Given the affordability and accessibility of digital video cameras and computer editing software, just about anyone can make a movie these days. Unfortunately, few are making quality films. Although aimed at a young audience, this excellent how-to video could benefit anyone operating a consumer video camera, especially those adults who inflict nausea-inducing over-zoomed footage of their kids' school play on innocent viewers. Hosted by 10-year-old Logan O'Brien ("Lucas Jones" on General Hospital) and his similarly-aged friends, The Young Filmmakers Club opens with the basics of picking out a camera and accessories, before moving on to an exhaustive tutorial on basic camera operation, techniques, and filmmaking principles. Featuring short segments, full of examples and illustrative graphics, this extremely practical program would be useful for both the target audience and older viewers. Highly recommended. Aud: I, J, P. (E. Gieschen)
The Young Filmmakers Club: Video Camera Techniques
(2002) 25 min. $34.95. Golden Zah Productions. PPR. Color cover. ISBN: 0-9720443-0-2. Volume 18, Issue 1
The Young Filmmakers Club: Video Camera Techniques
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