Different Lightings

For this assignment, we took four different photos in different lighting.

The top left picture has no lighting.

The top right picture only has the key light.

The bottom left picture includes the key light and the fill light.

The bottom right picture is the key light, fill light, and back light. 

As you can see each picture has different lightings. 

Sequence Video

This video shows myself:

• Walking out of a classroom
• Walking toward the stairs
• Going down the stairs
• Going past the camera after finishing going down the stairs
• Walking to the exit door
• Coming through the exit door (shot from outside) 

30 and 60 Second Videos

Below are 30 and 60 second videos of the DJ Battle event on the campus of South Carolina State University.

Chapter 4 Discussion Questions

1) List the advantages and disadvantages of using a tripod when shooting television news.
Advantages: Extreme tight shots, shooting sequences free of shakiness, and a video that requires thoughtful composition.
Disadvantages: Tripod can get wobbly and sometimes you may have to replace equipment if needed.

2) What are the most important techniques that can be used to steady the handheld camera?
Balance(s) camera, use wide stance(s), can shoot on wide focal length(s), control breathing, preplan body movement(s), walk in lockstep, avoid unplanned camera movement(s).

3) Explain the primary considerations that govern panning and zooming. 
Zoom and pans are not always necessary! Ask yourself if these shots are really needed before taking them. Remember that zooms have a purpose to reveal something initially.

4) Why is it important to establish interactive communication in the field between the photographer and reporter? 
This is important because all of the participants on the team can come up with a final and good agreement for each story that will elevate the entire story.

5) What techniques can be used to avoid the pop cut?
Remember to shoot and move. Physically move the camera to a new location and angle after every shot you make.

6)Define the term editing in the camera, and discuss situations in which the technique can be useful.
Edit in the camera is shooting sequences and overlapping action in generally the same order in which they later will be aired. This technique saves valuable editing time on stories that are being covered very close to air time and it also helps ensure that a story will be edited as the photographer wants it be aired.

Chapter 3 Discussion Questions

Chapter 3 Discussion Questions:

1) Why are the best editing techniques often invisible to home audiences?
The audience won't really understand what's really going on. So it would be pointless for them to watch something that would take their attention away from what is really going on.

2) Describe how editing can be used to help enhance the visual storytelling process.
It duplicates the manner in which the mind sees. People really edit with their eyes and minds. This is also where the audience can communicate a story's sense of experience and realism.

3) Explain why an understanding of picture editing is important to all members of the reporting team.
It's important because it helps everyone emphasize, reveal, pace and structure various elements that make up television news stories.

4) Describe the role of the cut in video editing.
The cut is the simple joining of one scene to the other. The editor can cut from any image to another and can direct the eye's attention to any detail or anything happening.

5) Explain the meaning of the phrase "pace is everything" as it applies to television news.
It means that audiences will lose interest if story development is to plodding, dull, boring or predictable. Most video editors just have the instinct feeling of a story's pace feeling "right or not".

5 Steps to Painting Cute Quick Nails

Here's a 5 step video to cute, fun and quick nails! Enjoyyyyy :)

Chapter 2 Discussion Questions:

1) Explain the meaning of the term visual grammar.
Visual grammar are the rules that govern the visual reconstruction of events. Ex: The visual grammar of motion picture photography.

2) List the three basic shots in motion picture photography and describe their functions.

• Long Shots- or wide shot, provides a full view of the subject.
• Medium Shot- brings subject matter closer to the viewer and begins to isolate it from the environment.
• Close Up- isolates the subject entirely from its surroundings environment. 

3) Explain how the three basic shots can be joined to achieve a sense of continuity or consecutiveness in a sense.

Together in sequences the three shots in a manner roughly equivalent to how the eye works. 

4) What considerations help determine when a shot or the image size of a subject should be changed in a visual story?

Considerations that help determine when shots or image sizes should be changed are simply the different camera angles and the length of reports. 

5) Explain why it is important in film and television to have action in virtually every scene.

It's important because it's the strength of film and television. In TV news you want to make sure that movement is in every scene.