1st Edition
Shooting Action Sports The Ultimate Guide to Extreme Filmmaking
By Todd Grossman
Copyright 2008
268 Pages
by
Routledge
268 Pages
by
Routledge
272 Pages
by
Routledge
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This full-color illustrated guide takes you through all aspects of video production, focusing on action sports. From planning and preparation to editing and postproduction, you'll get a solid understanding of the changing technology, camera techniques, and basic to more-advanced shooting principles that can be applied to almost every scenario you encounter. The countless examples of camera tricks... Read more
The Tools of Independent Filmmaking; Project Development: What's the Pitch?; Gearing Up to Shoot; Shooting Action Sports; In the Edit Bay; Distribution; Big Set Production: An Overview; The Future of Action Sports Filmmaking; You Read the Book...Now What?
Biography
Grossman began in the action sports industry as a top-level skateboard competitor before moving onto snowboarding and inline skating, all the while shooting home videos and documentaries. By age 22, he had graduated from the University of Southern California's School of Cinema-Television, competed as a top-ranked professional in the invitation-only X-Games, and started an action sports production company. Since then, he's shot numerous action sports segments, directed the documentary on the Making of XXX starring Vin Diesel, and done his own stunts in several commercials and feature films. In his spare time, he teaches and writes about shooting action sports.
"Grossman is a young master of shooting action sports; and that vast knowledge is all here in his book. He will take you through the field with unique clarity, insight and innovation."
-Rob Cohen, Director, The Fast and the Furious, xXx, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
"An impressive how-to guide for the modern sports cinematographer. Grossman's secrets to cinematic success are knowledge jewels that should be pored over repeatedly by the aspiring filmmaker."
-Craig Caryl, Founder, Logic Skateboard Media, SpotStock.com
"Grossman's real life experiences and wealth of film knowledge create a fun and thoroughly engaging read."
-Simon Duggan, ACS, Cinematographer, "Live Free or Die Hard"
