Media

Ms Collings

Stefan Christophides

Qualitative:
Qualitative data/research is when someone does not require the measurement. It mostly consists of facts and information, the way someone can get this information is by an interview and/or questionnaire. The way you can remember this is by using the word quality, which represents the word qualitative.

Quantitative:

Quantitative data/research on the other hand uses measurements because it consists of numbers, statistics and figures. People can also get this by questionnaires and then putting their results in excel and putting them into graphs, pie charts and/or bar charts. The word that can represent quantitative is quantity that links back to numbers.

Reliable:

This means when a person, data and/or facts is seen as trusted, and able to use in your research. It also means that it is consistently good in quality and/or performance. Also, to find out if something is reliable you can keep testing, whatever, you are doing. For example, scientists will carry out experiments and to find out if it is reliable they would keep testing it out three times and if they get the same or similar results, it is seen as reliable.

Validity:

Validity means when something is acceptable and you are able to use there and then. If it is invalid, this means that you are not able to use it because it either expired or not up to date. For example, if you have a train ticket and the departure time is at 5 o’clock and you get at the station at around 4:30, your ticket will be valid, but if you get there after 5 the ticket will be invalid.    

Primary Research:

This is also known as field research because to get the information you need you will have to go out to the public and get the information by interviewing, and questionnaires. An advantage of using primary data is that the researcher will be able to focus on both qualitative and quantitative issues. However, primary research can be more expensive than secondary research.

Secondary Research:

This is known as desk research because you don't have to go out and get the information. The reason for this is because you are able to gather information that already exists. This includes reports from a library, already made surveys and the internet.

Why are multi-camera techniques used?

 

Multi-camera is where several cameras are set up to on the set and simultaneously record or broadcast a scene.

Multi-cameras are used to give people who are watching TV at home a better experience of what is happening in the film, show and/or live performance. The reason for this is because if people used a single camera it wouldn’t be as effective because you would have to keep stopping the camera and changing the characters position, whereas, if you have multi-camera shot it is able to show different angles of the actors/actresses.

The advantages of using multi-camera shots is that it uses more than just one camera, so this allows it to cover more area of the stage or wherever the cameras are placed. Also, since you are using more than one camera, you can use it for different shots for each camera, this will allow the audience to see reactions and emotions through different angles, and the transitions from one person to another will be smoother as they film the whole thing together than shooting one person and then re-doing it to film the other person. It will also be quicker to film as they do not have to re-do the same scene over and over to get each piece of footage like they would do it they were using a single camera.

However, the disadvantage of using multi-cameras is that it takes longer to set up due to the large amount of equipment. It’s also more expensive than single camera because there are more than one camera people would be using. Furthermore, directors would only be able to use this in studios as it wouldn’t be possible to be used outdoors, and it also hard for the people to hide the other equipment because there are many cameras, so it could pick up equipment in the shot.

 

Media Homework

Final Cut Pro and IMovie

Final Cut Pro:

When you first use final cut pro it will be a little bit different to a person’s one if they have used it before because they might already have libraries loaded up. To load in footage you will have to create an event, so to do that you’ll need to click file and press new event or you can simply press right click on your mouse and select new event, or if you are really good you can use option N, which will allow you to name the event, choose what library you would like to save it in (this is where your video will be stored).

To upload the media you can go to file, then there will be an option to input media, this will bring up the media import window where you can see all connected devices. This will allow you to choose the click you would want to use for your video; when you choose the click it will allow you to store it in the library you would like to save in. You can either handle all the clips yourself or rely on final cut pro to handle it its self.

After this your footage will be imported. You can either choose to see the pictures of the clip or if you don’t you can click a button, which will allow you to have a list view of the media you have uploaded.

Now you can start to place the clips you have in the final cut pro timeline and to find out what clip you actually want to use you can click the spacebar to see what the clip it actually is and if you would like to use it. To bring the clip into the storyline you can click and drag the clip from the browser (this is where clips are found). This will then play on the viewer, which is where the clip will be played and shown.

On the right hand side of the screen when you are using final cut pro there is a button that will allow to cut parts of the clips you don’t want which then can be deleted when you right click that part of the clip you don’t want and press delete. You can also adjust the sound, but if you don’t want to use the sound from the clip you can press the little music note icon, which will allow you to choose a piece of music you already have on your computer.

iMovie:

IMovie is a video editing application developed by Apple. With iMovie, you can import images, video and audio to create professional-looking movies at a fraction of the cost of a Hollywood blockbuster.

When you load up iMovie you will have to click file and select import media so that you are able to extract media from your computer or device to IMovie, this will then allow you to choose what clip you would like to move from your computer to IMovie. After, you choose the clip you would like to use, you will have the option to save it in a device you have saved on iMovie. iMovie practically has the same form of layout as final cut pro, but in my opinion final cut pro is more complex and advanced than IMovie.

Similarly, you will have to create an event for your library so that you can save the movie that you are going to make into that library.

• The first time you import video from your camera, there won’t be any existing events in your Event Library.
• To create a new event, type a name for it in the “Create new Event” field.
• If you’re importing video that recorded on different days, you can have iMovie create a new Event for each of those days by selecting

When you have all your videos imported and you used different videos from different days and put them together, the movie is most likely going to be rough and not play that well. If you would like to fix that you can click settings on the top right hand corner, which will allow you to press stabilization, this will smooth any shaky cam motion.

Advantages

·         Final cut pro has a lot of editing features in comparison to iMovie. However, this could make it more difficult for the user to use as it may be a bit to complex.

·         You can add more clips onto your timeline in comparison to iMovie. (You can only add 18 clips on iMovie)

·         You can have as many soundtracks as you want or need in comparison to iMovie.

Disadvantages

·         Final cut pro takes a lot more time to compose in comparison to iMovie

·         iMovie is easier and more simple than final cut pro

·         Both final cut pro and iMovie can sometimes corrupts your file if it isn’t saved properly

Signs Shot breakdown

Name:

Stefan Luke Christophides

Month:

October

Year:

2015

Timing	Shot Angle/ Shot Size	Description for Action	Description of camera movement	Transitions	Music/Dialogue
4:21	Upper mid shot Wide	The women is showing the man a sign that has her name on it, while smiling (Stacey)	Stationary	Cut	Classic Music Confused Mystified
5:21	Close up shot Wide	The women is laughing at the man, Jason who has just fell out of his chair	Stationary	Cut	Classic Music Progressive
6:21	Close up Eye Level	Jason is telling Stacey to shhh because she made him laugh, which made everyone in the work station look at him	Stationary	Cut	Classic Music Happy and Jolly
7:21	Wide shot	Jason is writing something for Stacey	Stationary	Cut	Slow melancholy music