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Summary: GREAT REVIEW IN RES:THE MAGAZINE OF DIGITAL FILMMAKING
Review: "The handbook is eminently readable, thanks to a deeply personal tone that flows throughout the text. Collier is genuinely interested in steering doe-eyed filmmakers clear of potential pitfalls. In fact, hisfirst chapter is skillfully arranged to guide traditional sprocket-heads through the zeros and ones of the DV format. The result is an unintimidating effect that drives readers further into the details." Res: The Magazine of Digital Filmmaking
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Summary: A complete "how to" instruction guide for digital filmmaking
Review: Ably edited by Scott Smith, Maxie Collier's The iFilm Digital Video Filmmaker's Handbook is a complete "how to" instruction guide for digital filmmaking and covers all creative and technical aspects of pre-production, lighting, digital video, editing, post-production, distribution and exhibition. An essential, core title for personal, professional, and film school library reference collections, The iFilm Digital Video Filmmaker's Handbook is enhanced with an accompanying and invaluable DVD of filmmaking resources.
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Summary: A complete "how to" instruction guide for digital filmmaking
Review: Ably edited by Scott Smith, Maxie Collier's The iFilm Digital Video Filmmaker's Handbook is a complete "how to" instruction guide for digital filmmaking and covers all creative and technical aspects of pre-production, lighting, digital video, editing, post-production, distribution and exhibition. An essential, core title for personal, professional, and film school library reference collections, The iFilm Digital Video Filmmaker's Handbook is enhanced with an accompanying and invaluable DVD of filmmaking resources.
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Summary: Book review from BOOKWATCH
Review: Ably edited by Scott Smith, the IFILM Digital Video Filmmaker's Handbook is a complete "how-to" instructional guide for digital filmmaking and covers all creative and technical aspects of pre-production, lighting, digital video, editing, post-production, distribution and exhibition. An essential, core title for personal, professional and film school library collections, The IFILM Digital Video Filmmaker's Handbook is enhanced with an accompanying and invaluable DVD of filmmaking resources.
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Summary: THIS BOOK IS WORTHLESS
Review: Do not buy this book. It is boring and has nothing to offer anybody. I'm new to this game and didn't learn a single thing. I was just bored by the author's babble about some movie project of his about traveling around and interviewing people. As you can see, I'm upset because I've wasted my time and money on this thing.Don't Buy it.
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Summary: THIS BOOK IS WORTHLESS
Review: Do not buy this book. It is boring and has nothing to offer anybody. I'm new to this game and didn't learn a single thing. I was just bored by the author's babble about some movie project of his about traveling around and interviewing people. As you can see, I'm upset because I've wasted my time and money on this thing. Don't Buy it.
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Summary: If I Could Only Have One Filmmaking Book
Review: I have ordered many books from Amazon in the past, but this is the first review I have written. After reading the poor review of Maxie Collier's IFILM Digital Video Filmmaker's Handbook, I had to offer my feedback. I have purchased and read dozens of books about digital filmmaking and low budget filmmaking and Collier's book is undoubtedly one of the most comprehensive. The book covers everything from film basics to an excellent explantion of digital production and post production technology and technics. I learned alot just reading the very informative glossary. I have to agree with the review below that it is not the best edited book but the writing is excellent. I was impressed with the personal and inspiring tone of the book. Unlike one of the other digital filmmaking book I recently read (Digital Moviemaking by Scott Billups), this book is a great read. And, Collier's book cost less and comes with a DVD. (The DVD was kind of boring, but it has some real handy production forms on it that you can print out on your computer.) While I'm a fan of other filmmaking books such as Feature Filmmaking at Used Car Prices (Rick Schmidt's classic), Collier's book covers digital technology far more thoroughly. If there is a better digital filmmaking book available, somebody PLEASE let me know the title and I'll order that one as well. Otherwise, the IFILM Digital Video Filmmaker's Handbooks gets my vote.
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Summary: Almost Perfect
Review: I have to give Maxie 5 stars, because this truly is one of the most concise yet simple-to-read books on the subject of DV. I had only one major complaint though; Maxie makes a comparative anylasis of PCs vs Macs by comparing Mac OS to Windows 95 - and this book was published last year! Windows 95?? Come on Maxie! WinNT, Win2k and WinXP Pro are by far the standards for DV on the PC platform, and Maxie just doesn't do the PC fair in his argument.
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Summary: Excellent Book!
Review: I purchased this book following Maxie's excellent digital filmmaking panel at Showbiz Expo here in LA. I was impressed with the information he gave at the panel and even more impressed with all of the practical information in the book. I'm shooting a movie in three weeks and this book is helping me be far better prepared. Highly recommended!
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Summary: Not Worth It
Review: I was gravely disappointed by this book. A large portion of it is wasted talking about movie making in general-- how to work with writers, write a good script, etc. A small portion provided a small portion of the information I had expected--technical information about the 'digital' part. It is poorly written and poorly edited.
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