Ed is an award-winning scriptwriter and the author of four books that have become indispensable guides for video enthusiasts. Non-fiction aside, he is currently writing the feature script adaptation from Novel No. 5, Dark Market.
The Complete Guide to Digital Video is a 192-page hard and softcover, now in a second print. It details everything from technical know-how to the creative challenges of working with digital video.
Whether you’re a beginner or an expert, this manual provides essential information about building a video studio and using the latest cameras, hardware and software.
PC Photo Magazine
PC Photo Magazine
The best part: Ed Gaskell has rounded up interviews with folks who’ve shot everything from low-end music videos to Blair Witch. The interviews just ooze with knowledge.
Bill Camarda, Barnes and Noble
Bill Camarda, Barnes and Noble
Make Your Own Hollywood Movie is a 192-page softcover that serves to guide a consumer audience through the practical, technical and creative minefields of pre-production, production and post in order to deliver that homegrown blockbuster.
This is the whole shebang. How to build effective story arcs, and keep propelling your plots forward. What spare equipment to carry on shooting day. How to use long shots, medium shots, cutaways. How to shoot dialogue. How to use audio to add power and impact to your movie. How to organize your editing process and get to final cut. Even how to cast your movie, given that Julia Roberts and Will Smith remain stubbornly unavailable. Bill Camarda, Barnes and Noble
Anyone who is interested in making contemporary motion pictures should read this. The invaluable information in the book will get you started in the best possible way. Recommended.
Kickstart News
Kickstart News
Make Your Own Music Video is a 192-page softcover offering the definitive tool to help directors create the most effective promos, lives and as-lives with up-on-screen production values. Working with Shane McGowan and alongside Fatboy Slim helped the author up his own game.
Over 400 color photos provide creative inspiration and hands-on technique, from rehearsing the band and dealing with egos, to synching edited video and audio tracks and compressing footage for streaming on the Internet. The book unlocks the secrets of good image and audio quality, professional-level special effects, and easy distribution via DVD or the Web, enabling any ambitious moviemaker, musician or budding band manager to have a crack at creating that breakthrough promo video. AE Chicago
This book is as visually busy as a music video. It deals with the business, technical and artistic aspects of this important part of the entertainment industry. This is an excellent book to with which to get started on music videos. D'Lynn Waldron, BAFTA
Creative Titling with Premiere Pro is a 192-page softcover, written during the beta test of the program. The book opens with a comprehensive introduction into the psychology behind the creativity of titles, subtitles and credit rolls before visually demonstrating how to push Premiere's title tool.
The introduction runs through the basic theory of titling, covering the approaches taken in film and TV with real-world examples with very clear explanations. I found these opening 8 pages very interesting and after reading them I will never create a title in the same way again, I would almost go as far as saying that these 8 pages are worth the price of the book.
Monroe Video
Monroe Video
Anyone who wants to learn more about what an effective title is made of should spend some time with this book.
Creative Cow
Creative Cow
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