COVER -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1 HDSLR Camera History -- The Short That Started It All -- Panasonic Enters the Ring -- And the Market Followed -- Canon Didn't Know What It Had -- Yeah, but Where's the Story? -- CHAPTER 2 Achieving the Film Look -- Shallow Depth of Field -- 180-Degree Shutter -- 24fps -- CHAPTER 3 Limitations of Using HDSLRs in Filmmaking -- Form Factor -- Fine Focus Control -- Limited Recording Time -- HDMI Output -- Compression -- Audio Limitations -- CHAPTER 4 Lenses -- Cinema Lenses -- Lens Modifications -- CHAPTER 5 Monitor Overview -- LCD Viewfinder Loupe -- Battery-Powered External LCD Monitors -- Wireless Monitoring -- Ethernet Bridge -- CHAPTER 6 Support Systems -- Beanbags -- Support Rigs and Rails -- GunCam -- Sliders, Gliders, and Dollies -- CHAPTER 7 Sound -- Definition of XLR Cable and Photo -- Dual Sound -- CHAPTER 8 Understanding Formats and Codecs -- H.264 Tastes like Chicken -- Transcoding Your Video Files -- The Video Workflow Chain -- CHAPTER 9 Camera Setup: Canon 5D Mark II for Video -- Native ISO -- Camera Menu Items from Left to Right -- CHAPTER 10 On-Set File Handling -- CHAPTER 11 Getting into the Edit -- Converting Your DSLR Footage to Editable Files -- Editing Your Files -- CHAPTER 12 Transcoding and Encoding for Ingestion and Output -- Picking the Best Tool for the Job -- Uploading Dailies -- CHAPTER 13 Video Editing -- Modern Editing -- Understanding the Editing Process -- Editing and Synching the Sound -- CHAPTER 14 Finishing Work -- Finishing Is a Creative Process -- CHAPTER 15 Crafting the Story -- Stories Are Everywhere -- The Hero with a Thousand Faces -- It's Not Just the Writer and Director Who Care About Story Arc -- Is Story Everything? -- CHAPTER 16 Writing a Great Treatment -- Writing a Treatment -- CHAPTER 17 Writing a Screenplay -- So What's Your Movie About?.

So How Do You Write a Screenplay? -- Maybe You're Not a Writer -- CHAPTER 18 Directing -- Separation Anxiety -- Directing Styles -- Watching the Pros -- The Military Style of the Set -- Let Me Give That a Try -- Wanna Talk About It -- Let Me Tell You Why I've Asked You All Here Today -- Hire Good Captains -- Hire Good Lieutenants -- One Voice to Rule Them All -- Sometimes You Have to Be a Jerk -- I Want to Be Alone -- CHAPTER 19 Breaking into Motion Photography -- Getting Started Without Breaking the Bank -- Shooting Motion Magazines -- Getting Inspired by Others -- Creating Digital Signs -- Using Time Lapse Photography -- CHAPTER 20 One Man, One Camera, and the Video That Started a Paradigm Shift -- Going Beyond the Norm, and on a Budget -- Making Something Unique -- A New Paradigm -- Working with the New Norm -- What's His Secret? -- CHAPTER 21 Avoiding Overproduction and Clichés -- Experience Your Topic First-Hand -- Avoiding Clichés, or Please Take Your Finger Out of Your Ear Because Hackers Aren't That Fast -- Experimentation Is Important -- A Last Word to Photographers -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.