March 20

1. A TV company spends mote time on audio because there is usually only one image on the screen but many audio tracks going together at the same time. Each audio track must be carefully created and adjusted to within very precise tolerances to produce the desired effect.

2. 
- Cardioid: pick up sounds in one direction only 
- Supercardioid: very directional mics 
-Lavalier: usually clipped onto clothing 
-Handheld: the mike is held in someones hand
-Boom & Fishpole: upercardioid mikes that are pointed at the subject from a distance
-Wireless: not attached to the camera with a long wire

3. Automatic gain control is when you "pointing straight up" audio levels but it is a problem for audio recording when there are long pauses because it will pick up any sound that it detects. 

4. Equalization  is the process of adjusting the high or low tones of a given sound.

5.
-Get closer. This means you want to get as close to the mike as you can without being distracting
-Talk across the mike instead of talking into the mike. You want to do this because you want to avoid popping your "p" sounds. 
-Get natural sound. Natural sound is all the audio which is not people talking. Moviemakers typically don't record natural sound and instead add it in post-production. 
-Never use camera mike for interviews. This is because the camera mike is too far away in which the sound will be hollow and noisy.

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March 6th

1. I haven't have much experience with video. 

2. A film that I have seen that I think has very successful videography is SlumDog Millionaire. I think this because the lighting and colour was very clear and the sound affects were very affective. Each frame also flowed very well together. 

3. a. I think frame #1 is successful because of the light coming of Harrys wand and it's not quiet centred which is very appealing to the eye. I think frame #2 is successful because the camera is only focusing on the object, the background is blurred out and it is off to the side. I think frame #2 is successful because of the darkness and shadows created. 

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I think this frame is very successful because of the lighting in the back and how it only focuses on the people. 

Videography Questions

1. According to the blog, editing is the very core of the production process. All editing is based on  putting shots together which creates a new meaning. 

2. A sequence is a collection of shots gathered at different times and stitched together so that they seem to flow. A sequence should generally follow in 2 shots that were photographed at different times but edited together to make a seamless flow. This order is like this because it establishes a place in the mind of the viewer. 

3. A matched action is aligning the edit of things that are moving a lot.  You should cut a shot when more things move to give it the most "invisible" type of editing possible.

4. A jump cut i occurs when you edit together two shots that are very similar which is a bad thing. You can hide a jump cut by either replacing one of the shots with a closer or wider shot or covering one of the shots with something different. 

5. A screen direction is when objects in the scene that move should be going the same direction in every shot. You can ensure that you maintain a good screen direction by making sure you always stay on one side of a moving object.

6. You can use exit/entrances to help you match the action in a sequence by letting the moving objects leave the frame or enter the frame. The point that the object exits or enters is an excellent place to position an edit.