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This books is a true guide to digital film making. Stu guide us through the most important aspects and techniques without reading thousands pages. Excellent, this is a must.
The book is well written and comes with a level of street cred that you can sense as you read the information. You can't work in the visual effects industry very long before you run across something from Stu. Scriptwriting is a good example of this. I can personally say that I have learned much from Stu's wealth of information on the internet.
If you ever go on a set for your job, you would be well served to learn the lingo and know when to ask for a 'truck out' instead of a 'tilt up'. When it came out, I did not have much interest in reading the book since I am not a filmmaker per se. Eventually my curiosity and inner filmmaker took over and I got a copy of the book. I have long known about The DV Rebel's Guide from reading Stu Maschwitz's blog and articles. I think a solid understanding of the fields related to your own make you well rounded and easier to interface with. The areas that are not covered in depth are best covered in other books since they are topics unto themselves.
Every chapter is sprinkled with invaluable side notes and 'jargon watch' panels. I would say that the jargon watch panels may be one of the most helpful aspects of the book.
This book educates in that capacity and covers many topics well. He is quite opinionated and learned in his field.
The chapters on editing, camera, and onlining were the most useful to me. Stu's wit and candor are evident as he use humorous stories and illustrations to get a point across.
He covers all aspects of making a film on a low budget, some areas deeper than others. Most of the material covered in the visual effects chapters were a good overview and would be extremely instructional for a junior fx artist.
Most importantly, The DV Rebel's Guide inspires you to want to go out and make a film.and I think that's the reason most of us are in the business after all.
I'm a low (read no) budget filmmaker, however the $30 this book cost me was definitely well spent. Well written and accessible but full of fantastic information that both appreciates the limitations of guerilla film making and inspires you to push the boundaries. I'd thoroughly recommend this book.CheersJez
Guess my tittle says it all.A pleasure to read, a world of precious information, no matter what level of a filmmaker you are, you should read this book. no wait you HAVE to read this book.T ; )~
This book was originally referred to me by Aharon Rabinowitz of [.]. as great book for amateur filmmakers. It was definitely a great buy with some pretty useful bonus content on the DVD. Definitely worth checking out.
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