Week 5 Lecture

Week 5 lecture talked about consumption and production. In past days people are more like consumption consumers, get entertained in more passive ways, such as cinema and television (not means that people nowadays don't use them anymore). These things are more passive comparing to contemporary medias like computer (which is more interactive) and personal media player. Just like things went from consumption to production, ordinary people are playing quite important roles in modern media, like citizen journalists.

Week 4 Lecture

This week lecture talked about film history and this really helped me get through the idea about the development of film industry. This entry I'll put some dates in the film industry, that I thought were quite important.

1895 28 Dec - First film, 10 x 2min

1906 - First full length movie, created in Australia!

1921 - First movie with sound, "Dream Street"

1923 - First movie with color

1929 - First Oscar

1937 - Disney debut, "Snow White"

1939 - "Gone with the Wind"

1952 - First 3D movie

1955 - Movies on TV

1967 - First portable, out-of-studio camera, "One & Only"

1970 - IMAX

1971 - Blockbuster

1972 - Porn...

Week 3 Lecture

Week 2 Lecture

This week's lecture talked about different terms about cinema, like:

Shot sizes: VLS / LS / MLS / MS / MCU / CU / BCU / ECU

Different shot sizes can be applied to specific scenes, like CU to stress the character, LS to stress place and VLS to stress time.

Room: Head room, Talking room

To make sure appropriate head room and talking room for the character.

Rule of Thirds:

The 180 Rule:

Cameras should always in the same side of a scene, otherwise the audience may confused.

Week 1 Lecture

Week 4 tute task

Week 3 Treasure Hunt

1. The biggest machine in the world is called "Bagger 288", the weight of it is 13500 tons.

http://lh5.ggpht.com/abramsv/SK7R5E

ZSaYI/AAAAAAAAbc8/YZ7wl-2N--U/12.jpg

http://www.bukisa.com/articles/40463_worlds-largest-machines-ever-built

2. The easiest and most reliable way to contact Ozzy is probably through his manager:

Sharon Osbourne

Management

9292 Civic Center Drive

Beverly Hills, CA 90210

Phone: 310-859-7761

http://famous-relationships.topsynergy.com/Ozzy_Osbourne/Contact.asp

http://www.rocksins.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/OzzyOsbourne.jpg

3. The very first example of digital communication form may be telegraph, back in 1794 created by Claude Chappe.

http://inventors.about.com/od/tstartinventions/a/telegraph.htm

http://www.hiddenknowledge.com/mkpix.org/blogs

/early_radio/pictures/ManualWirelessTelegraphy1915-thumb-500x683.jpg

4. Walk, for sure...

5. Hatsune Miku is a super cute virtual idol in Japan created by Yamaha. "Her" birthday is Aug 31th 2007.

http://www.animevice.com/miku-hatsune/18-20703/

http://www.darkmirage.com/blog/wp-content/upload

s/2007/11/01_hatsune_miku.jpg

6. One webcam in Antarctica is located in Casey station. People usually stay in station there.

http://www.antarctica.gov.au/

http://www.alaska-in-pictures.com/data/media/22/antarctica-icebergs_4608.jpg

7. Chart-topper in this week is by one-hit-wonder band Lipps Inc, song is called Funkytown. (This song is so cool! As well as the cover art.)

http://www.austchartbook.com.au/

http://www.billies19

86.org/pictures/1980/lippsinc.jpg

8. I think nano technology means a way that technology done in a micro way as substance's features can change in extreme conditions, this technology may brings heaps of unexpected things.

9. Google Street View uses camera made by Immersive Media, a 360° motion camera.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-9724604-1.html

http://greatdance.com/danceblog/

archives/images/sitespecificcamera.jpg

10. 1.) nuq 'oH [the] [weight] vo' [the] [world’s] [biggest] [machine] chay' 'ar ta'ta' 'oH [cost] Daq chen

2.) nuq 'oH [the] [best] [way] [quickest] HochHom [reliable] Daq [contact] [Ozzy] [Osborne]

3.) ghorgh 'ej nuq ghaHta' [the] wa'DIch [example] vo' [global] [digital] [communication]

4.) nuq 'oH [the] [cheapest] [form] vo' [travel] vo' [the] SuD baS [Coast] Daq [Melbourne]

5.) 'Iv 'oH [Hatsune] [Miku] nuq [company] ta'taH ghaH [belong] Daq nuq 'oH Daj qoS

6.) tu' [a] yIn [webcam] Daq [Antarctica] tu' [a] Daq Daq [stay] Daq [Antarctica]

7.) nuq bom ghaHta' [top] vo' [the] [Australian] [pop] [charts] vam [week] Daq

8.) chay' [would] SoH [define] [the] [term] ['nano] [technology'] Daq lIj ghaj mu'mey nuq ta'taH 'oH [really] [mean]

9.) nuq [type] vo' [camera] 'oH [used] Daq chenmoH [‘Google] [Street] [View’]

10.) [Translate] Dochvammey [questions] Daq tlhIngan

http://www.mrklingon.org/

Week 4 tute task

1. In the late 1990s internet providing greater network bandwith, more access to networks, which leads to increasing computer networking and by that time steaming video online is possible. In Feb 2005, YouTube was created and it can be seen and after that the popularity of online video is skyrocketing.

http://www.5min.com/Video/History-of-Online-Video-and-YouTube-95793661

2. Recently 3D movies are definitely draw people's attention in these years and the unique experience is attracting audience.

3. Short films are still being made because it is still an way of telling a story and has many advantages. Fees for making an short film can come from the film maker or investors.

4. A film gets really popular via various ways called "go viral". The movie, The Blair Witch Project is an example of movie that goes viral.

5. In the area where people don't have access to Tv shows on TV can only get the video online (like where I came from, I have to check some forums weekly to get the TV shows I want). It can be good for people who can't watch the show on TV or who missed the show, but the watching experience may be not that good, considering most computer screens are not as big as teles.

Digital:

Relating to or operating with signals or information represented by discrete numeric values of a physical quantity such as voltage or magnetic polarization (commonly representing the digits 0 and 1); designating a signal or information of this kind. Opposed to analogue.

http://dictionary.oed.com.libraryproxy.griffith.edu.au/cgi/entry/50063921?single=1&query_type=word&queryword=digital&first=1&max_to_show=10

Analogue:

An analog computer is a form of computer that uses the continuously-changeable aspects of physical phenomena such as electrical, mechanical, or hydraulic quantities tomodel the problem being solved. In contrast, digital computers represent varying quantities incrementally, as their numerical values change.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analog_computer

Communication:

Communication is any process that transfers, transmits or makes information known to other people.

from lecture notes

Electronic:

When comes to a device, electronic means operating according to the principles or methods of electronics.

http://dictionary.oed.com.libraryproxy.griffith.edu.au/cgi/entry/50073038?single=1&query_type=word&queryword=electronic&first=1&max_to_show=10

Examples:

1.Flag semaphore

http://www.thebeatles.com/#/albums/Help2

2.Abacus

http://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/still-image/abacus/abacus.a.102622629.lg.jpg

3.Braille

http://tokyo5.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/braille-fares.jpg

Pickpocket

It was very fun to make a slideshow like this, we had to take many different aspects into consideration such as time, place, characters and storyline, what kind of shot should be used in different shoots, how to show the emotion of a character. Also what photos to select to make the slideshow clear and not confusing.