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Staines Ciné & Video Society
Knowledge Centre
On this page we hope to accumulate information that members have found useful. Usually this will be in the form of short comments or advice, or links to websites that have useful information. The initial offering is intended to show how the Knowledge Center could cover a wide range of topics that may be relevant to video making. Items are arranged in categories and sub-categories. These are displayed in an 'accordion' which will show only the text currently of interest. This approach allows a lot of information to be displayed in a small area.
Items in the Knowlege Center may be added to, or removed as they become less relevant. Members can request the addition of new item/s by sending an email to the webmaster. Alternatively, you can send an email to request a change of an existing item, or the removal of an item that is no longer useful or contains a link to a non-existent page.
Yahoo camcorder - answers: Camcorders
Yahoo Home Theater - answers: Home Theater
Cameras: Cameras
The UK's biggest home consumer electronics discussion resource is AVForums.com website
The forum for Independent Filmmakers is: Indie Talk
You can find useful information at: Student Filmakers
Discussions on Video Editing can be found at: Digital Director
The Media College has a number of Video tutorials on a range of subjects from Video & TV Prodution to Video Editing and streaming.
Another useful discussion can be found at: Make Independent Films
Steps in video making can be found at: Indie-Film-Making
A crash course on video making can be found at: Indie Film Making
Snag films: documentaries
This is an introductory article to consumer video formats and video compression
Comparison of video editing software can be found at this address on the Wikipedia website
AVCHD stands for Advanced Video enCoding, High Definition. AVCHD is now, virtually, the standard for consumer high definition camcorders. A comprehensive introduction to AVCHD videos can be found on the Wikipedia website.
VoltaicHD is a video converter that converts highly compressed AVCHD files into either WMV or AVI format which can be handled by Windows Media Player, Microsoft Movie Maker or other video editing suites on the PC (such as Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 or Sony Vegas Pro).
A DV User article on working with AVCHD
Learn about video compression for web streaming here.
Wikipedia has a useful summary of film techniques
The Media College provides a useful list
You can find a tutorial here.
You can find a tutorial here.
You can find a tutorial here.
You can find a tutorial here.
Consumer Camcorders reviews (American).
Consumer Camcorders reviews (UK).
How to light a scene: Lighting
Techniques from: Video maker
Home studio lighting: techniques
Choosing and using a tripod
How to Choose a Camera Tripod
How to Set Up a Camera Tripod
As the content of the Center expands it may become unacceptably slow to display on your PC. If this happens please advise the webmaster. This problem will be addressed when the site becomes able to use a database, but this is not envisaged in the development schedule for 2009.