Com Arts 155 1st Edition Exam 2 Study Guide Lectures 12 25 Lecture 12 March 10 W3C Members come from the technology industry Mission is to insure inter operability Draft and publish standards for royalty free technologies Standards move through series of stages working draft candidate recommendation proposed recommendation W3C recommendation HTML5 Enhanced video and audio options including video animation with Canvas Robust support for new APIs Application Programming Interfaces including File API Media API and drag and Drop API The end of plug ins as we know them Maybe New Elements nav aside article section header footer CSS 3 CSS3 New features for layout graphic design interactivity and visual depth Box Model Can define areas individually or all 4 sides at once 960 pixel grid system Background color defines the color of the writing background color is the color in the background Hue saturation lightness and RGBA shows opacity Drop Shadows box shadow Vertical Margin Collapse If there are two vertical margins the smaller one may be dropped and replaced by just the greater one Rounded Corner border radius Animations and Interactivity styling links sprites and image rollover animations with keyframes Lecture 13 March 12 Video Where does video live Directory Every file exists on a server somewhere Video on your site or third party site You have less overhead in own site Video takes up a lot of memory You can link it outside You yourself don t have to respond to a cease and desist letter Your work becomes discoverable Element iframe Use when embedding a video from YouTube or another third party site Side by Side The theatre isn t a social place and forces the audience to focus solely on the movie 3D It can be like a gimmick it s better when things actually fly out at you Democratization a lot of people will make media but only the good surface Lecture 14 March 17 Ira Glass Two Building Blocks of Radio Storytelling Anecdote a sequence of actions Story in purest form Moment of Reflection what it all means More Tips Conflict is the essence of story Beware of annoying dinner party guest syndrome i e only talking about yourself or another person focusing just on self Keep it conversational Sound Fundamentals Sound Wave Wave of energy measured from one crest to another It determines frequency Frequency Number of cycles per second waves per second described in Hertz Hz interpreted as pitch Amplitude Loudness or volume of the sound Measured from the crest or trough to the midline of a sound wave Sample Rate Number of samples per second Bit Depth Dynamic range of your sound Analog vs Digital Analog reproduces an approximation of the sound wave digital reproduces it then converts it into code Tascam and Microphones Tascam Zoom Recorder 48K sample rate 16 bit bit depth keep it dB decibel is loudness and linearly related to amplitude UNI Refers to microphone Omni vs Uni Mic Us Omni Mics located on front when You have to record audio from multiple people Sound you want to capture is coming from multiple directions Use Uni Mics located on top when Interviewing subjects in a controlled location Audio is isolated to a small location Microphones Power Types Shotgun It will capture sound in key directions A Cardioid Mike Captures sound coming from upward rather than downward Omni Capture everything in all directions Aesthetics of Sound Sound presence the subjective closeness a listener feels to the sound Sound perspective perception of the sound in space Silence part of sound just like negative space is part of design Ambience background sound Remember to record room tone for continuity in editing Record it Clean Lecture 15 March 19 Ethics of Representation In creating non fiction media it is important to you obtain the informed consent of your interview subjects Your subjects should understand the purpose of the project how their interview will be used and how widely it will be shared Documenting Informed Consent Recording The easiest way to document informed consent in your podcast is to record a conversation in which you tell your interview subject what the podcast is about how they will likely appear in it and how widely it will be shared Will you share your podcast only with the other members of your lab or do you plan to share it more widely Documenting Informed Consent Writing If you have already recorded the interview then follow up with your interview subject over email to ask these questions Be sure to save your documented conversations about these matters i e save the mail exchanges or the audio recording where you obtained consent You should be especially careful to think through the ethics when an interview includes Disclosures of sexual identity sexual preferences or sexual experiences Disclosure of behavior prohibited by law Disclosure of traumatic experiences Statements that could embarrass the subject and or damage his or her reputation Recognizing Cultural Difference Creating non fiction media is a great way to learn about people from cultures and backgrounds that are different from your own You should remember however that what you consider appropriate and embarrassing may be different than someone from a different background Be sure that you and your subjects are on the same page Do Not Include or Record Illegal drugs and substances including alcohol for minors Destruction of campus property The recording of any illegal act Live sex acts Some Final Things to Consider for this Assignment If a subject speaks to you in an interview and later asks you not to use what he or she said you should respect his or her wishes and leave it out If you are not sure about whether your interview subject understands how their participation will be used contact your interview subject to discuss the matter If you have additional questions about the ethics of producing your podcast then contact your TA Lecture 16 March 24 Facing Fear Music Set the tone for the scene Lighting Use of shadows can be evocative Camera Work Subtlety and restraint can heighten the effect Conversation Tracking Sound Sometimes using a collage of a lot of sound can be effective The Truth Sound presence and perspective can really set the scene Dialogue Write a script but don t let the people read it off in the recording Lecture 17 Aril 7 Combining Sound and Image Synchronous Sound Sound matching action and recorded at the same time as picture Non Synchronous Sound Sound that does not match action and recorded at different time