Digital Filmmaking, 2nd Edition

Prefaceto the Second Edition

In the first edition of this book, we felt quite strongly that the use of digital cameras, digital editing, and digital projection would enable a whole new breed of filmmakers. There will still be those with classical training in the filmmaking process, but, at the same time, there will be a new, and perhaps more intriguing, group of filmmakers who have no training in how images are put together but who want to tell a story—to tell their story.

In the end, whether a filmmaker is commanding a group of thousands, such as James Cameron did with a crew that at times reached as high as five thousand persons, or whether a filmmaker is commanding a team of three or four persons, the goal is the same. For each and every one ...