The present is a fantastic time to be working with moving pictures and sound. With the advent of light weight, high quality digital cameras and the power of late model computers the potential to produce professional video projects has been placed within everyone’s reach.

Firewire (also known as i.LINK or ieee-1394) connects camera to computer and enables footage to be digitized into the computer with ease. This same firewire cable enables the edited program to be mastered to digital tape by using the camera as a recorder. The degree of user empowerment offered by these technological breakthroughs is tremendous.

In addition, new modes of delivery such as DVD and the Internet are offering exciting possibilities for disseminating video and audio content.

All of these developments point to the fact that video is fast becoming a new standard document format for this century. Like all documents it has its own grammar and stylistic parameters.The aim of this short course is to open up these exciting developments to potential users.

To plan the production of your video, please continue to:
Why use video? • Tools of the craft • The production process