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Welcome to First Light Video Publishing, proudly celebrating 20 years as the premier publisher & distributor of Entertainment Industry-standard media arts training programs. Whatever your aspiration, careers in the allied Entertainment Industries are all about ACTION! From the student film to the festival circuit; the internship to the edit bay; the blank page to the back story; and Fade-In to Credit Crawl, FIRST LIGHT TAKES YOU TO THE GREEN LIGHT™! Our programs, created by practicing experts, are designed for students, teachers, journeymen and professionals across film, television, music, theater and the performing arts. |
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FILM, TELEVISION & VIDEO
Journeys Below the Line
LOST The Cinematography Team |
 The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation, is proud to announce the third installment in the Award-Winning Journeys Below the Line series - "LOST" - The Cinematography Team
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JOURNALISM, BROADCAST & PRINT
Master Storytellers Screenwriters on Screenwriting
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 First Light Video is proud to partner with The Writers Guild Foundation in the distribution of their outstanding series, Master Storytellers: Screenwriters On Screenwriting. |
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MASS COMMUNICATIONS
How Ratings Work
Audience Feedback Systems
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Unravel the mystery, science and art of ratings for TV, Radio and the Internet.
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FILM, TELEVISION & VIDEO
Creating a Multimedia DVD
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A complete guide for creating a multimedia DVD or web streaming media.
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THEATER, PERFORMING ARTS
Mask Making Series
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 The complete series teaching the art of mold making, casting & painting full head latex masks.
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THEATER, PERFORMING ARTS
Unarmed Stage Combat
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 Teaches students how to create safe, believable, exciting fights on stage, taught by two of the most prominent fight directors in American Theater.
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SPECIAL & VISUAL EFFECTS
Albert Whitlock: A Master of Ilusion
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The Creation of Special Visual Effects. Featuring Mel Brooks, Albert Whitlock & Richard Schickel. Winner - Ohio Film Festival. Silver Medal - New York Film Festival.
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First Light
Media Publishing
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 A fascinating compilation of some of Hollywood's most acclaimed directors, based on extensive interviews with the subjects and the stars who have worked with them. This program looks at how each director got started in the business & asks the question – “just what is a director and what do they do?”
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 A Visual Guide to Recording, Engineering & Production. David Gibson's hugely popular The Art of Mixing, the book that has taught a generation of mixing engineers, comes to life with over 3-1/2 hours of vivid, animated instruction on one feature-packed DVD! With Gibson's exclusive three-dimensional framework, you'll learn the right way to create every style of mix for any style of music.
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 Visual Effects Learning Series. Learn the art and science of Blue Screen and Green Screen photography from special effects veteran and Academy Award Winner Peter Kuran.
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LIGHTING & CAMERA |
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 This unique series has great value to both students and working cinematographers. Featuring nine of the world's finest cinematographers share their wealth of experience through a series of professional lighting problems in the studio and on location.
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Broadcast
Journalism: How Do You Feel?
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| An enlightening
view ideal for classes in reporting, producing and media ethics.
The media seem to be obsessed with broadcasting or printing
grief, and the question, “how do you feel” is one
that all reporters have to ask, but often hate to ask. |
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Creative
Editing Techniques for Non-Linear Editing |
| Ideal for
video editing and field production courses. Non-linear editing
software has opened the door to a seemingly-infinite number
of creative possibilities. The software can do almost anything
you ask it to do, but you may not always have the time to come
up with ideas to make a program stand out. |
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Mass Communication How Television Ratings Work |
Discover what those television ratings really mean.
Television programming including news, sports and entertainment is driven by RATINGS. In this video, students will discover how ratings are determined by using randomly selected households across America. This program shows how sampling takes place and how homes are selected to participate. Using people meters, see how rating companies know who is watching a particular program and how ratings drive the radio and television industry.
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