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Dedications Page III
Introduction Page XI
Who is this book for? Page xi
How this book is organized Page xii
Part 1: Moviemaking Basics Page xiii
Part 2: Using Windows Movie Maker Page xiii
Part 3: Advanced Uses for Windows Movie Maker Page xiv
About the companion CD? Page xiv
Acknowledgements Page xv
System requirements Page xvi
Microsoft Press Support Information Page xvi
PART 1: MOVIEMAKING BASICS Page 1
CHAPTER 1: Making Movies Page 3
Why editing is important Page 3
Telling a story Page 4
Home movies as art Page 5
History of amateur moviemaking Page 6
Power to the amateur Page 6
A new approach Page 8
Fred’s first film Page 8
Making a shooting plan Page 9
Moviemaking art Page 11
Adding an editor Page 13
Exploring the possibilities Page 14
Getting started Page 23
CHAPTER 2: Planning Your Movie Page 25
From idea to concept Page 25
Why make a movie? Page 25
Who is your audience? Page 27
What do you want to tell them? Page 28
How do you want to tell them? Page 29
Production styles Page 30
Documentary style Page 30
Pre-production elements Page 37
Planning a camping movie Page 49
The setup Page 49
The concept Page 50
The outline Page 50
The plan Page 51
The story Page 51
Essential story ingredients Page 52
Writing a script Page 54
Television script format Page 57
Feature script format Page 59
CHAPTER 3: Production Tools Page 63
Camcorders Page 63
Choosing a camcorder Page 64
Exploring your camera Page 73
Video basics Page 74
Your camera’s features Page 77
Lighting Page 85
Sound Page 87
Accessories Page 89
CHAPTER 4: Production: Shooting Your Movie Page 91
Starting production Page 91
The director Page 92
The editor Page 93
Basic camera work Page 94
Static shot Page 94
Pan Page 95
Tilt Page 95
Zoom Page 95
Dolly Page 96
Pedestal Page 96
Your visual approach Page 97
Setting up a shot Page 97
Arranging a shot Page 98
Blocking Page 98
Composition Page 100
Lighting Page 104
Sound Page 108
Shooting a scene Page 109
Continuity Page 111
Shooting styles Page 112
Shooting the camping movie Page 115
Dave’s shooting plans Page 115
CHAPTER 5: Editing Your Movie Page 129
Thinking like an editor Page 131
Learning to edit Page 132
Editing styles Page 140
The editing process Page 143
Editing with Windows Movie Maker Page 148
Editing tools Page 149
Video editing Page 150
Making cuts Page 152
Editing tips and tricks Page 155
Editing the camping movie Page 162
CHAPTER 6: Distributing Your Movie Page 165
Windows Media Technologies Page 165
Downloading content Page 166
Streaming audio and video Page 167
Compression technologies Page 168
File formats Page 169
Windows Media Servers Page 170
Creating streaming content Page 171
Windows Media Encoder 7 Page 172
Windows Media Player 7 Page 174
Wrap-up Page 178
PART 2: USING WINDOWS MOVIE MAKER Page 179
CHAPTER 7: Introducing Windows Movie Maker Page 181
The Windows Movie Maker interface Page 181
Using the menus Page 182
Using the toolbars Page 189
Working in the collections area Page 192
Using the monitor and the monitor buttons Page 192
Using the storyboard and timeline Page 194
CHAPTER 8: Recording Video into Windows Movie Maker Page 195
Connecting capture devices Page 195
Understanding the Record dialog box Page 199
Quality setting options Page 207
Digital video controls (DV only) Page 209
Recording a live source Page 209
Recording from tape Page 214
Importing files Page 220
CHAPTER 9: Organizing Your Clips Page 225
Working in the collections area Page 225
Naming clips Page 226
Previewing clips Page 228
Working with views in the collections area Page 230
Changing clip properties Page 231
Moving and copying clips between collections Page 233
Strategies for organizing collections Page 234
Deleting a collection Page 239
Backing up your collections file Page 239
Restoring your collections file Page 241
CHAPTER 10: Editing Your Movie Page 243
Adding clips to your project Page 243
Arranging clips Page 248
Copying clips Page 251
Trimming clips Page 252
Splitting clips Page 255
Combining clips Page 256
Adding transitions Page 257
Editing audio tracks Page 258
Recording narration Page 259
Adjusting audio levels Page 262
Saving your movie Page 264
CHAPTER 11: Sharing Your Movie Page 265
Saving movies Page 265
Considering playback quality Page 265
Creating and saving movies Page 267
Sharing movies by e-mail Page 271
Sharing movies on the Web Page 275
PART 3: ADVANCED USES FOR WINDOWS MOVIE MAKER Page 281
CHAPTER 12:Working with Still Images Page 283
Creating custom transitions Page 284
Creating slide shows Page 284
A basic slide show Page 284
Adding a narration Page 292
Working with title slides Page 293
Creating animated title slides Page 293
More methods for creating title slides Page 299
Creating a stop-motion animation Page 304
Animation basics Page 305
Creating images for an animation Page 306
Creating an animation in Windows Movie Maker Page 306
Creating a slow-motion movie Page 308
Creating still images from your videos Page 310
CHAPTER 13: Adding Sound Effects Page 311
Exploring sound design Page 312
Designing sound with Windows Movie Maker Page 314
The sound design process Page 315
Mixing against a production track Page 328
Keeping sync Page 332
CHAPTER 14: Playing Movies with Windows Media Player Page 333
Getting the latest version of the Player Page 333
Windows Media Player features for movies Page 334
Playing a movie Page 335
Player controls Page 335
Player views Page 336
Player modes Page 337
Video settings Page 339
Video playlists Page 343
File markers Page 344
Advanced Techniques Page 344
Adding video to a Web page Page 345
Creating skins for a video Page 346
GLOSSARY Page 349
INDEX Page 357
ABOUT THE AUTHORS Page 365
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