» Blog Archive » Refreshing Glossary of Common Video Terms Here is a list of terms that are helpful to know when you’re making or editing videos. Memorize them, there will be a quiz at the end of the list. After Affects is a software primarily used for creating motion graphics and visual effects. For more information, check out our lesson Getting Started with Adobe After Effects . Aperture is the size of the opening within your lens that allows light onto the image sensor. Aspect Ratio is the relationship between the width and the height of your video dimensions expressed as a fraction. Boom microphones are long, highly directional microphones. Close up is a shot composition where the frame is filled almost entirely with the subject’s face. Color Correction is when an editor digitally manipulates colors in post-production. Compression as it relates to video refers to reducing the amount of data in a video file. Cut-in also known as insert shots, typically show objects or props that a character is manipulating.
Days Like This… | The Transparent Teacher Today, my students reviewed their first graded essays. I tried out a new way of assessing student work — screencasting. Instead of collecting printed papers, I asked students to write in Google Docs and then share their papers with me so I would also be able to view them online. Instead of scribbling marks in the margins of printed papers, I opened each student’s paper in Google Docs, highlighted text and inserted comments to clarify my thoughts, and then turned on the screen recorder (Jing) to record my voice as I scrolled through the paper and pointed to items with my mouse. I waited while they listened to the feedback today. They were engaged, and I was impressed with their dedication to the task. Using screencasting for assessment has been one of my grand experiments. I “collected” the next round of papers today. All I can say is “wow.” “I loved how in depth and personal jing allowed you to be in grading me. “I really liked the verbal feedback. I love my job. Like this:
15 Amazing Animated Short films We all love short animated films, but creating short film is very hard task. Putting whole story in 5 to 10 minutes is not easy. Can you imagine? I bet you will love these short animated movies, do let us know your favorite one, also feel free to share your favorite short film if it’s not present in the list. Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty Oscar-nominated film of ‘Granny O’Grimm’, directed by Nicky Phelan, produced by Brown Bag Films, and written/voiced by Kathleen O’Rourke. Oktapodi (2007) In Oktapodi, these two cuties help each other escape the clutches of a tyrannical restaurant cook. This Side Up – A Short Animation by Liron Topaz A naive music-lover’s patience is tested on his quest to download music online, as his perspective on technology completely changes. Oxygen Oxygen tries to make friends on the playground. “Heavenly Appeals” a short film by David Lisbe After many millennia of being tortured in Hell, Raymond K. Marcelino and Bartolomeo: Bye Bye! Bunny Animation The Passenger Alma
INTERNET ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CINEMATOGRAPHERS - HOME Storyboard Tutorial - How to Create Storyboard for Film, Video, and Television | Beats Digging Ditches - My Life as a Professional Graphic Designer First a Quick Note to Aspiring Producers and Film Makers This tutorial is aimed at people who want to storyboard professionally. However it also useful for beginning television and film makers just wanting to know the basics. If this is you, then ignore all the parts about being able to draw. Crude stick figures will work just as good for hashing out your ideas pre-production. Download Materials for this Tutorial 16:9 Eight Up Storyboard Thumbnail Sheet 16:9 Two Up Storyboard Template 16:9 One Up Storyboard Template 4:3 Four Up Storyboard Template (not true 4:3 but I used this one for years) Animatic Layered Photoshop Storyboard Template Storyboards Are Like Comics…Mostly Just to get my street cred out-of-the-way, I’m a working professional storyboard artist. However, this is not a tutorial on how to be hired as a storyboard artist or how to find a job at a studio. The most important thing you need to be a storyboard artist is the ability to draw. Understanding How Movies and Television Work
MathCast Rubric Welcome to Film Underground Why Can’t 3D Sound Be the Future of Movies? It’s dark, and it’s about to get darker. You slide ten cents worth of plastic onto your face because it’s supposed to make you see an extra dimension, and you’re paying more for it. There’s no need to do a full intro on 3D. We all know it. We all have opinions about it. Yesterday, after coming late to the game on this one, I discovered the 3D world of sound, and it created an experience more immersive than any 3D I’ve ever seen. Strap on your headphones, take a few minutes of your day off from studying Greek Literature (you won’t use it) or ordering lunch for your boss (he can skip it), and check it out: It’s incredible. The question is whether there’s a practical use for this technology in the movie world. What it Would Require The first requirement isn’t difficult, but the rest are. Plus, holophonic 3D seems magical because your mind does all the work. There’s also the question of how a film score would fit into the puzzle. The massive pro to all of this is the experience.
labs: Storyboard Templates. . . | andrewANDORU. . . Probably the most valuable couple of megabytes on this site, my storyboard templates have continuously been one of the top sources of traffic. For me, storyboarding is simultaneously the most rewarding and frustrating part of the film making process. It is very rare that a scripted scene survives the storyboarding step unscathed. Recently I updated them just a bit and while I tend to do most of by story boarding on one of these beauties. . . . . . You can checkout some examples of these templates in use on my current Floating World project page. Demo: QuickTime Version 1280×800 (26MB) iPhone Version (8MB) Download: andoru.LABS 2010 Storyboard Templates (2.3MB .zip) Log: [feel free to use and distribute these in accordance to the CC license presented at the bottom of this site] -2010.8.06 – Updated for 2010 and simplified -2010.8.06 – Added .PSD templates for digital storyboarding -2010.10.12 – v1.1 – Added “2:1″ aspect ratio [andoru.labs]
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Screencasting to Engage Learning (EDUCAUSE Review Key Takeaways Screencasts can provide learners a student-centered and engaging learning experience in both distance and traditional learning settings. To align screencasts with lesson objectives, goals, assessment practices, and standards, instructors can create their own screencasts rather than searching through the thousands of educational screencast videos on the web. Good educational screencasts depend not only on thorough planning but also on thoughtful and careful editing to re-sequence lesson elements, eliminate awkward and unnecessary portions, and craft a focused, easy-to-follow presentation that uses students' time efficiently. Students in both K–12 and higher education will spend all of their personal and professional lives immersed in a digital society. Educators in today's classrooms must be able to use and integrate both current and emerging technologies. This article focuses on educational screencasts. Screencasting Overview Screencast Benefits The Flipped Classroom 1. 2.