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Depth of Field, history and such
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03/28/2004

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Term
What are the three factors that affect your depth of field?
Definition
Aperture-iris
the more open the iris, the smaller the field
focal length/ zoom
zoom dof gets smaller
distance from the camera to the subject
closer, dof smaller
Term
Pixilation
Definition
filming one shot at a time of a subject.
Term
Depth of Field
Definition
The space between two planes (invisible walls) one being the plane of near focus and the other plane of far fovcus. Everything between these planes will be in focus.
Term
Genre
Definition
A category of media production groupled by shared style, form or content.
Term
Media
Definition
a means of mass communication, such as newspapers, magazines, and televisions.
Term
persistance of vision
Definition
The ability of the brain to retain an image for a fraction of a second longer than the eye actually records it.
Term
what does persistance of visiohn allow us to do?
Definition
Percieve movement from still pictures
Term
The Black Maria
Definition
Was the first movie theatre (in america.)
Term
Parody
Definition
media which mimics another media's style for comic effect (mockumentaries)
Term
Animation
Definition
a thechnique that creates motion using drawing or stationart objects recorded one from at a time
Term
Fiction
Definition
No true, fantast, usually acted, constructed reality. Melies!
Term
Melies and Lumier Bros. provided...
Definition
The two possible directions of cinema
-entertain
-inform
Term
The Great Train Robbery was made when and by who?
Definition
1903, Edwin S. Porter
Term
what was special about the Great Train Robbery?
Definition
It was the first Western, had a double plot and it broke the third wall which involved the audience.
Term
What was wrong with edision's view on film?
Definition
Edision thought of one person per screening and didn't take the camera seriously
Term
Who was the first president to use ad campaign on television?
Definition
Dwight D. Eisenhauer
Term
The Lumiere Bros.
Definition
They took edision's design, rebuilt it, and made it better.
Term
Checker Speech
Definition
a speech about a dog named checkers, made by Nixon to urge people to buy frills.
Term
Thomas Alva Edision
Definition
Invested in the first motio picture camera
-sneezing man
-kinetiscope
Term
Eadweard Muybridge
Definition
The first perso to break down movement into discrete (separate) photographic units.
Term
What are the two things media can do?
Definition
Entertain or inform
Term
Media Literacy
Definition
Asking questions about what you watch, hear, and read
Term
What was the first Sci-fi film?
Definition
A Trip to the Moon
Melies
Term
What were the issues with A Trip to the Moon?
Definition
no close up or varied angles
all of the actors looked the same
it needed narration
Term
The First Move Theatre was open to the public....
Definition
December 28th, 1895
Term
non-fiction
Definition
true, not acted, captures reality, a documentary
Term
Historical fiction
Definition
a work in which real historical characters or situation figure prominently, but whick did not actually occur.
Term
Docudrama
Definition
a recreation of real historical events
Term
Mock Documentary
Definition
a fake documentary made to look like the real thing. At their best when they make us laugh or scare us
Term
experimental
Definition
AKA- Avante Garde- follwoes neither standard fiction nor non-fiction formats but instead explores alerternate expression in media
Term
Hammers in the Head Campaign
Definition
add for annesin/pain reliever...very repeaditive
Term
Rosser Reeves
Definition
an advertiser. "show the product, keep the message simple, sell the product"
Term
what color is inside light?
Definition
orange
Term
what color is outside light?
Definition
blue
Term
how come we don't see the difference in inside and outside light?
Definition
our brains correct the difference
Term
how many pictures per second is film?
Definition
24-30 pictures per second
Term
The Lens
Definition
the curved glass on the front of the camcorder
Term
What does the lens do?
Definition
It selects a part of the environment and produces a small image of it into the imaging device for processing. It also focuses the image.
Term
the iris is also known as an
Definition
aperture
Term
What does the iris do?
Definition
like the eyes, regulates the light coming into the camera
Term
variable focal length is also known as
Definition
zoom
Term
when the camera is zoomed all the way out it is called
Definition
a wide angle
Term
when the camera is zoomed all the way in we call it a
Definition
telephoto
Term
What is harder to do when the camera is in telephoto?
Definition
focus and keep steady
Term
The viewfinder
Definition
the small moniter that allows to operator to see the signal being produced by the camera (focus) and the information on internal workings of the camera (battery power)
Term
the Imaging device
Definition
takes light from the lens and turns it into an electrical signal. It performs the "magic" of motion pictures for us, preparing an electrical signal for recording to the videotape.
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