge.com/cw/burum
Ivo Burum is an award-winning writer, director and television executive producer. He has more than 30 years’ experience working across genres including frontline international current affairs. A pioneer in UGS creation, Dr. Burum lectures in multimedia journalism. This is his second book about mojo. He runs Burum Media, a mojo and web TV consultancy that provides training for journalists, educators and remote communities internationally.
Stephen Quinn was a journalist for 20 years before he became a university professor in 1996. Dr. Quinn taught journalism in five countries until he returned to journalism in 2011 in Hong Kong. His UK-based company MOJO Media Insights trains mobile journalists around the world. This is his twenty-first print book. He has also produced 5 iBooks. He co-writes a weekly column syndicated to seven countries.
COMPOSITING VISUAL EFFECTS IN AFTER EFFECTS
Compositing Visual Effects in After Effects
Essential Techniques
By Lee Lanier
© 2016 – Routledge
270 pages | 197 Color Illus.
Description
Create vibrant visual effects with Adobe After Effects. Gain the tips, tricks, and applied knowledge you need to carry out essential visual effects tasks and bring your digital compositing to the next level.
In Compositing Visual Effects in After Effects, industry veteran Lee Lanier covers all the common After Effects techniques any serious visual effects artist needs to know, combining the latest, professionally-vetted studio practices and workflows with multi-chapter projects and hands-on lessons.
Engaging, full-color tutorials cover:
- Altering resolutions and frame rates
- Channel and color space manipulation
- Rotoscoping and masking
- Matchmoving and motion tracking
- Keying green screen
- Working in the 3D environment and integrating 3D render passes
- Particle simulation
- Color grading and distressing
- Expressions and project management
The companion website (www.focalpress.com/cw/lanier) features video image sequences, 3D renders, matte paintings, and other tutorial materials, allowing you to immediately apply the techniques taught in the book.
The Game Narrative Toolbox
The Game Narrative Toolbox
By Tobias Heussner, Toiya Kristen Finley, Jennifer Brandes Hepler, Ann Lemay
Series Editor: Heather Chandler
© 2015 – Routledge
250 pages
AVID UNCUT: WORKFLOWS / TIPS / TECHNIQUES FROM HOLLYWOOD PROS
Leverage the full power of Avid Media Composer with this essential guide from an Avid guru. Master timesaving tricks and techniques that utilize the latest Media Composer features and state-of-the-art workflows. Learn the secrets of the postproduction professionals from box office blockbusters like Harry Potter, I am Legend, Dark Shadows, Men in Black II, Charlie’s Angels, 42, and The Last of the Mohicans, as well as primetime hits likeSMASH, Big Bang Theory, Weeds, The Mindy Project, and MythBusters.
In Avid Uncut, Steve Hullfish taps into the expertise of the world’s top editors to share in-depth, behind-the-scenes secrets and best practices that will boost your editing and color correction skills to the next level. Five distinct sections cover:
- Pre-post, including discussion of metadata, prepping ScriptSync, decomposing, and more
- Settings, with tips on keyboard optimization, bin settings, and import/export settings
- Off-line workflows on trimming, multicam editing, using Phrasefind, audio, and stereoscopic 3D
- Effects, such as 3rd party plugins, 3D warp effects, and Animatte
- On-line workflows for efficiently and beautifully finishing your work, including step-by-step tutorials for RED and ARRI Alexa workflows
Also featured are extensive tips dedicated to helping FCP editors switch over to Avid, as well as a companion website (www.focalpress.com/cw/hullfish) loaded with video tutorials of the techniques discussed in the book and project files, including RED and ARRI Alexa footage, that turn Avid Uncut into an invaluable, hands-on workshop!
Electricity for the Entertainment Electrician & Technician – 2nd Edition
Electricity for the Entertainment Electrician & Technician
2nd Edition
By Richard Cadena
Routledge
338 pages
The application of electricity for the theatre, concert stage, television studio, or any other production environment differs from that of a residence or commercial building. Electricity for the Entertainment Electrician & Technician is the only reference on the market that covers these differences, explaining what entertainment electricians and technicians need to know and why. It not only reinforces the fundamentals of electricity, power distribution, and electrical safety, but also explains the latest developments in technology for the live entertainment professional and aspiring professional. Written by an Entertainment Technician Certification Program (ETCP) Recognized trainer, this reference supports practicing electricians and technicians, and provides new technicians the assistance needed for a successful career in the entertainment industry. Fully updated, the second edition contains new information on systems, protocols, regulations, and safety standards, both domestic and international. Additional resources, including conversion tables, voltage spreadsheets, articles from Lighting & Sound International, Lighting & Sound America, and Protocol, and animations and illustrations depicting electricity and electric power distribution developed for the author‘s workshops, can be found on the companion website www.entertainmentelectricity.com.
GETTING STARTED IN Z BRUSH
Getting Started in ZBrush
An Introduction to Digital Sculpting and Illustration, 1st Edition
By Greg Johnson
CRC Press
330 pages
Getting Started in ZBrush is a gentle introduction to ZBrush, today’s premier digital sculpting program. Beginning with the fundamentals of digital sculpting as well as a thorough introduction to the user interface, Getting Started in ZBrush will have you creating a variety of professional-level 3D models in no-time. More than just another button-pushing manual, this comprehensive guide is packed with start-to-finish projects that ease you into the workflow of the program, while at the same time providing tips and tricks that will allow you to achieve certain tasks much more quickly. After progressing through the tutorials, you will be shown how to customize brushes, materials, scripts, and the interface so that you can utilize these tools to their full advantage.
Special consideration is given to ZBrush’s integration plug-ins with Maya and 3ds Max, allowing you to properly import and export your models in all programs. Texturing, painting, mapping, decimation, baking, and topology are also fully covered so your Zbrush creations can come to life without sacrificing that high-resolution look.
- Ease your way into this complex subject with this straight-forward approach to ZBrush
- Perfect your technique with step-by-step tutorials that allow you to create high res models from start to finish.
- Expand your knowledge by visiting the companion website, which features video demonstrations, project files, texture and model files, scripts, customized menus, brushes, and additional resources.
ENTERTAINMENT RIGGING FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
Entertainment Rigging for the 21st Century
Compilation of Work on Rigging Practices, Safety, and Related Topics
Edited by Bill Sapsis
© 2015 – Focal Press
288 pages
From the basics of physical forces and mathematical formulas to performer flying and stage automation, Entertainment Rigging for the 21st Century provides you with insider information into rigging systems and the skills you need to safely operate them. Over the past decade, the entertainment industry has witnessed major changes in rigging technology, as manually operated rigging has given way to motorized systems in both permanent and touring productions, and greater attention has been paid to standardizing safety practices. This book leads you through what is currently happening in the industry, why it’s happening, and how. Accessible for riggers and non-riggers alike, it contains details on the technology and methodology used to achieve the startling effects found in concerts and stage shows.
With a foreword written by Monona Rossol, this text contains contributions from industry leaders including:
- Rocky Paulson
- Bill Gorlin
- Tray Allen
- Roy Bickel
- Keith Bohn
- Karen Butler
- Stuart Cox
- Bill Sapsis
- Dan Culhane
- Eddie Raymond
- Chris Higgs
- Carla Richters
- Joe McGeough
- Scott Fisher
Tradigital 3ds Max
Tradigital 3ds Max
A CG Animator’s Guide to Applying the Classic Principles of Animation
Painter 11 for Photographers – Creating painterly images step by step
Painter 11 for Photographers
Creating painterly images step by step
By Martin Addison
Tradigital Maya
Tradigital Maya
A CG Animator’s Guide to Applying the Classical Principles of Animation
By Lee Montgomery
© 2012 – Focal Press
540 pages | 450 Color Illus.
Explore Disney’s 12 principles of animation, while learning how to animate in Maya. You can develop your own leading digital techniques rooted to traditional workflows. From squash and stretch to timing and appeal, you will enhance your creative toolset with strong classics training and cutting edge techniques. Trusted Maya Authority, Lee Montgomery offers the only artistic guide to applying the principles of traditional animation with Maya’s tools, which are used in production by the best animators and VFX artists today. Add another webpage to your favourites and expand your digital workflow to include the practical resources of the Tradigital Maya with the robust companion web site that include demonstrations, project files, links to further resources, available at www.tradigitalmaya.com.
Analog Synthesizers: Understanding… 1st Edition
Analog Synthesizers
Understanding, Performing, Buying- from the legacy of Moog to software synthesis, 1st Edition
By Mark Jenkins
Routledge
322 pages
In this book, the technical explanation of the nature of analog sound creation is followed by the story of its birth and its subsequent development by various designers, manufacturers and performers.
The individual components of analog sound creation are then examined in detail, with step by step examples of sound creation techniques. Then the modern imitative analog instruments are examined, again with detailed instructions for programming and using them, and the book is completed with appendices listing the major instrument lines available, hints on values and purchasing, other sources of information, and a discography of readily available recordings which give good examples of analog sound synthesis.
The CD which accompanies the book gives many examples of analog sound creation basics as well as more advanced techniques, and of the abilities of the individual instruments associated with classical and with imitative analog sound synthesis.
Placing Shadows: Lighting Technique for Video Production
A mix of theory and practical applications, Placing Shadows covers the physical properties of light and the selection of proper instruments for the best possible effect. For the student, advanced amateur, and pros trying to enhance the look of their productions, this book examines the fundamentals and is also a solid reference for tips on better performance. * Heavily illustrated in full color! * Covers the fundamental properties of light as well as many tips and tricks * Includes up-to-date equipment and techniques such as lighting for High Def, HMI lighting, etc.
Photojournalism, 5E The Professionals’ Approach
by Kenneth Kobre. Practical techniques and high-impact illustrations from one of the country’s leading photojournalists. Includes new interviews with well known photojournalists such as, Anne Wells, John Gaps III, David Hume Kennerly, Diana Walker, and PF Bently. Photojournalism, Fifth Edition includes new interviews with well known photojournalists such as, Anne Wells story of a Pulitzer Prize winning photo, John Gaps III, formerly of the Associated Press, David Hume Kennerly of Newsweek, Diana Walker and PF Bently of Time. Individual case studies draw upon the experience of leading photojournalists to show readers how working professionals handle on-the-job challenges. A blend of insightful interviews, practical experience, and high-impact photographs creates the definitive text on photojournalism. * DVD of short video documentaries that show photojournalists at work * Extensive material on how to turn Pro, from developing a portfolio and freelancing to findind a job * Interviews with celebrated photojournalists are accompanied by hundreds of black and white, and color photographs Illustrated with over 400 color and B&W photographs. Softbound. 8-1/2 x 11″. 416 pp. ISBN: 0240806107
