This blog is the focal point of the class and contains all of the information you need to successfully complete this course. Your first assignment is to bookmark this blog on your phone & personal computer and to check it often. The address is art-317.blogspot.com.
DA&D IV is a film/video course that explores the creative possibilities of a medium based on time, the 4th dimension. We will create video interventions within real space, appropriate, loop and mash-up video as well as learn about classic film creation.
You will need a Youtube account for this class. A cell phone that records 1080p video, a HD DV cam or digital SLR camera with the ability to record video would also be very useful.
8 GB flash drive or larger.
this is going to be an exciting and technologically advanced course lets see what we can do.
Basics of Film and Video
- Frame Rate = Frames Per Second = FPS
- Persistance of Vision
- Interlaced vs Progressive
- New ATSC (replacement for NTSC) standard
- all digital video files are compressed with a Video Codec
* how does film look different then video?
Film
- 24 FPS
- analogue
- popular sizes are 8mm, 16mm, 35mm & 70mm
--- most feature films are 35mm
--- most indi-films are 16mm (traditionally)
DV & DVD Digital Video
- 30 FPS
- digital
- Aspect ratios 4:3 or 16:9 (wide screen)
- at this point screen resolution is always 72dpi
- DV codec resolution is 720 x 480 pixels for NTSC
--- when translating animation from Flash make the resolution 720 x 534
HD, HDTV, DVD & HDV Digital Video
- 30 FPS
- digital
- 720i is 1280 x 720 pixels
- 1080i is 1920 x 1080 pixels
- 1080p is 1920 x 1080 pixels
* i = interlaced, p = progressive
Digital Resolution Comparison Chart
Deconstructing Film and Video
- we are looking at 3 different aspects of a film or video
1) narrative
- how does the story progress through time?
- how are the main characters revealed? When in the storyline?
- what genre is the film? does it stay true to its genre or does it break conventions?
- is the film about the medium itself? does it incorporate the context of the medium into the films storyline?
- have you seen this storyline before? where?
2) use of camera angles and perspective
- how does the director use camera angles to control point of view?
- how does the perspective add to the context of the scene?
- does the director use a predominate angle through out the film or a variety?
- how does the angle effect the mood of the scene?
3) content
- what are the main colors in the film?
- how does the use of color effect the mood?
- how realistic or surreal is the environment? how does this play a role in the narrative?
- how does the film use or break stereotypes?
- is the film beautiful or sublime?
- what era of technology is the film? does this change during the film?
Where does this movie fit on this chart?
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