" How to Shoot Video That Doesn&t Suck" is all about the language of video It&s about how to think like a director regardless of equipment (amateurs think about the camera & pros think about communication) It&s about the rules developed over a century of movie-making
- which work just as well when shooting a two-year-old&s birthday party Written by Steve Stockman the director of " Two Weeks" (2007) plus TV shows music videos & hundreds of commercials " How to Shoot Video That Doesn&t Suck" explains in 74 short pithy insightful chapters how to tell a story & entertain your audience Here&s how to think in shots
- how to move-point-shoot-stop-repeat instead of planting yourself in one spot & pressing & Record& for five minutes Why never to shoot until you see the whites of your subject&s eyes Why to &zoom& with your feet & not the lens How to create intrigue on camera The book covers the basics of framing lighting sound (use an external mic) editing special effects (turn them off) & gives specific advice on how to shoot a variety of specific situations sporting events parties & family gatherings graduations & performances Plus how to make instructional & promotional videos how to make a music video how to capture stunts & much more At the end of every chapter is a suggestion of how to immediately put what you learned into practice so the next time you&re shooting you&ll have begun to master the skill Accompanying the book is a website with video clips to illustrate different rules techniques & situations

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How to Sit is part of a charming series of books from Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh exploring the essential foundations of mindful meditation & practise How to Sit provides explicit simple directions on the mechanics of posture & breathing along with instructions for how best to achieve an awakened relaxed state of clarity to cultivate concentration & compassion ...

A demontration of how the true mathematician learns to draw unexpected analogies tackly problems from unusual angles & extract a little more onformaiton from the data; a collection of truly practical lessons ...

The Rubik's Cube is the world's best-known puzzle a magical object that has baffled & fascinated the world for more than forty years This clearly-illustrated step-by-step guide teaches you a foolproof beginners' method for solving the Cube plus advanced techniques if you want to learn to solve it in seconds 64 pages ...

We know cats are beautiful secretive & independent but even the most loyal cat owners are often baffled by their own pet's behaviour With veterinarian expert Dr Gary Weitzman as guide this fun book helps kids understand what cats are trying to communicate by their body language & behaviour So if you've ever wondered what Fluffy means when she's purring or moving her tail emphatically from left to right-this book is for you! It's full of insights expert advice & real-life cat scenarios & showcases more than 30 poses so you'll soon learn what each meow & flick of the tail means! ...

Suitable for anyone who doesn't know a smiley from a big red heart a thumbs-up from a toilet symbol a poo from two blonde girls dancing this book helps you to speak Emoji It

Includes:: sections like everyday greetings in the workplace in relationships & asking for help & directions as well as how to translate song titles & more 128 pages Benenson Fred

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The days of wooing your love with embarrassing poetry or rambling love letters are over Here begins the new dawn in the evolution the language of love emoji With a wealth of emojis on offer to convey your adoration from kissy faces & hearts-for-eyes to saucier combinations like the lock & key there is no end to the ways you can declare your love & this book will guide you through each stage of your relationship with phrases for every occasion Step back Shakespeare wherefore are thou auberginesections include pick-up lines what not to say on a first date how to say I love you' living together the proposal breaking up love songs & romantic films (sure you can translate Ghost' but how would you do Fifty Shades of Grey'?) A perfect gift for Valentine's Day you'll never just send a boring row of hearts again ...

Money is our global language Yet so few of us can speak it The language of the economic elite can be complex jargon-filled & completely baffling Above all the language of money is the language of power
- power in the hands of the same economic elite Now John Lanchester bestselling author of Capital & Whoops! sets out to decode the world of finance for all of us explaining everything from high-frequency trading & the World Bank to the difference between bullshit & nonsense As funny as it is devastating How To Speak Money is a primer & a polemic It's a reference book you'll find yourself reading in one sitting & it gives you everything you need to demystify the world of high finance
- the world that dominates how we all live now

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A hilarious new ghostly adventure story from the award-winning writer of BEAST & SPARKS Donald can see hear & chat with ghosts So can his mum but she isn't very good at it (not that she knows that so don't tell her) She's often called to help solve ghostly problems like ridding the local supermarket of a ghoulish flip-flopping display of reanimated fish Donald actually solves the problems himself by having a chat with the ghosts but he pretends it was his mum just to be nice But now some sort of ancient monster ghost has turned up & seems like it wants to cause a lot of trouble & this monster ghost doesn't want to talk ...

Why is Helvetica used for airport signs
- & who designed Arial? What exactly is hand lettering? Which fonts tend to work best for
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