The EDCF Guide to Digital Cinema Production

Preface

 

 

This book is intended as a practical and hands-on look at the process of HD film production for both students and working professionals in the film industry and furthermore a basis for discussions on how the transition from analogue to digital technology can be accomplished in the best possible ways.

Since the very early days of humanity, we have shared an urge to tell stories to explain who we are and what we feel. The tools for storytelling have evolved from sharp rocks to colour paints, from skin canvases to written words, from hand-crafted books to mass-printed newspapers to eventually moving images, movies and television. Now we are on the threshold of an even more exciting era, the era of digital cinema, which promises to deliver ...