Tuesday, May 17, 2011

JPEG-photographic image
GIF - Flash image
HTM - A website page ,and it refers to the code used to create the webpage.
Bitmap vs vector image

Vector images are images that are clearly when zoomed in on .
Bitmap are images that when zoomed in on are unclear

Wave and Mp4 -music files

gig -The gigabyte (play /ˈɡɪɡəbt/ gig-ə-byt) is a multiple of the unit byte for digital information storage. The prefix giga means 109 in the International System of Units (SI), therefore 1 gigabyte is 1000000000bytes. The unit symbol for the gigabyte is GB or Gbyte, but not Gb (lower case b) which is typically used for the gigabit.
terabyte -A terabyte is a multiple of the unit byte for digital information. The prefix tera means 1012 in the International System of Units (SI), and therefore 1 terabyte is 1000000000000bytes, or 1 trillion (short scale) bytes, or 1000 gigabytes. 1 terabyte in binary prefixes is 0.9095 tebibytes, or 931.32 gibibytes. The unit symbol for the terabyte is TB or Tbyte.

zoom in and zoom - command + command -

deselects - command d

copy paste -command c / v

save -command s

psd - Photoshop document

Sunday, January 30, 2011

MEDIA

Crew Structure
Producer :Georgia
A film producer creates the conditions for making movies. The producer initiates, coordinates, supervises and controls matters such as raising funding, hiring key personnel, and arranging for distributors. The producer is involved throughout all phases of the filmmaking process from development to completion of a project.

Director: Georgia
The director is responsible for overseeing the creative aspects of a film, including controlling the content and flow of the film's plot, directing the performances of actors, organizing and selecting the locations in which the film will be shot, and managing technical details such as the positioning of cameras, the use of lighting, and the timing and content of the film's soundtrack.

Costume/Props set designer: Georgia

Sound designer :Sophie
The sound designer, or "supervising sound editor", is in charge of the post-production sound of a movie. Sometimes this may involve great creative license, and other times it may simply mean working with the director and editor to balance the sound to their liking.

Film editor: _Sophie
The film editor is the person who assembles the various shots into a coherent film, with the help of the director.

Camera operator/s : Sophie and Georgia

Story board designer: Sophie

Script designer: Georgia

Title of film: Mystery of the night



Sophie and i have decided to do a horror short film . The reason we have decided this theme was because we have a good area to shoot it , at Sophie's house. In the short film we will be having 3 friends getting ready for a night out having fun etc. But one of the girls is new to school and a bit weird, her sister died recently and is haunting her. Through out the night things start to go wrong and only the new girl knows whats going on. The died sister picks off the girls one by one.


1. Select Film Type:
Short horror film

2. Complete Brief:
To make a horror movie and our target audience is about 16 and over.

3. Consider possible themes make notes in your group on tree diagram

4. Brainstorm possible Ideas considering: We are going to film at sophie's house around the lake and in her bedroom. Scary music and fast, and sound effects we will use is like banging doors, closing windows , blowing in the wind extra. Three girls , and we will have like make up dresses ,shoes etc to go out. Camera Angles our camera angles will be mostly up close to there face to see the fear and also sholder angle , to show tat someone is watching her.

5. COMPLETE ASSIGNMENT OF PRODUCTION CREW WORKSHEET ON YOUR BLOG
List the jobs done by the following members of the video production (creative team’
1. Executive producer:
Timeline and budget
2. Writer: Writes the script
3. Producer: In charge of the creative team, they get the camera operators and prepare the shotting times. On time and on budget.
4. Director: Directs the cast and crew, basically tells everyone what to do. They have the final say.
5. Production manager: Tracks the progress of the film and on time.
6. Storyboard artist: works with the director and producer to draw up sketch's to see what the scene will look like .
7. Camera operator: shots the scenes when the director tells them and works with the lighting director
8. Sound technician: They insure that the sound are right recorded through out the film, and also make sure microphones and levels are correct.
9. Talent: Actors (cast)
10. Editor: They edit all the music , special effects , lighting etc.

11. Define brief Intention , purpose and target audience

Pre-production

12. What is the purpose of the pre production stage? Plans of the shotting are put into place.
13. What are some of the tasks done in the pre production stage?
Pre -Production-
scripting
scene breakdown
storyboard
shot list
casting
location

Equipment
catering
transport
informing people

14. Why is the pre-production stage so important to the production process? Because most of the time they only have 2 days to shoot so they have to be ready.
15. What are three important things to remember in the pre-production process? These could be related to the stage in general or the work of those performing specialist roles


Production

16. What is the production stage also known as? (Think about its purpose) the shooting of the film.
17. What are some tasks done in the production stage? lighty ,camera operation, sound.
18. What are three important things to remember in the production process? These could be related to the stage in general or the work of those performing specialist roles. lighting , close to the actors mouth as possible, safety
19. What does ‘continuity’ mean? Why is it an important consideration of the production stage? Making sure that certain items are consistent in the background of the shoot or even the actors outfits.


Post-Production

20. What is one of the major tasks completed in post-production?
Required cool heads to cope with pressures
compromise is essential
health and saftey is critical
21. What is the difference between an off-line edit and an online edit? off line - rough cut edit
finished product -online
22. What are some of the tasks done by an editor? cutting footage and audio together
23. What task is done after an edit? What is the purpose of this task? sound mix , so they are correctly balanced.






























SHOT

A shot is a continuous piece of filming without interruption from the time the camera is turned on and starts filming until it is turned off

In general most shots last for no more than about 10 seconds
The camera or subjects may move during a shot, however the filming is uninterrupted



EDIT
An edit is a break in the film where one shot ends and the next shot begins

The four common types of edit are:
Cuts
Dissolves
Fades
Wipes (occasionally)

Edit types are selected carefully to suit the genre of the film and emotional intention of the shot.