Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Questions to Answer

1) What talents do you think a digital artist requires?
A digital artist requires many characteristics to be happy and succesful in their career. they need to be willing to sacrifice their time, talent or a creative mind, discipline, effort and most importantly, patience.

2) Identify three possible Photoshop tools or items that were used in these videos.
  • the brish tool
  • mask tool
  • smudge tool
  • paint bucket tool
  • text tool

3) Visit http://foxsportsdesign.com/2009/07/mlb-all-star-game-magnet and identify TEN occupations that went into the making of this video. Research these occupations and give a brief explanation of what it is they do.

Production Company  is responsible for supervising the filming from the start to the end, and they hold the sole legal and financial responsibility of the movie as a whole.
A Producer is someone who creates the conditions for making the movie/video. they initiate, co-ordinate, supervise and control matters such as fund-raising or arranging for distributors.The producer is involved throughout all phases of the film-making process from development to completion of a project.
A Director basically directs the movie. He/she is in total control outside administration things like paychecks. He tells he actors/video makers what to do, ensures the sets are right, and etc. Directors have a say in the editing process.
DP (director of photography) has a role that is to give and provide a film with its unique visual identity
Art Director oversees the art, like the photographs and drawn images. They usually oversees the entire design department
Stunt Coordinator budgets, designs and choreographs the stunt to fit in with the description of the sccript.
Second Unit Directors  are rsponsible for shooting shots less imprtant like those of crowds, scenery, etc
Second Unit Producers creates conditions for less important scenes?
Second Unit Camera team that shoots subsidiary footage for a motion

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Note for movie making 2

  1. the properties tool button is for changing the opacity
  2. start at 0:00 seconds
  3. to get movie title, move all your picture selections to the right and put title on layer above blank space
  4. under the edit menu is the title 
  5. warning: keep all stuff together and DONT MOVE THEM!!!! 

Friday, May 6, 2011

Comm Tech Notes for Premier

  1. click on new project
  2. tell premier to save in Thawspace and name folder (your name) video space
  3. click okay
  4. don't change settings
  5. click on get media and choose PC files and folders
  6. find your photos and add media
  7. your clips need to have names
  8. click on your photo and click on numbered stills at the bottom, select first pic and click open
  9. drag work on time-line below
  10. timeline and seen-line show the same info but use time lines its easier
  11. 3 tools at the top: selection tool, time stretch tool, split clip tool (looks like scissors)
  12. to get audio, go to www.sounddogs.com/
  13. right click on link
  14. save link as
  15. rename file so its clear
  16. click save in USB
  17. go to adobe bridge, open up animation photos
  18. open folder pic/ or select shift and select however many pics you want renamed
  19. click on tools menu
  20. at top it says batch rename> click it and rename> rename same folder
  21. for new file names, you can modify it
  22. change names and look at preview