Tricky Video.(Tricky Video: The Complete Guide to Making Movie Magic )(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)

Tricky Video

John Cassidy & Nicholas Berger

Klutz

c/o Scholastic, Inc.

557 Broadway, 8th floor, New York, NY 10012-3999

9781591746232, $19.95 www.scholasticlibrary.com 1-800-242-7737

Tricky Video: The Complete Guide to Making Movie Magic is an exciting, easy-to-understand compendium of twenty-three tips and tricks young adults can use to create seemingly magical illusions on a home video camera, whether for home videos, YouTube posts, school projects, or anything else. Full color photography illustrate clever ideas from action figure dances (filmed via stop-motion animation) to "snap power" (when a subject on film snaps his fingers, his sister appears to turn into a dog!) to "giant land" (a tiny person stands on top of a giant's head). None of the optical illusions require an excess of expensive equipment beyond an ordinary home video camera--not even movie editing software. A black-and-white, Hollywood-style slate is included in this excellent gift and source of ideas for budding young directors.

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