Tuesday, 17 December 2013




the first thing that we need to do is to decide where the media is to be stored.  this consists of creating a folder to the hard drive that we will need to work on. i will also need to ensure that any additional files that have not been captured through log and transfer are included in the folder i am working with.
these can include files taken directly from a DSLR, i will get this from a audio recorder or from the internet. 



scratch disks on final cut pro is a important part of the editing process as it dictates where the footage is captured (log and transfer) will be stored, this includes the rendered files, waveform, cache and autosaves.



sequences relate to the timeline that you are currently working from you can also have multiple   within an individual project, this is useful when creating rushes to preview footage and receive feedback. 
in some cases,you may want certain file format for exported footage , it may be because the client wants the video for mobile content, web use, DVD or uncompromising allowing for high quality viewing.



final cut pro allows for two main options which are quick time movie (this in a high quality compressed version of your of your current sequence in a .mov file- an apple developed format) quicktime is another option as it allows you to choose from multiple files formats, the resolution it exports and quality of the finished product.


Monday, 16 December 2013

production equiptment

history:
in 1888 the first film camra was desined by louis le princh it was a simple camera compared to todays cameras it was a 14-24 frame per second. the early cameras where not moterised and had to be operated by hand. because of this depending on how long the film was some shots would not be in sink as it had less frames than the previous shot.

in 1929 kodak launched a 16mm film stock for cameras. this was a good peice of equiptment as it was smaller cheeper and was more avalable for amiture film makers. in the 1930's the bbc experemented on digital cameras. they used they where useing cathode ray teubes.

in the 1950's films where being releced in couler. because of this many more people went to see these films. because films where becomeing more populer in the 1950's more films where releced in couler in the 1960's.
in the early 2000's mini DR was a digital type based format but was soon followed by DVD hard disk drive and finaly SD card\ compact\solid stare flas based recording.

production equiptment

there are three main functions of controling the way an image is exposed correctly with a camera; shuter speed (how quiqly an image is captured)
a pertuve (controls dof)
iso (sensitivity)
the most common lighting setup is the '3 point' this is when there is a three light set up from a key light, fig light and a back light.

lighting is important for film as it makes the image more dinamic and interesting, lighting creates depth, creating the illushion of a three dimentinal image subject inside the frame (two dimention)

Monday, 7 October 2013








pal stands for phrase alliterate line the history of it is In the 1950s, the Western European countries commenced planning to introduce colour television, and were faced with the problem that the NTSC standard demonstrated several weaknesses, including colour tone shifting under poor transmission conditions. To overcome NTSC's shortcomings, alternative standards were devised, resulting in the development of the PAL and SECAM standards. The goal was to provide a colour TV standard for the European picture frequency of 50 fields  per second , and finding a way to eliminate the problems with NTSC.

PAL has 576 visible line compared with 480 lines with ntsc meaning that PAL has a 20% higher resolution. Both PAL and NTSC have a higher frame rate than film, 24 frames per second, offering flicker free motion. Most TV output for PAL and NTSC user Interlaced frames meaning that even lines update on one frame and odd lines update on the next frame. Interlacing frames gives a smoother motion with half the frame rate, the downside is with scene changes. ntsc is used with a fps of 60i or 30p whereas PAL generally uses 50i or 25p; both use a high enough frame rates  to give the illusion of fluid motion. PAL has a closer frame rate to film and is less likely to suffer from issues caused during frame rate conversion. Artifacts caused by frame rate conversion required when video has been recorded at the wrong rate for the display can be severe.

pow dose have some disadvantages as it is 10 frames per second some people would say that it is not as good quality because of this. the advantages of using pal is that it has a greater resolution than ntsc and it is the most widely used.

it is used in all the blue sections of the planet and is not used in other areas.

 PAL has 576 visible line compared with 480 lines with ntsc meaning that PAL has a 20% higher resolution. Both PAL and NTSC have a higher frame rate than film, 24 frames per second, offering flicker free motion. Most TV output for PAL and NTSC user Interlaced frames meaning that even lines update on one frame and odd lines update on the next frame. Interlacing frames gives a smoother motion with half the frame rate, the downside is with scene changes.ntsc is used with a fps of 60i or 30p whereas PAL generally uses 50i or 25p; both use a high enough frame rate to give the illusion of fluid motion. PAL has a closer frame rate to film and is less likely to suffer from issues caused during frame rate conversion. Artifacts caused by frame rate conversion required when video has been recorded at the wrong rate for the display can be severe.
NTSC receivers have a tint control to perform colour correction manually. If this is not adjusted correctly, the colours may be faulty. The PAL standard automatically cancels hue errors by phase reversal, so a tint control is unnecessary. Chrominance phase errors in the PAL system are cancelled out using a 1H delay line resulting in lower saturation, which is much less noticeable to the eye than NTSC hue errors.





pal stads for phrase alternating line. it is widely used in countries like;

In the 1950s, the Western European countries commenced planning to introduce colour television, and were faced with the problem that the NTSC standard demonstrated several weaknesses, including colour tone shifting under poor transmission conditions. To overcome NTSC's shortcomings, alternative standards were devised, resulting in the development of the PAL and SECAM standards. The goal was to provide a colour TV standard for the European picture frequency of 50 fields per second , and finding a way to eliminate the problems with NTSC.