The 1st Invention
In 1873 Joseph May a telegraph operator from Valentia, Ireland found the light affects electric selenium resistance. He realized that can be used to change the light into electric current using selenium photocell. Joseph May with Willoughby Smith (engineers from Telegraph Construction Company Maintenance) to do some further experiments that are reported in the Journal of the Society of Telegraph Engineers
After some period of time then ever found a small metal plate that can rotate with holes in it by Paul Julius Gottlieb Nipkow (1860-1940) or better known Paul Nipkow in Berlin, Germany at 1884 and referred to as the embryo of the birth of television. Around 1920 John Logie Baird (1888-1946) and Charles Francis Jenkins (1867 – 1934) using the Paul Nipkow’s disc to create a system in the arrest of a picture, transmission, and receive. They make the whole system is based on the television system mechanical movement, both in broadcasting and receive.
Electronic television rather stagnating development in the early years, the more mechanical television was due to cheaper and more resistant rock. Not only that, but also very difficult to get financial support for research electronic TV when TV mechanics are considered able to work with very well at that time. Until finally Vladimir Kosmo Zworykin (1889-1982) and Philo T. Farnsworth (1906-1971) succeeded to the electronic TV. With the cheap cost of running well and the result, the people at the time it gradually began to leave the TV and replace it with a mechanical electronic tv.
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June 27th, 2009 | Tags: baird, history, joseph may, multimedia, nipkow, philo, television, zworykin | Category: Lounge | Comments (1)
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In film production equipment such as a camera tripod, dolly, jib, crane, and steadycam is commonplace and is often used. The price is very cheap, just a few large production houses and rental equipment are able to buy these items.
In fact, if we can make the creative tools to use with materials or materials which are found around us, although not similar to the form of the essential functions of the tool is almost the same compared to the original.
Besides making a tool bantu / enhancements to the video camera is also available in ebook form that can be downloaded here. What’s dolly, camera stabilizer, crane, jib, camera car mount up described in detail from the materials needed to process pembuatannya to be in the form.
Instructions for making dolly, camera stabilizer, crane, jib, camera car mount up described in ebook form that can be downloaded here.
June 2nd, 2009 | Category: Tools | Leave a comment
Filmmaking involves incorporation of different elements to transform the story script to a live story on the screen. Among the technical elements — sound, lighting and editing — lighting has a special role. In the theatre the audience sees the motion picture accompanied by the synchronized sound track. All visual impressions on the viewer depend on proper lighting arrangements.
Although one can choose from among a variety of lighting kits available in the market, but with some basic understanding, you can also assemble a working light kit using some commonly available and affordable components. From you local hardware store you can buy lights with metallic reflectors that are used in repair workshops. These can be hung anywhere using the attached clips and easily moved. You can use bulbs of desired wattage and color in them.
The other very useful item is extension cords; you must have a good stock of them. You need them almost everywhere but most particularly for lighting. You may also like to have an adjustable, say 3-leg, stand. These may be used to mount lights using clips or for light diffusers. Having a white board to balance white light while filming will be another useful thing to do. These can also be used as reflectors to bounce light on some object.
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May 31st, 2009 | Tags: filmmaking, lighting | Category: Lounge | Comments (2)
Experienced animators, hobbyist filmmakers and cutting-edge Web developers have one common tool in their creative toolboxes: storyboard templates.
The storyboarding process, essentially resulting a series of sketches, makes any type of live action or animated production run more smoothly, since the script is visually interpreted before film begins to roll (literally or figuratively). Besides the creative advantages, this ultimately saves time and money.
Also, with a clear vision down on paper, there are much fewer chances for miscommunication on the set or in the editing room, which means a happier production crew and a near-seamless end product.
The storyboarding process starts with a basic template – often a sheet of letter- or legal-sized paper with a series of boxes or “panels” on it. Each frame is proportionately sized to the production’s needs. For example: widescreen (16:9 aspect ratio), full screen (4:3) or 35mm. Beneath each of these panels is a boxed area for “action notes”: written instructions such as camera angles, perspective, panning, lighting, special shots and so on.
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May 28th, 2009 | Category: Lounge | Comments (2)
The script is quintessentially the most important piece of no budget filmmaking. It is the blueprint for your film. If the blueprint is not designed properly, your film will crumble like a poorly constructed building. Every good movie is produced around a well-written script, and it doesn’t matter how big the budget is, how good the actors are, how incredible the explosions are, or how dynamic the visual effects are unless the story is moving, engaging, and believable.
In embarking on the journey to get the perfect script, there are three directions you can take:
- Write the script yourself
- Option a script already written
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February 7th, 2009 | Tags: development, filmmaking, production, script, writing | Category: Multimedia Production | Comments (2)
Filmmaking is an art and when mastered can be a wonderful thing. Many people across the globe are interested in filmmaking, over the years I have read articles about filmmaking and they all give people hope about how easy it is, just take the camera out a shoot away and boom you made a movie but is this all it really takes? No it’s not, most people who look up filmmaking information is looking for ways to be good at it and just picking up the camera and shooting away is not going to make you a good filmmaker there’s so much more involved in making a good film.
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January 10th, 2009 | Tags: cinematic, filmmaking, Lounge | Category: Lounge | Comments (2)
The number of members in the film camera department depends on the kind of film being shot. Big-budget feature films usually have a larger crew than a low-budget film, TV commercial, or music video. It also depends on whether the production is union or non-union. The typical camera department usually consists of the following crew members:
Director of Photography (D.P.)
Camera Operator (C.O.)
First Assistant Cameraman (1st A.C.) (Focus Puller)
Second Assistant Cameraman (2nd A.C.) (Clapper/Loader)
Loader (optional position on larger multicamera productions)
This list is based on a union, big-budget feature film and includes only the basic crew positions. All of the following lists of camera department personnel responsibilities are based on a union, big-budget feature film. Each job is different, so not all of these jobs will be done on every show.
Often when multiple cameras are being used there will be additional Camera Operators and assistants. The responsibilities of these additional crew members are exactly the same as the key members of the camera crew. These additional crew positions are hired on an asneeded basis. Additional crew members hired on a daily basis are often referred to as day players. More »
January 3rd, 2009 | Tags: camera, filmmaking, production | Category: Multimedia Production | Comments (1)
December 31st, 2008 | Category: Lounge | Comments (1)
Well , Filmmaking can be described in layman’s terms (without using any high level Gre words) as the process of making a film, from an initial story idea through scriptwriting, shooting, editing and finally distributing. Filmmaking is a platform for all those who can prove their abundancy of creative talents to the world or to his/her country . It is also a profession. Many have a wrong notion that it is somekind of hobby or for people who are lazy to do a job.
It is a highly respected field in other countries such as the U.S. But in countries like India – particularly the South region , this field is not respected as outside. People in the South have a notion that Filmmaking is a lazy route to success. Maybe , it gives money & fame in a shorter period when compared to other fields, but unlike other fields, if you don’t maintain your standard after success , your fame will fade away in the course of time. But the fame you get in other fields won’t fade away just in a course of time. It would be a long lasting one. And my friends, its not a lazy route to success .
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December 30th, 2008 | Tags: article, filmmaking, Lounge | Category: Lounge | Comments (4)
