Trifling with Fate How to Make a Digital Video Feature Film
A complete step-by-step guide to making a feature film on digital video, by an award-winning writer-director. Also contains much specific advice on the various aspects of filmmaking.
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Prefacei1.Starting Out1A Word to First-Time Directors2Professionalism32.Preproduction6Script Considerations6Casting24Locations26Budgeting263.Production29Working with the Cast29Working with the Crew32Changing Your Mind38A Word from the Production Designer by Meredith Bergmann40Shooting Schedule45Insurance47Unions47MiniDV Technical InformationThe Camera49PAL vs. NTSC53Choosing a Specific Camera56Sound Recording57Lights and Accessories604.Postproduction64MiniDV Technical InformationEditing Movies on a Computer66How it Works67Why it Doesn't Quite Work Yet68How DV is Different from Editing Film or Other Kinds of Videotape on a Computer69MinIDV Technical InformationHardware71The Editing Computer71Hard Drive Storage73Previews and Real-Time Effects73DV Interface Card77DV Device82Monitor85Sound Card86Software88Operating System88Editing Software88Special Effects Software90Titling Software91Audio Processing Software92The Revolution and Before93Logging96Video96Audio96Synchronizing Audio and Video97Dialogue Editing101Sound Mixing103Final Output Considerations104Transfer to Film104Artistic Considerations in Editing108A Word from the Editor by Ardythe Ashley111Working with an Editor113Music114A Word from the Composer by Doug Scofield116When you don't have Final Cut1185.The Annotated Screenplay1246.Alfred Hitchcock Puts it All in Perspective238AppendixA.Complete List of Equipment with Prices240B.Shooting Schedule243C.Variety's Review of Trifling With Fate259D.Further Reading262
