The Digital Cinema Training advantage

Get over 30 hours of quality filmmaking education in one DVD course. Learn Scriptwriting, Formatting, Editing, Camera Operation, Lighting, Exposure, Audio, and Directing, all focused on Digital Movies.

The Pride of DCT, the new Gear Guide

A new addition to the DCT-MP family is the DCT-GG Gear Guide Volumes 1& 2. These DVD sets are a revolutionary training aid, because they allow you to step into the filmmaking manufacturers' headquarters and learn from the people who make the gear.

They will demo their gear, as well as give the filmmaker production tips they've learned in 20 years of experience helping filmmakers. No sales pitches, just raw savvy. We have not been paid to include any products or manufacturers in this series, thereby giving us full control over the method of presentation of the products.

Also, we have only included manufacturers we truly believe in, who manufacture first-rate gear for Hollywood professionals. For instance, Matthews Grip Equipment has won Academy Awards for their innovations supporting easier, safer and more creative filmmaking.

The Best gets Better, Gear Guide Vol. 2

The new addition to the Gear Guide family enhances your understanding of diffiucult concepts in filmmaking gear management. We have added Pedestals, to inform the student of the advantages of working with pedestals (Cartoni) over tripods in certain situations.

Also added is a complete section on batteries and the intricate differences between each chemical composition (NiMH, NiCD, and Li-ion). Also included for the filmmaker: Zoom controllers (Bebob), extensive matteboxes section (Chrosziel), Body-mounted non-steadicam types of camera supports (Pag Orbitor), Jibs and their axes (Cartoni), Underwater bags (Ewa-Marine), On-Camera lighting in tungsten and HMI, and Articulating arms (Noga).

The definitive guide for safe renting

As a new bonus, the set also includes the DCT Rental Guide, presented by Steve Tobenkin of Birns and Sawyer. B&S is the oldest movie rental house in Hollywood.

Mr. Tobenkin has the experience of working with Hollywood's top filmmaking contenders. He runs you through the steps neccessary to rent safely and securely, protect yourself and the gear, and avoid getting penalized for easily prevented mistakes. He goes through all the paperwork, principles, and rules of professional heavy caliber rentals for any filmmaker. When you're ready to rent big or small, the rental guide will get you there easier.

The Field Manual you'll keep for life

As part of your DCT-MP course, you will receive an arsenal of extras, including the DCT-FM1 Manual, which covers it all, from the science of Kelvin and Inverse Square Law to Composition rules and Lighting.

Don't get caught with your lights out

After 30 hours of filmmaking education on 25 DVDs, you may feel like you can't possibly remember everything you learned. That's where your Production First Aid accessories come in. The Pre-Production CD DCT-PCD helps you organize your gear the night before, and your thoughts on the way to the shoot.

The Production Checklist DCT-PCL helps make sure that your color temperature is set properly, audio system is functional, tripod is level, and about 30 more items crucial to going home with great footage. The manual has tons of reference information, like Kelvin Scales, Depth of Field relations, Inverse Square Law equation, and much more.

ADDITIONAL TRAINING GUIDES INCLUDED IN THE COMMAND FULL COURSE

Step-by-step green and blue screen from lighting to post.

The Digital Cinema Training Compositing Guide will take you through the steps necessary to execute a high quality matted image with a foreground matched to the background plate with color, quality, and direction of lighting.

It will instruct you in the techniques of filming a proper background plate with the intent of placing a foreground subject into the same image.

Unlike other guides that simply teach you how to matte an image as in a Weather Report, this program goes farther. It teaches you how to create valid believable images to use in filmmaking, where the audience believes in the magic of the situation.

Learn audio production

The Intermediate Audio Guide extends the scope of the Digital Cinema Course audio content. This new DVD delves with further detail into difficult audio concepts and technologies.

Join Steve Joachim of Location Sound as he takes you through the audio gamut step by step and teaches conventions and wisdom learned through 20 years of experience: mic types, usage, and live tests.

Also covered are mic pickup patterns, mixers, phantom power, pads, roll off, sends, hard disk recorders, wireless systems, suspension mounts, and wind protection. The next time you run your own audio, you will be truly prepared.

COMING SOON

INCLUDES

DCT-BP Basic Production Set
DCT-MP Movie Production Set
DCT-GG07 Gear Guide 07
DCT-LS Lighting Production Set
DCT-FM1 Field Manual
DCT-PCL Production Checklist
DCT-PCD Pre-Production CD

PLUS

DCT-COMP Compositing
DCT-A102 Intermediate Audio

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