Friday, June 10, 2011

19-19.5

19-1
Describe technique of editing.
placing one shot after another to create a organized story
19-2
What are some of the many layers that make up an edited program?
color effects
19-3
List two challenges of digital editing.
cutting the scenes
making a story board
19-4
What is the name of the editing system that we use in video class?
avio
19-5
List two ways to "Archieve" your video in the finished form.
rendering
and storing it

Thursday, June 9, 2011

20-1
What is a scene? (p 394)
a single action or process
20-2
What is a sequence?
consits of several sences
20-3
The principle of editing emphasis is used by managing content, angle, timing,       shot order                   , and rreinforcement. 
a. variety
b.  pace
c.  shot order
d.  rhythm
20-4
Music videos are a good example of                   rhythmic cutting                    or "cutting to music."
a.  measurement
b. rhythmic cutting
c. modern dance
e.  a montage

my favorite project was the dvd cover
and the least favorite was the camera shots in the beggining, i felt like it was a good way to introduce the students on how to take pictures and hold the camera,but if you let them try once on their own then you can help them improve on the skills they need to work on

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

17-3-17-5

17-3
When adding emphasis to information you have several tools to use.  List the four tools below and describe one.
image size
composition
camera angle
shot duration- how long the shot is held for
17-4
How can a feeling be created?  Describe one way a director can represent feeling within a series of shots?
image size
sometimes the bigger the image the more emotional effect it creates
17-5
List four ways a director can assist actors with being effective on camera. Read 328-334 (many possible answers)
performance
insecurity
over coming self consiousness
deliver lines

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

17-1-17-2

17-1
List the four main tasks that a video director must have the ability to juggle.
communtication
performance
editing
camera
17-2
Why can information give inexperienced directors problems?
the video the inexpirianced director is making, he might not show were he gets things that come into play with the vid

Thursday, May 5, 2011

16-1 - 16-5

16-1

What is a microphone?
device that translates the original noise

16-2

What types of microphones have we used in video class this year?  Describe one in detail.
independant mic
a mic held by the camera

16-3

What are two ways a microphone can transmit a signal?
cabled mics
wireless mics

16-4

True or False?   Professional productions use separate mikes for recording audio, instead of using the camera's built-in microphone.
true

16-5

Lavaliere  microphones have a(n)                      spherical        pickup pattern

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

15-5

Classic three-point lighting uses key,          spotlight                         , and rim(back) lights on the subject, plus a background light.

15-4

To produce comletely shadowless lighting, a white fabric             reflector             can be used.

15-3

Describe one way to light a background.

lighting for exposure
when the background is too dark, the image loses apparent depth

15-2

What is natural lighting?
a natural unlit appearance

Monday, May 2, 2011

15-1

What is classic studio lighting?  List the four types of studio lighting and descrive what it does.
classic studio lighting is using three lights on the subject and usually one in the backround
key light
fill light
rim light
backround light

Friday, April 15, 2011

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

14-6
High technical lighting standards must be created to achieve these three standards. (p 249)

14-7
What is light quantity? (use one example in response)
the camera's imaging chip must receive exactly the right amount of light in order to form a high-quality image.
14-8
What is light contrast? (use one example in response)
difference between the lightest and darkest areas
14-9
What is light color? (use one example in response)
manage its brightness and contrast
14-10
List the five basic lighting styles or labels used in video, film, and theater. (describe one of the five in detail)
naturalism
realism
pictorial realism
magic realsim
expressionism

Monday, April 11, 2011

14-1, 14-2, 14-3, 14-4, 14-5

14-1
What is audio?

Use Chapter 16 pages 298-317
14-2
Describe two problems that you might encounter with audio.
records everything, and picks up all the sound
audio distorts sound
14-3
The most common type of audio recording is production sound. 
What is production sound and what difficulties could you encounter while recording?
production sound is sound that is recorded with the video
set up different mikes because the camera is in a optimal position

14-4
What is background sound? List two ways to miniize background noise:
sound not shown in the video,
minimize uncontrolable moises
turn off controlable sounds

14-5
What is a sound effect?  List two examples of  how a sonud effect can be created::
recorded seperately from the production track
a car starting
feet steping

Friday, March 25, 2011

13-6 13 -7

13-6
List three common lighting accessories, describe one of the three.
flouresent tubes
flouresent lamps
halogen temperature

13-7
What are two lighting evaluation tools?  Why might you need to use one?
moniters -for high quality display
light meters

13-4 13-5

What is masking and give one example of a mask accessory?
highly directional beams of spotlights can be masked to produce hard-edged cut-off patterns

What is diffusion lighting?  Did we use any diffusion lighting equipment on our set for the interview (please describe if yes)? 
yes we do
diffusion is a milk white- plastic can be installed in metal rings and placed in holders at the front of spotlights.
we used diffusion for the interview for the lighting

13-3

spotlight (have small intense light sources that prodouce a highly directional light pattern
floodlight
softlight
practicals

Monday, March 7, 2011

2-12

One example of a shutter program is used for sports.  The shutter speed is increased to sharpen fast action that would be blurred at normal shutter speed.

2-11

Shutter - controls the amount of time alloted to forming each video frame (image).

2-10

The camera in the interview project with the good sound/audio came from the middle camera

2-19

We first hit record, then pop the strobe flash light, so we know exactly where we started the interview and it is easy to edit and review. 

2-18

The camera on the left, facing the stage, is positioned to be directly on the opposite person of the camera.  Likewise, the camera postitioned on the right, facing the stage, is lined to show the second person of the interview.  The camera positioned in the middle is designed to show both members of the interviewing party.

2-17

There are three cameras recording for the interview project.

12-6

The aperture on a camera affects how much light is entering the lens of the camera.  This will change the appearance of the shot.

Monday, February 28, 2011

12-5

Wide angle lenses exaggerate this virtual depth, making distances seem greater and faraway objects seem smaller.

12-4

Perspective is the illusion of depth in the picture, the apparent distance from the camcorder to the farthest part of the scene

12-3

Depth of field is the distance, in front of and behind the plane on which the lens is focused, in which objects in the image sharp. A scene that looks perfectly sharp in wide angle may turn soft when you zoom to telephoto.

12-2

One broad group is is the Iris almost fully closed f/16.

12-1

Focal length is technically, one design parameter of a lens, expressed in millimeters. The name of any particular lens, such as "a 40mm lens".

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

11-10

Yes, i feel that this article has given me some good tips on how to make the interview better.

11-9

One "top tip" to use after an interview is: thank the journalist for the interview.

11-7

how long the interview will be
will it be live or recorded
what is the subject

11-6

set up lighting on the person your going to interview,
and set angle on the talent your going to interview.

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

1/21/11

the three t's are
tell them what you are going to tell them; tell them; tell them what you have told them

1/20/11

two uses  of storyboard is,
visulization and shot planning

1/19/11

treatment: a few paragraphs that explain the programs concept , its subject, its order of content presentation, and its style
its usefull in communicating your visin to other people, especially the colleagues who will help you produce your program and the clients who will pay for it.

1/13

a particular method of displaying your program

Thursday, January 20, 2011

1/5/2011

i thought is was succsesfull to certain audicences, but to others it just seems stupid.

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