Digital SLR Video And Film Making

The book I read to research this post was Digital SLR Video And Film Making For Dummies by John Carucci which is a very good book which I bought from kindle. SLR cameras have been around since the 40's when they revolutionized photography. Digital SLR's follow the same principles although they store photos digitally often on a media card which is printed out on a computer and printer. You can buy a digital SLR camera for a few hundred dollars and buying it with several lenses works out cheaply compared to the equivalent prosumer video camera. It doesn't cost the camera company much to add this capability to the camera and the results are so good even tv programmes like House are sometimes shot on a digital SLR. Most of these cameras shoot footage in full HD resolution although one drawback is the controls aren't very intuitive if you are a videographer. You also need a tripod & of course a program like Adobe Premiere Elements to do your video editing. Many people shoot video and put it on websites like vimeo & youtube. You can get free screenwriting software that includes templates at http://finaldraft.com & http://screenplay.com. I think this book is an enjoyable read & there is tutorials on Premiere Elements which is quite a capable program for most film makers. It's quite a long book and advises that you learn as much as possible about lighting and cinematography to become a really great film maker. Most tv programs like soap operas are often very similar shot and the great film makers knew how to use light to great effect which when you see their films they are very impressive. You should also watch the great movies and read books on the great movie makers to get ideas for your films.