Archive for the ‘ Tutorials & Information ’ Category
Art:21 – Art in the 21st Century is a PBS series, educational resource, archive, and history of contemporary art. It premiered in 2001, and is now broadcast in over 50 countries worldwide. Premiering a new season every two years, Art:21 is the only series on United States television to focus exclusively on contemporary visual art [ READ MORE ]
Hey All, You can sign up with the Virginia Film Office to be a Production Assistant (or PA) for local films. For more information click here: VA Film Office: Be a Production Assistant! Being a production assistant is the hazing one goes through before becoming initiated into the fraternity of the film crew and even, [ READ MORE ]
Hello Illustrious New KI Comrades! To many creative experiments! I salute you. :] I am an adjunct (part time) instructor in the KI and AFO departments. I teach Computer Techniques and Sound Communications in Kinetic Imaging and got both my BFA and MFA in video, sound and animation… SO! Here is some information about software [ READ MORE ]
Maya Deren was an American avant-garde filmmaker and film theorist in the 1940-50s. She was also a choregrapher, dance, poet, writer and photographer. Check out more information about Maya Deren here: MAYA DEREN (WIKI) Film: Meshes of the Afternoon (13:29) Meshes of the Afternoon (1943) is a short experimental film directed by wife and husband [ READ MORE ]
Dame Evelyn Elizabeth Ann Glennie, (born 19 July 1965) is a Scottish virtuoso percussionist. She was the first full-time solo percussionist in 20th-century western society. Evelyn Glennie Website[ READ MORE ]
Field recording is the term used for any recording produced outside of a recording studio. Field recordings can be either of two varieties. Field recording of natural sounds, also called Phonography (a term chosen to illustrate its similarities to photography), was originally employed as a documentary adjunct to research work in the field and foley [ READ MORE ]
So why does the clapboard or clapperboard make a “CLAP” at the beginning of every scene take?? Simple! There are multiple cameras on a set getting different angles… AND there are multiple audio recorders taking template audio information so the folks in post production can sync up audio with the visuals. They can do this [ READ MORE ]
Sometimes our gizmos seem to spit out media formats that just won’t gel with the software we are working with… but never fear: CONVERT! You may want to refer back to a couple posts I did about the new file-based camcorder (if this is of current concern for ya): Video Formats Lecture AVCHD Format Note: [ READ MORE ]
You’re a mean one, Mister Grinch You really are a heel, You’re as cuddly as a cactus, you’re as charming as an eel, Mister Grinch, You’re a monster, Mister Grinch, Your heart’s an empty hole, Your brain is full of spiders, you’ve got garlic in your soul, Mister Grinch… … So I thought I would shake [ READ MORE ]
Hey Folks, First I want to explain my stance on this… as you guys should already know because I say it all the time: With digital sound making… all you need is a signal. What the heck does that mean? It means that all you need is a sound file and you can manipulate it [ READ MORE ]
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