Hello movie lovers! Do you love films so much that you want to make them, but don't know how? Well, now you can!

VIDEO PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES: THEORY AND PRACTICE FROM CONCEPT TO SCREEN is now available for purchasing in bookstores or online. This text, written by Donald L. Diefenbach (Associate Professor of Mass Communications at the University of North Carolina in Asheville [UNCA] and former zombie actor in George Romero's DAY OF THE DEAD) explores in immense scope and visual detail the different steps of pre-production, production and post-production. With in-depth looks at essential facets of moviemaking such as screenwriting, directing, producing, cinematography, editing & SFX, sound & music, and marketing & distribution, this 12-chapter text will serve as an official guide to the construction of class video projects, commercials, TV series, music videos, documentaries, indies and Hollywood blockbusters.

And that's not all. PowerPoint lectures each based on a chapter in the book (which I have composed in collaboration with Prof. Diefenbach) are now available for online nationwide use by Mass Communications/Video Production faculty & students of every university at

www.videoproductiontechniques.com  

Download these PowerPoints and begin a lesson in essential filmmakin, then feel free to purchase the book!

Lights, camera, sound... action!

Jeffrey DeCristofaro