Secret 44: Use a professional field recorder
Secret 45: Use good headphones
Directional microphones
Secret 46: Consider using boomed directional mikes for dialog
Secret 47: Use a boom
Secret 48: Put a shotgun microphone on the camera
Secret 49: Always use wind screens on your microphones
Lavaliere microphones
Secret 50: Consider lavaliere mikes for dialog
Secret 51: Where to put the lavaliere microphone
Secret 52: Wired lavaliere microphones
Secret 53: Wireless lavaliere microphones
CHAPTER 8 Using Test Charts and Cards
Test cards and charts are not just for professionals
Secret 54: Use a spectroscopically neutral white card
Secret 55: Learn to use a warming white card
Secret 56: Use a colorbar and grayscale chart
Secret 57: Use a focus chart
Secret 58: Learn to use your waveform monitor
CHAPTER 9 Choosing Camera Settings
Secret 59: Learn how to use full auto
How to shoot “full auto”
Common auto mode problems
Manual mode—basic settings
The easy way to shoot all manual
Secret 60: Let the camera tell you the exposure
Exposure tips
Secret 61: Don’t worry about shutter speed
Shutter speed tips
Secret 62: Set white balance manually
White balance tips
Secret 63: Double check your focus
Manual mode—advanced settings
Secret 64: Use video gain wisely
Video gain tips
Secret 65: Know when to use Automatic Gain Control (AGC)
AGC tips
Secret 66: Understand frame rates
Standard shutter speeds for each frame rate
Frame rate tips
Secret 67: Gamma Settings
Secret 68: Changing black settings
Secret 69: Using sharpness
Sharpness tip
Secret 70: Changing the setup level
Setup level tips
Secret 71: Understand master pedestal
Secret 72: Understand color matrix
Secret 73: Understand knee
CHAPTER 10 Shooting in Common Situations
Secret 74: Learn how to shoot an event
Event tips
Secret 75: Learn how to shoot in the rain
Rain tips
Secret 76: Learn how to shoot sports
Sports tips
Secret 77: Learn how to shoot a performance
Secret 78: Learn how to shoot weddings
Wedding tips
Dramatic filmmaking
Secret 79: The best way to learn how to make a film
Secret 80: Learn how to shoot on location
Tips for shooting on location
Documentary filmmaking
Secret 81: Learn how to do verite shooting
Secret 82: Learn how to gain access and build trust
Secret 83: Put yourself in the film
Secret 84: Learn how to shoot interview footage
CHAPTER 11 Shooting Images That Have Meaning. .
How do you capture an image with meaning?
Secret 85: Be in the right place at right time, and be prepared
Secret 86: Have a technical mastery of the craft
Secret 87: Learn to see things anew
Secret 88: Get close
Secret 89: Tell a story
Secret 90: Tell the truth
Secret 91: Keep it meaningful to you
Secret 92: Have compelling, interesting characters
CHAPTER 12 Choosing the Best Camera for You . . . .
What is your dream?
Secret 93: The camera doesn’t matter
Secret 94: Don’t get caught in the numbers game
Secret 95: Be clear about what you really need in a camera
Film student cameras
Independent filmmaker cameras
The Film Look
Documentary filmmaker cameras
Event videographer cameras
Secret 96: Find a camera that feels