This will be the video I'm submitting as part of my photo portfolio for NM1201 the final assessment piece for 2012, semester one. I'm confident I should at least get a past once I complete the write-up later tonight.
~ Studying Journalism at JCU in Townsville, Australia.
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
NM1600 Final Test Revision
This is my revision for the final test for NM1600 for 2012 that I believe covers Game music and movies. (foley)
Games - Are designed using an engine that's been programmed to incorporate many different modules such as keyboard and mouse access but they also have engines devoted to the sound within the game.
FMD is a common example found in game engines that's a middle-ware audio specific package.
Composers are often found working side-by-side programmers to ensure sounds and effects are called at the right part in game play.
The sound engines are able to deal with loops, adaptive audio and effects etc.
Sega consoles had a game called Sonic that incorporated the use of a short loop track that replays until a life is lost. Where as a game like Myst has a minimal approach to it's loop track such as instruments come in at different times but there's never a full sound.
Interactive Audio - Is a sound that reacts to the player's input. Adaptive Audio reacts to the game's state such as audio ques for time remaining and health left etc. Dynamic Audio is found in more complex games such as Halo. This audio changes throughout game play i.e. the audio would sound like your walking down a corridor if you were inside a building compared to being outside where you might hear wind etc.
Arcade style ames have an arcade game engine -Slicing 3 fruit at one time produces a sound effect which may change if the player has a blitz to a slightly more higher pitched sound.
Consonance and Dissonance - Has to do with the harmonics above a fundamental pitch. All acoustic instruments have a set of harmonics. This is referred to as the harmonic series or overtone series.
When conflicts arise within the notes it is called dissonance.
Texture is the layering of sounds and instruments within a period of time.
Dynamic refer to the volume of the different instruments within the texture.
FOLEY for Movies... Radio, TV and even New-Media
Foley is a concept thought of by Jack Foley. It was originally used for a movie that Foley was working on to create more of an impact so rather than use the original sounds recorded when filming he re-recorded sounds to make the audio track stand out.
Foley can contain dialogue, music and event effects. This is referred to as DME... Dialogue, Music and Effects.
Foley is used to support the visuals of the film.
Combining Foley within realism can create an aery atmosphere. Alternative sounds to the real-life sound are often used as they sound better and have more effect. i.e. two coconuts clanged together can sound like horse's hooves.
Suspension - Is when Foley has a lack of sound which produces a dramatic effect.
The first films with sound where between 1891 and 1895.
Digital Sound Recording was born during the 90s.
Mickey Mouse's original film from Disney between 1928 and 1933 incorporated the use of a click track that was used to tell the conductor what rate to conduct the orchestra. The orchestra played music which accompanied the track often mimicking what is happening in the film.
Sound is a change in air pressure. A guitar string when vibrated changes the air pressure.
Time-Domain Representatiion can be shown on a graph with Time o nthe X and Pressure on the Y.
The frequency of the music is the cycles which is known as Hertz or Hz.
Sound is the combination of many frequencies which results in a complex tone.
DSP - Refers to the digital signal processing - Which is applied when a device such as a delay or compressor processes the digital audio data.
Games - Are designed using an engine that's been programmed to incorporate many different modules such as keyboard and mouse access but they also have engines devoted to the sound within the game.
FMD is a common example found in game engines that's a middle-ware audio specific package.
Composers are often found working side-by-side programmers to ensure sounds and effects are called at the right part in game play.
The sound engines are able to deal with loops, adaptive audio and effects etc.
Sega consoles had a game called Sonic that incorporated the use of a short loop track that replays until a life is lost. Where as a game like Myst has a minimal approach to it's loop track such as instruments come in at different times but there's never a full sound.
Interactive Audio - Is a sound that reacts to the player's input. Adaptive Audio reacts to the game's state such as audio ques for time remaining and health left etc. Dynamic Audio is found in more complex games such as Halo. This audio changes throughout game play i.e. the audio would sound like your walking down a corridor if you were inside a building compared to being outside where you might hear wind etc.
Arcade style ames have an arcade game engine -Slicing 3 fruit at one time produces a sound effect which may change if the player has a blitz to a slightly more higher pitched sound.
Consonance and Dissonance - Has to do with the harmonics above a fundamental pitch. All acoustic instruments have a set of harmonics. This is referred to as the harmonic series or overtone series.
When conflicts arise within the notes it is called dissonance.
Texture is the layering of sounds and instruments within a period of time.
Dynamic refer to the volume of the different instruments within the texture.
FOLEY for Movies... Radio, TV and even New-Media
Foley is a concept thought of by Jack Foley. It was originally used for a movie that Foley was working on to create more of an impact so rather than use the original sounds recorded when filming he re-recorded sounds to make the audio track stand out.
Foley can contain dialogue, music and event effects. This is referred to as DME... Dialogue, Music and Effects.
Foley is used to support the visuals of the film.
Combining Foley within realism can create an aery atmosphere. Alternative sounds to the real-life sound are often used as they sound better and have more effect. i.e. two coconuts clanged together can sound like horse's hooves.
Suspension - Is when Foley has a lack of sound which produces a dramatic effect.
The first films with sound where between 1891 and 1895.
Digital Sound Recording was born during the 90s.
Mickey Mouse's original film from Disney between 1928 and 1933 incorporated the use of a click track that was used to tell the conductor what rate to conduct the orchestra. The orchestra played music which accompanied the track often mimicking what is happening in the film.
Sound is a change in air pressure. A guitar string when vibrated changes the air pressure.
Time-Domain Representatiion can be shown on a graph with Time o nthe X and Pressure on the Y.
The frequency of the music is the cycles which is known as Hertz or Hz.
Sound is the combination of many frequencies which results in a complex tone.
DSP - Refers to the digital signal processing - Which is applied when a device such as a delay or compressor processes the digital audio data.
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Maintaining Camera Equipment
Cameras can be affected by different effects including Heat which is a major enemy in the North. Avoid high temperatures like the inside of a car on a summer's day where a car can reach almost boiling temperature.
High heat melts lubricants in equipment causing them to run into lenses, delicate housings, etc. Excessive heat can cause parts of a cameras to wrap.
Excessive cold is unlikely to cause damage in the North where we live but camera batteries can generally be affected by cold weather (such as visiting Antartica)
Keep the camera warm or under a coat until your ready to use it.
Moisture can condense on a camera if metal that has been cold meets warm humid air (such as from airconditioning to outdoors)
Keep camera inside the bag until it reaches the ambient temperature of the environment in which you are shooting.
Humidity
Humidity causes significant problems. This is particularly prevalent in a tropical environment.
Prints and negatives contain a layer of gelatin which can be affected by humidity.
Once a Fungus is on a lense it's there and can never be removed entirely.
To keep fungus away, us a desiccant such as SILICA GEL to absorb moisture.
Us camera gear regularly as fungus does not grow in sunlight. The UV content kills spores before they can spread. Be wary of older equipment and always inspect.
Dust and Dirt
Take measures to always protect equipment from dust and dirt. Keep the camera equipment in a bag, and keep a UV filter to protect during use. Use lens and end caps for lenses not permantely mounted to the camera.
Carrying Gear
Always use a camera bag -> An investment as they are usually insulated against heat and the padding will absorb knocks. You can buy bags that are watertight (expensive) but they are worthwhile if taking gear on water, or travelling when there is a good change of heavy lasting rain.
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Game Audio and Game Sound Analysis One
Game engines control the running of the game and a common audio mod that's part of game engines is f-mod.
Game Engines - A knowledge of engine capabilities is crucial for the composer.
Sonic has a track on re-peat throughout.
Mario have adaptive audio - Which is sound that reacts to game states such as player health, time remaining etc.
Dynamic Audio - Any sound that responds to a game-play condition or event is considered to be dynamic. DA can be affected by the structures in the environment such as walking behind a wall (the sound would lower) or as they respond to physics (such as a Doppler shift).
The soundtrack for the interactive mystery game Myst (1993) which used minimal ambient music and sound effects to fill the silence and create an eerie atmosphere... Played at a slow pace, such a minimal approach was beneficial to a game like Myst in which players may be stuck for a significant amount of time at any one stage. MIT Press, 2008, Collins, . Game Sound.
Halo has Dynamic Audio - Which reacts to changes in the game-play environment, and or to actions taken. E.g - Halo - Footsteps.
At random voices, synthetic, contemporary orchestral and strings may change throughout a game like Halo's menu.
Game Audio - Read a quote from Marty O'Donnell a Halo Game developer... Link.
Otto Matic - Bugdoom 2 - Games uses heaps of sound effects to create vivid creative scenes.
Arcade Mode Sound Such as Fruit Ninja has different sound depending upon actions.
Game Engines - A knowledge of engine capabilities is crucial for the composer.
Sonic has a track on re-peat throughout.
Mario have adaptive audio - Which is sound that reacts to game states such as player health, time remaining etc.
Dynamic Audio - Any sound that responds to a game-play condition or event is considered to be dynamic. DA can be affected by the structures in the environment such as walking behind a wall (the sound would lower) or as they respond to physics (such as a Doppler shift).
The soundtrack for the interactive mystery game Myst (1993) which used minimal ambient music and sound effects to fill the silence and create an eerie atmosphere... Played at a slow pace, such a minimal approach was beneficial to a game like Myst in which players may be stuck for a significant amount of time at any one stage. MIT Press, 2008, Collins, . Game Sound.
Halo has Dynamic Audio - Which reacts to changes in the game-play environment, and or to actions taken. E.g - Halo - Footsteps.
At random voices, synthetic, contemporary orchestral and strings may change throughout a game like Halo's menu.
Game Audio - Read a quote from Marty O'Donnell a Halo Game developer... Link.
Otto Matic - Bugdoom 2 - Games uses heaps of sound effects to create vivid creative scenes.
Arcade Mode Sound Such as Fruit Ninja has different sound depending upon actions.
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Horst P Horst
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| One of Horst's most famous images... |
Horst
P Horst born as ‘Horst Paul Albert Bohrmann’ was a German-American
photographer known for his fashion photography which featured in popular
fashion magazines such as Vogue. He is often thought of as one of the
founders of modern day fashion photography.
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I think perhaps it is a good idea to take a look at what was happening
at around the time Horst was born, which was 1906. During the early
1920-30s the fashion photography industry expanded drastically when two
popular fashion magazines competed for the best photos - this is
probably something which drew Horst to explore photography within the
fashion industry.
****** American website eHow said that during this time, “Many
fashion photographers became celebrities in their own right, having
their own studios and careers in photographic arts as well as fashion.” (www.ehow.com/about_5082411_fashion-photographers.html)
*****
A few magazines at this time which were seen as competitors included;
“Harper’s Bazaar,” and “Vogue.” Horst’s photography was published in
Vogue early on in his career. The magazine Vogue is now seen as the
place where Horst found his success.
Horst’s official website quotes his contribution to society as “most artistically significant” and long lasting.
***** A quote from the website reads,
“His
name became legendary as a one-word photographic byline, and his
photographs came to be seen as synonymous with the creation of images of
elegance, style and rarefied glamour.” (http://www.horstphorst.com/abouthorst.php)
*****
His contribution to society can also be seen in an MTV video clip by
pop star singer Madonna. During the early 1990s Madonna released her
single Vogue of which she opted for creating a classic fashion
photography scene.
The
scene which features towards the end of the MTV clip recreated by
director David Fincher recreates Horst’s prized work the “Mainbocher
Corset, 1939.”
*****
From this clip you can see how his photography style has been used as
one of the main methods of communicating fashion successfully.
His
contribution to society is also put back into the industry that made
his success. His images have been featured in countless exhibitions
including Fashion 1900-1939 (at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London
1975) and also at the International Center of Photography in New York
where his images featured in the exhibition Fleeting Gestures -- Two
years after Horst’s death his portrait photography was also featured at
the National Gallery in London.
****
His
work has not only contributed to his success but to the success of many
other photographers in the fashion industry that he is said to have
influenced.
The
book known as the The Berg Companion to Fashion proposes his work has
influenced photographers such as Robert Mapplethorp, Bruce Weber and
Herb Rittis.
In
Summary, Horst’s own success has influenced the photography industry.
His success has contributed to the success of other photographers who
thanks to his work have been able to create a name for themselves as
well.
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
SOCA Logo Design
For a subject I'm completing NM1401 a graphic design course I've been given an assignment to work on involving designing a logo for the James Cook University SoCA Department.
SoCA in case you don't know stands for School of Creative Arts.
Below is the logo I've designed based upon the assignment Criteria and the client briefing which can be found in an earlier post under the label, NM1401 Introduction to Graphic Design.
PS... Enjoy this Google Document that has some variation of the logo including some product designs.
SoCA in case you don't know stands for School of Creative Arts.
Below is the logo I've designed based upon the assignment Criteria and the client briefing which can be found in an earlier post under the label, NM1401 Introduction to Graphic Design.
PS... Enjoy this Google Document that has some variation of the logo including some product designs.
Sound for Games One
Linear Content is a sequence of start, middle and end - as found in books, film, radio and television. Essentially loops over and over.
The challenge is variation is required within the looped piece of music. Music without variation becomes over repetitive and annoying....
Fixed Interactivity Is where Scene A has always the same music but when Scene B occurs the music may change somewhat.
Startup screens of games can have Linear Content.
Interactive Linear Content allows for branching, where one event in a game can result in a successful move.
I.e. If right key is selected music continues as normal... wrong key than music changes and something (bad) happens in the game.
Complex Interactive Content - Interactive media requires the composer to provide music for al scenes or cues, even though users may not experience each and every cue.
Transitions points in loops expose changes in music parameters of volume, temp, rhythm, key, harmony, texture and style...
The transitions seen in the game Mario incorporate tonic, pre-dominant and dominanty harmonies with the progression ending on the Dominant lead back to the tonic.
C G C
F C G C F D G
The challenge is variation is required within the looped piece of music. Music without variation becomes over repetitive and annoying....
Fixed Interactivity Is where Scene A has always the same music but when Scene B occurs the music may change somewhat.
Startup screens of games can have Linear Content.
Interactive Linear Content allows for branching, where one event in a game can result in a successful move.
I.e. If right key is selected music continues as normal... wrong key than music changes and something (bad) happens in the game.
Complex Interactive Content - Interactive media requires the composer to provide music for al scenes or cues, even though users may not experience each and every cue.
Transitions points in loops expose changes in music parameters of volume, temp, rhythm, key, harmony, texture and style...
The transitions seen in the game Mario incorporate tonic, pre-dominant and dominanty harmonies with the progression ending on the Dominant lead back to the tonic.
C G C
F C G C F D G
Creative Industries
Creative Industries has been a big thing since around the 1990s. It has moved even faster since the internet has been grasped by media agencies.
Multi-Media Journalism is one of those brand new degrees which's aim is to arm you with skills that employees will like.
We are now starting to move from the Information age to the Conceptual Age.
Daniel Pink says this A whole New Mind in Nightingale V. New Media Worlds...
"The last few decades have belonged to a certain kind of person with a certain kind of mind—computer programmers who could crank code, lawyers who could craft contracts, MBAs who could crunch numbers. But the keys to the kingdom are changing hands. The future belongs to a very different kind of person with a very different kind of mind—creators and empathizers, pattern recognizers, and meaning makers. These people—artists, inventors, designers, storytellers, caregivers, consolers, big picture thinkers—will now reap society’s richest rewards and share its greatest joys." Read more: http://www.oprah.com/spirit/Excerpt-from-A-Whole-New-Mind-by-Daniel-Pink#ixzz1uK49b7Su
The future of creative industries can encounter; advertising, architecture, arts and antiques, crafts, designs, film, vido, photography, software, computer games, music, publishing, television and radio. A large area of creative industries.
So, what's the relationship between Information, Knowledge and Creativity.
The Digital Age - Has enabled audiences to play a bigger role in content creation.
New Technology is allowing consumers to have a greater say, communicating online directly to creative producers.
The demand for creative products is growing across the globe. The public is demanding more from CI which provides businesses with engaging content.
The History of Creative Industries - Have their grounds in 'job creation through the generation and exploitation of intellectual property.'
The rise of human creativity is a key factor in our economy.
Identification of Creativity is a key driver of growth and innovation in a knowledge-based economy.
The NBN rollout is very much apart of the local and global market in terms of the creative industry. Means content can be delivered quicker to the wider globe rather than being slowed by a standard broadband connection.
Screen Australia is investigating in the development of digital and emerging content through its All Media Fund.
How does this affect Journalism??? Australia is moving to a convergent network environment. Radio, TV and Newspapers work together.
Media Storm is an award winning creative industries organisation that prides itself on delivering the highest quality digital stories which have a cinematic experience.
Watch a story by Jessica Dimmock entitles the Ninth Floor here - http://mediastorm.com/publication/the-ninth-floor (Graphic Content)
Multi-Media Journalism is about establishing a strong post-production environment. Efficient editing techniques, archiving and compression and teamwork.
Activism - Achieving social/cultural/political ends to mobilise support on a global level. Point of view inherently local.
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| Creative Industries |
We are now starting to move from the Information age to the Conceptual Age.
Daniel Pink says this A whole New Mind in Nightingale V. New Media Worlds...
"The last few decades have belonged to a certain kind of person with a certain kind of mind—computer programmers who could crank code, lawyers who could craft contracts, MBAs who could crunch numbers. But the keys to the kingdom are changing hands. The future belongs to a very different kind of person with a very different kind of mind—creators and empathizers, pattern recognizers, and meaning makers. These people—artists, inventors, designers, storytellers, caregivers, consolers, big picture thinkers—will now reap society’s richest rewards and share its greatest joys." Read more: http://www.oprah.com/spirit/Excerpt-from-A-Whole-New-Mind-by-Daniel-Pink#ixzz1uK49b7Su
The future of creative industries can encounter; advertising, architecture, arts and antiques, crafts, designs, film, vido, photography, software, computer games, music, publishing, television and radio. A large area of creative industries.
So, what's the relationship between Information, Knowledge and Creativity.
The Digital Age - Has enabled audiences to play a bigger role in content creation.
New Technology is allowing consumers to have a greater say, communicating online directly to creative producers.
The demand for creative products is growing across the globe. The public is demanding more from CI which provides businesses with engaging content.
The History of Creative Industries - Have their grounds in 'job creation through the generation and exploitation of intellectual property.'
The rise of human creativity is a key factor in our economy.
Identification of Creativity is a key driver of growth and innovation in a knowledge-based economy.
The NBN rollout is very much apart of the local and global market in terms of the creative industry. Means content can be delivered quicker to the wider globe rather than being slowed by a standard broadband connection.
Screen Australia is investigating in the development of digital and emerging content through its All Media Fund.
How does this affect Journalism??? Australia is moving to a convergent network environment. Radio, TV and Newspapers work together.
Media Storm is an award winning creative industries organisation that prides itself on delivering the highest quality digital stories which have a cinematic experience.
Watch a story by Jessica Dimmock entitles the Ninth Floor here - http://mediastorm.com/publication/the-ninth-floor (Graphic Content)
Multi-Media Journalism is about establishing a strong post-production environment. Efficient editing techniques, archiving and compression and teamwork.
Activism - Achieving social/cultural/political ends to mobilise support on a global level. Point of view inherently local.
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Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Come over to the Dark Side
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| Flash Photography - This image uses a flash which has been taken off the camera to show nice highlights. |
Today's flash is termed as an electronic flash. But it's in the origins of flash photography that a powder flash was commonly used.
In the 1930s the more simple and safe flashbulbs were developed to replaced the powder. Later the flashbulbs were replaced with electronic flashes.
"Press photography was in the transition era between flash powder and flash bulbs. …I rigged up my Korelle with a rudimentary flashgun. With tinfoil wound around the finger release button to make contact and a table lamp reflector mounted onto a flashlight to utilize No. 5 flash bulbs."
Flashes are a type of light defined as a 'momentary' light source. As opposed to a 'constant' light source such as daylight or tungsten.
All flash units are not created equal. Some are considerably more powerful than others, and this power is expressed as a guide number. The GN is determined by the maximum distance multiplied by the aperture (rounded off) for a given ISO.
The GN of a professional flash unit is 45-60. A GN of 32 @ 100ISO would have a working distance of 4m when providing f8 worth of light (f8 x 4 = 32)
Flash light is a burst of light, for a very short time. Because there is no time over which light can react with the film as with a constant light source.
The exposure of the flash is only controlled by the aperture.
ETTL - Electronic through the Lense - Is a function on a flash that works out most of the settings for your flash.
The automatic controls allow you to set the amount of light required, as long as you are working within the maximum allowable distance (GN formula)
The numbers on these settings correspond to the aperture ring and are THE AMOUNT OF LIGHT NEEDED TO EXPOSE THE FILM THROUGH THAT APERTURE.
As far as a shutter speed is concerned, electronic flash is synchronized to fire when the shutter is fully open because the flash reaches its peak brillance almost immediately and has a very brief duration.
So how do we expose with a Flash...?
What happens when you want both available light and flash exposed together? You mix the flash with the available light.
The burst of light can freeze motion especially in nighttime shots.
Friday, May 4, 2012
May the Fourth be With You!
The one quote that everybody looks forward to in May is not may the
fifth or may the tenth but the ear catching, “May the fourth be with
you.”
The
line now pushed by the many Star Wars fans around the world due to the
phase sounding similar to, “May the force be with you.” The line that’s
commonly heard throughout the Star Wars films.
Today Star Wars fans have capitalised on the phase “May the fourth be with you” calling May the fourth Star Wars Day.
Contrary to what some might expect the phase was not first used by Star Wars fans. It was first used when Margaret Thatcher was elected Britain’s first female Prime Minister on May 4, 1979, her party placed an advertisement in The London Evening News that said “May the Fourth Be with You, Maggie. Congratulations.” This reading of the line has also been recorded in the UK Parliament’s Hansard.
If your a fan of Star Wars you may like the official Starwars.com site.
Are you a Twitter get in amongst the chat by using hashtags, “#starwarsday“, “#maythe4thbewithyou“
Read more at My Suburban News - http://www.mysuburbannews.com.au/2012/05/04/may-the-fourth-be-with-you-20208525.html#ixzz1tqfYdIBs
The
line now pushed by the many Star Wars fans around the world due to the
phase sounding similar to, “May the force be with you.” The line that’s
commonly heard throughout the Star Wars films.Contrary to what some might expect the phase was not first used by Star Wars fans. It was first used when Margaret Thatcher was elected Britain’s first female Prime Minister on May 4, 1979, her party placed an advertisement in The London Evening News that said “May the Fourth Be with You, Maggie. Congratulations.” This reading of the line has also been recorded in the UK Parliament’s Hansard.
If your a fan of Star Wars you may like the official Starwars.com site.
Are you a Twitter get in amongst the chat by using hashtags, “#starwarsday“, “#maythe4thbewithyou“
Read more at My Suburban News - http://www.mysuburbannews.com.au/2012/05/04/may-the-fourth-be-with-you-20208525.html#ixzz1tqfYdIBs
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
New media
New media is digital forms of media content that combine and integrate data, text, sound and images stored in digital forms and distributed to large audience for viewing. New media is manipulable at all stages of creation, storage, delivery and use.
New Media Content - Networkable - Can be shared and exchanged between large numbers of users simultaneously and across distances. Dense - Large amounts of information can be stored on network servers. Compressible, Impartial - digital information is indifferent to what forms it represents.
History of new Media - PPT slide Below
A network society emerged at the end of the 20th and 21st century according to Manuel Castells.
Shift from industrial (depending on new energy sources) to informational mode of development (dependent on technology of knowledge generation)
Web 2.0 opened up the viewer to dialogue with the content.
Changes in TV - Increase in using citizens to supply video to CNN - ABC Open - Shifted from creating content publishing USG Content.
Blogging and Participant / Citizen Journalism
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| Do you trust a blogger as much as a journalist? |
Sender > Message > Receiver.
Media > News > Audience.
Audience > News > Media / Audience.
Freedom of the press belongs to those who own one. Blogging means anyone can own one.
Mainstream Meda - Big media have treated the news as a lecture. News told you what the news was. You bought it, or you didn't. (Dan Gillmor former San Jose Mercury News Reporter turned blogger)
Tomorrow's News - Reporting and production will be more of a conversation. The lines will blur between producers and consumers, changing the role of both.
The future - impact on news from blogs/new media
Walter Cronkite used to end his news bulletins with, "That's the way it is."
Whereas the digital journalist may say, "That's some of what we did our best to find out today."
MSM (Mainstream Media) shrinking - depends on identifiable rules - Consumers trust and rely on journalists less, and expect more of them, because they have alternative sources of information.
Agenda setting has been replaced by links to further information - citizen user generated sites setting up linking to news. i.e. in Townsville we have one major newspaper and supposedly the Bulletin did not run one negative story on the proposal to have a V8 Supercars circuit come to Townsville.
Participation / Citizen news Web 2.0 sites - Video and social networking sites (YouTube - 2005 44m monthly audience in US) Used by politicians and others for exposure / alternative to mainstream media. Blogging - As of 16 Feb 2011 accounted for 1.6 million public blogs in existence. Wikipedia - 2007 has been developing into a news source - most obvious is the coverage of Virginia Tech shootings - 750,000 visits in two days after event.
MEAA - Have conducted an excellent appraisal of where journalism is now - Click here to read more - Future of Journalism.
Blogs as a source of news : Blogs (30%), Web sites (81%), TV (78%), Radio (73%), Newspapers (69%), Magazines (38%).
55% believe blogging will be an important aspect of future journalism.
R Murdoch despite recent media attention he pointed out that future readers wouldn't access the news through traditional mediums back in 2005.
"They want control over their media, instead of being controlled by it..."
"They want news that speaks to them personally that affects their lives."
Read more of Murdoch's speech here.
"Plainly, the Internet allows us to be more granular in our advertising, targeting potential consumers based on where they've surfed and what products they've bought. The ability to more precisely target customers using technology- powered forms of advertising - contextual-based targeting and behavioral targeting -- represent a great opportunity for us to maintain and even grow market share and are clearly the future of advertising.
Bloggers and profitability - Few independent bloggers make no profit.
New media encourages dialogue with the wider public by enabling comments etc. Allowing the voice of judgement for the journalist is more honestly acknowledged. (Flew p. 154)
The difference with blogs - Ethics of transparency, Ethics of conversation (not one-sided), Ethics of the link (to provide more information).
Abraham Zapruder was an American manufacture of women's clothing. He was filming a home-movie when Kennedy's head was shot by a bullet. He then sold this footage to Life magazine for $50,000. The following day the filme was purchased for $150,000 (equivalent to $1million today).
ISP Blocks on blogs; India, Iran, China, Malaysia - Issues of inequalities of access so Internet should not be considered a virtual public sphere because of this (Flew 165)
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The difference with blogs - Ethics of transparency, Ethics of conversation (not one-sided), Ethics of the link (to provide more information).
Abraham Zapruder was an American manufacture of women's clothing. He was filming a home-movie when Kennedy's head was shot by a bullet. He then sold this footage to Life magazine for $50,000. The following day the filme was purchased for $150,000 (equivalent to $1million today).
ISP Blocks on blogs; India, Iran, China, Malaysia - Issues of inequalities of access so Internet should not be considered a virtual public sphere because of this (Flew 165)
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Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Controlling the light in your Images
Images sometimes show colours that the photographer did not see when the photograph was made. But although the picture may look incorrect, the equipment is not always the problem.
If your wearing a White shirt - It looks white both indoors and outdoors and under different types of light, but it will often look quite different in photographs.
If photographed under tungsten light, it will appear orange. This is because tungsten lights exude allot of red wavelengths.
Even the Sun can affect light our camera sees as the sun produces different shades and temps.
Clouds not only affect the quality of light (how 'hard' or 'soft' it is) but also the colour, as clouds are made up of tiny particles that reflect light. They will often render a scene blue.
Close to the equator - More light throughout the day as opposed to being further away where the sun doesn't get so high, much more of a warm temperature throughout the day.
Reflections can affect colour temperature as well, such as water on a lake or white wall etc.
So, why doesn't a camera record the same colour as our eyes see?
Well, film is balanced for one colour of light. Typically most films are balanced for daylight on a sunny day where as in order to get pictures with a film light under tungesten light a night film would need to be used.
So why is it called 'colour temperature' and how is the colour temperature determined. It's measured in degres Kelvin. Colour temp describes the spectrum of light which is radiated from a "blackbody." A cold black-body radiator is called pure black. As this is heated according to the K scale. It changes colour from black to warm orange.
White hot is hotter than red colour temp. Blue sky is 10,000 morning/ evening is around 3500 K.
If your wearing a White shirt - It looks white both indoors and outdoors and under different types of light, but it will often look quite different in photographs.
If photographed under tungsten light, it will appear orange. This is because tungsten lights exude allot of red wavelengths.
Even the Sun can affect light our camera sees as the sun produces different shades and temps.
Clouds not only affect the quality of light (how 'hard' or 'soft' it is) but also the colour, as clouds are made up of tiny particles that reflect light. They will often render a scene blue.
Close to the equator - More light throughout the day as opposed to being further away where the sun doesn't get so high, much more of a warm temperature throughout the day.
Reflections can affect colour temperature as well, such as water on a lake or white wall etc.
So, why doesn't a camera record the same colour as our eyes see?
Well, film is balanced for one colour of light. Typically most films are balanced for daylight on a sunny day where as in order to get pictures with a film light under tungesten light a night film would need to be used.
So why is it called 'colour temperature' and how is the colour temperature determined. It's measured in degres Kelvin. Colour temp describes the spectrum of light which is radiated from a "blackbody." A cold black-body radiator is called pure black. As this is heated according to the K scale. It changes colour from black to warm orange.
White hot is hotter than red colour temp. Blue sky is 10,000 morning/ evening is around 3500 K.
Triathlon Training in Full Swing
The last month I have been busily preparing to compete in my first triathlon. It's involved allot of time and motivation but I think I may get to the desired physique to compete at a high level.
My training involves both gym routines, treadmill runs, running, cycling and swimming.
Most days I train from 3pm onwards till about 6pm leaving for enough time to complete Uni assignments during the evening.
The last week I've completed more than 120km on the bike and 27km worth of running. I've completing the same distances for the last month, since April.
So far I'm enjoying the training and can feel myself getting fitter and more confident thanks to all those Yotube trainers and helpful websites.
I have found Intelligent-triathlon-training a very helpful website in discussing not only how you do the triathlon but the inspiration it gives you is quite motivational.
My training involves both gym routines, treadmill runs, running, cycling and swimming.
Most days I train from 3pm onwards till about 6pm leaving for enough time to complete Uni assignments during the evening.
The last week I've completed more than 120km on the bike and 27km worth of running. I've completing the same distances for the last month, since April.
So far I'm enjoying the training and can feel myself getting fitter and more confident thanks to all those Yotube trainers and helpful websites.
I have found Intelligent-triathlon-training a very helpful website in discussing not only how you do the triathlon but the inspiration it gives you is quite motivational.
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