Competency |
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Definition |
002C |
Audio Editing Software examples |
The following audio editing software can be used to manipulate and change sounds. Pro Tools, Adobe Audition, Garage Band, Audacity |
002C |
Audio Manipulation - types |
Ways to change how audio sounds with various techniques. |
002C |
Capturing Sounds |
The following is a quick list of ways to capture audio: reel to reel, CD/digital recording, iPod/iPad, Zoom digital recording device. |
002C |
Change Pitch (Audio Manipulation) |
Changing the frequency (pitch) of a sound. This makes the audio sound "high" or "low". |
002C |
Condenser Microphone |
An instrument that converts sound waves into an electric current. This microphone has has a built in amplifier. Used for indoor, studio locations. |
002C |
Delay (Audio Manipulation) |
Where sound pauses, or stops for a moment. |
002D |
Digital Editing Software |
The following digital editing software can be used to import and edit images. Photoshop, Picasa, Gimp, PhotoFiltre |
002C |
Distortion (Audio Manipulation) |
Creating a "warm", "dirty", or "fuzzy" sound by compressing the peaks of the sound wave. |
002C |
Dynamic Microphone |
An instrument that converts sound waves into an electric current. This microphone is plugged into an amplifier. Used for outdoor recordings. |
002D |
Image Sources |
These are places that you can find images: books, library, magazines, dictionary, encyclopedias, newspapers, websites, spffy, Library of Congress, USDA, NASA |
002C |
Microphone types |
The following is a brief list of microphones and their uses. Shotgun/Boom mic - used for single voices or to record groups of people; Pressure zone mic - used to lie on the floor of a dance recital, on a table of a conference or even a podium; Handheld mic - doesn't distort sound, wired, used typically for one person at a time; Wireless/Lavalier mic - used for hands free interviews, singing on a stage, wired for one person at a time. |
002C |
Reverb (Audio Manipulation) |
Short for reverberation. The sound has a number of echoes or delays. Think of it like when you talk in a gym or bathroom. |
002C |
Reverse (Audio Manipulation) |
The audio is actually being played backwards. |
002C |
Speed Up/Slow Down (Audio Manipulation) |
Allowing the audio to sound very fast, like a chipmunk; or very slow like. |
004A
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Analog Video
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A type of video recording that uses an electrical signal to record on magnetic tape. Examples include: VHS, 8-tracks, cassettes
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004A
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Digital Video
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A type of video recording that uses a series of 0s and 1s (binary code) to record images electronic. Example: DVD
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004A
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Linear Editing
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A form of editing used to change analog video. You must fast-forward and rewind to get to specific places within the video (i.e. linear-- go in a straight line)
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004A
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Nonlinear Editing
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A form of editing used to change digital video. You can skip to any place in the video to make changes. (i.e. nonlinear-- not in a straight line)
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004B
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Composition
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The position and angle of a frame in a video.
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004B |
Line of Gaze |
Where and how the viewers attention moves in a frame. |
004B |
Movement |
The manner that the video camera moves when recording. |
004B |
Pan |
To move the camera with an object as it moves. For example, following a plane as it takes off. |
004B |
Perspective |
The view that the film is taken from. |
004B |
Position in Frame |
Where the object of focus is in the composition. (Often follows the rule of thirds-- the focal point in in a third quadrant of the frame) |
004B |
Ratio of Image |
How much of the focal point takes up the frame. |
004B |
Tilts |
Moving the camera up or down. |
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