Friday, June 10, 2011

19-1 - 19-5

19-1
Editing is taking materials recorded and transforming them into a finished product
19-2
Production video and audio
Audio effects
Music
Transitions

19-3
Two chellenges include The range of editing software and the underlyng concepts.

19-4
Avio

19-5
The finished video is stored on tape or disk

Thursday, June 9, 2011

20-1 - 10-5

20-1 A scene is a single action or process consisting of small shots.

20-2 A sequence consists of several separate scenes, all of witch are related.

20-3 C

20-4 B

20-5 I liked the telepromter project because it taught me how to edit and create scenes and colaborate them together for a complete product. I  would like to do an interview project next year.

Monday, May 16, 2011

17-1 - 17-5

17-1 Communicaton, Performance, Editing, Camera

17-2 Imformation would give inexperienced directors problems because they would not know what to do with it.

17-3 Image size, composition, camera angle, shot duration.

17-4 A feeling can be created by utilizing camera angles.

17-5 Keep actors movment natural, eliminate camera fright, engage viewers attention, help deliver lines.

Thursday, May 5, 2011

16-1 - 16-5

16-1 A microphone is a device that translates the original noise, created by a patern of moving air, into an electrical signal that closely imitates the patern.

16-2 In video this year we have used user worn mikes. These microphones are worn by a performer or the person being recorded. They do not have to be aimed or moved by the technician.

16-3 One way a microphone transmits a signal is through a cabled mike. The other way is through a wireless mike.

16-4 False

16-5 narrow

Monday, April 25, 2011

15-1 - 15-3

15-1
Key light: provides the main illumination typically mimicking an actual light source like a lamp or ceiling fixture.
Fill light: fills in shadows created by the key light.
Rim light: is typically behind subject and placed quite high
Background light: mimicks light that would naturally fall on the walls or other background like a lamp or fixture.

15-2
natural light is what would be there in a real life setting.

15-3
One way of background lighting is to enhance depth by high lighting surfaces like furnature in front of the background.

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

14-6, 14-7, 14-8, 14-9, 14-10

14-6 Light quantity, light contrast, light color.

14-7 Light quantity is the amount of light projected onto an object.

14-8 Contrast is the differnence in brightness between the lightest and darkest areas in the image.

14-9 Light color is the color of light and can be adjusted by white balance.

14-10 Naturalism, realism, pictorial realism, magic realism, and expression.

Friday, April 8, 2011

14-1 -14-5

14-1 Audio is the recording and reproduction of sound in support of video

14-2 Two problems:
-Audio records everything
-Audio distorts sounds

14-3 Production sound is the sound that is recorded with te video. Production sound requires special care because if distorted, the whole set must be recorded over again.

14-4 Background sound is anything that is continuous sound that may be coming fronm noise, waves, traffic or anything not wanted to be miced. You can minimize background sound by turning off controllable sounds and minimize uncontrollable sounds such as traffic.

14-5 Sound effects are seperate from the production track. They provide better understanding and effect of the situation. Sound effects can be recorded seperatley or derived on a computer.

Friday, March 25, 2011

13-6 13-7

13-6
-century stands
-cookies
-mounts: light stands are the most common accessories for supporting lights

13-7
-monitors
-light meters: regulates contrast by checking reletive brightness

13-4 13-5

13-4 Masking is dierctional beams of spotlights that can be masked to produce hard edged cut off paterns. -(stinson 239)

13-5 Diffusion is like a filter or circles of white plastic installed in metal rings and placed in holders at the front of spotlights. (stinson 240)

Monday, March 21, 2011

13-3

The four differnt kinds of lighting are:
-Incandescent
-Halogen
-Florescent
-LEDs

Thursday, March 17, 2011

Plaigarism 101

Part 1
-documen sources for papers to prepare.
-common knowledge does not need to be cited
-Quote and paraphrase
Part2
1) Plagarism is copying others own words for your own.
2) I should personally be concerned about plagarism because I live in a world were It revolves around it.
3)
-Use my own words or ideas
-Cite my work
-Beware of common knowledge
4)
Animal Farm
died at age 46 in 1951 is not.
Student A: That George Orwell
was the author of the anti-totalitarian allegory
Animal Farm
Student B:
Although it is common knowledge to know that the author of Animal Farm is George Orwell, it is not common knowledge to know that he died at age 46 in 1952. http://sja.ucdavis.edu/files/plagiarism.pdf
5) I believe many students plaigarize today because it is easy to do and the sources are very wide due to the internet.
is common knowledge
is common knowledge; that Orwell2

Original : You may not have
to cite “common knowledge,” but the fact must
really be commonly known. That George Orwell
was the author of the anti-totalitarian allegory

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

13-2

Lighting instruments are something that record light. Light is one of the most powerful tools.

13-1

Controlling quantity of light:
-Screens = large expanses of plastic mesh stretched on frames
-Silks = look and work like screens except they are sheets of thin white synthetic fabric
-Neutral density filters = are sheets of gray tinted plastic large enough to cover entire windows

Friday, February 18, 2011

11-10

I feel as if this article was somewhat useful. It showed inspiration and simple tips to help with video graphics. I enjoyed its inspiration.

Monday, February 14, 2011

11-1

My favorate superbowl commercial was the Brisk ice tea commercial with eminem. I enjoyed it because he is not on tv very much, and it was interesting to see him in a commercial.

Monday, January 24, 2011

9-4

1. Subject - identify the subject matter by assigning project temporary working title.
2.
 Objectives - identify client's objectives.
3.
 Audience - identify who the product is being seld to and what marketing techniques would work for this group of people.
4.
 Delivery System - identify how the audience will view the video.  The delivery system includes a video monitor or falt screen.
5.
 Length - identify how long the length of the display will last. 
6.
 Budget - identify how much the display will cost - the amount of money needed to produce the program

9-3

Safety Rules:
1. Carefully hold the camera with the handle.
2. When not in use, close the view finder. 
3. Don't put the camera down and walk away

9-1 1/4/11

Viral advertisement is what helps increase advertisement on socialized networks. Viral adverstisements are annoying and make the internet somewhat unenjoyable at times. There are many ads and commercials on television as well as the computer. It is taking over society.

Monday, January 3, 2011

1/3/11

1)  What is perspective?
the techniques for suggesting depth in an image

2)  The most common use for managing perspective is using the lens focal length.
Describe two examples of  lens perspective used in the video world.
wide angle , increases apparent depth
telephoto , enlarges distant subjects and making the backround seem closer