Imedia Revision Flashcards
Revison for exam
What Makes Up a storyboard?
Images, Camera Angles Lighting, Sound Effects
Background Music, Motion Arrows
Dialogue, Scene Timings
why are storyboards so effective?
They Are Cheap and effective ways of sharing your vision you have for your designs
What are visualisation diagrams?
Shows in a visual way what they might look like.
It can also be used in projects such as posters as DVDS.
Can Be used to show the layout of a website or scene or character model.
What do visualisation diagrams show?
Images, Graphics
Text, Navigation
What Are Spider Diagrams?
Used for planning or creating ideas. It uses a structured layout to explore ideas. They allow you to think about the main ideas and then how the ideas are presented.
What Are Mood Boards?
A moodboard is a collage of images, text and samples of objects in a composition. They can be physical and digital and can be extremely effective presentation tools. You can also use Mood Boards to show for a wide variety of product from posters and DVD covers to animations and TV adverts
Types of hardwares
Scanner, Camera
Video Recorder
Voice Recorder
What are scripts?
A script is a document that outlines every aural, visual, behavioural, and lingual element required to tell a story. The script is only used as an outline as it will be interpreted by many different professions such as the director, cast, editor and production crew
RSI
RSI is a repetitive strain injury is an injury to the musculoskeletal and nervous systems that may be caused by repetitive tasks, forceful exertions, vibrations, mechanical compression, or sustained or awkward positions.
Eye strain
People who use computers for a extensive amount of time complain about eye strain. Looking at a monitor can strain your eyes or can cause other problems. Symptoms include: Eye discomfort; Headaches; Sore, tired, burning or itchy eyes; Difficulty focusing.
Back Ache
Sitting for long periods of time in front of a computer can be ok unless your positioning is bad, Things that cause back ache are: Seating Posture; Computer screen position; Chair height; keyboard position, mouse position and desk equipment layout
How can you avoid injuries with long periods of computer use
Make sure equipment is properly positioned
Use chairs that can be adjusted to suit the height of the person using it and the desk they are working at.
Avoid Glare from windows or lights on computer scree ns.
Take regular breaks.
site recce
It is like a site survey, A inspection of the the risks in a area and who is at risk, This gives the person who is receiving the survey an idea of what can be changed or the risk of having the hazard there.
File types
Png, Jpeg, Psd, Gif, Mp3, Pdf, Bmp, Mov, Flv
lossless compression
lossless compression is making the size of a file smaller without losing any of the information in the file. E.g A Zip file or Gif.
Lossy compression
Removing some of the data from a file in order to reduce its size. e.g mpg or mp3
Disadvantages of lossy compression
When compressed a lossy file cannot be restored to its original state. They cannot be edited or changed and certainly not as originals.
Legislation
Copyright, Trademarks
Creative commons
Patent acts 1977
Copyright
Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988
It is illegal to use created material without permission
Trademarks
A word, symbol, or phrase, used to identify a particular manufacturer or seller’s products and distinguish them from the products of another
Trademarks Act 1994
Creative commons
A Creative Commons (CC) license is one of several public copyright licenses that enable the free distribution of an otherwise copyrighted work.
Patent
Patents Act 1977
Patents protect inventions
Stop anyone from making or using the invention without the owner’s permission.
Works Plans
- Work plans are created to organise the sequence of steps that need to be performed to complete a project.
- They show the order the steps should be performed
- They show the time allocated to complete each step
- They may include information about required resources
- They may include information about the location for each step (eg different filming locations to record a video)
Contingency plans
Contingency plans are often built into a work plan to allow extra time in case of setbacks. This could be due to:
• Equipment failure
• Workers off sick
• Conditions are not suitable for filming
• Health and safety concerns
Gannt charts
Gannt charts show work plans in a graphical way. Although they may hold less information than a table based approach, is is easier to visually track the sequence of events that you have to perform, and check if you are on schedule. They are often created using spreadsheet software.
Health And Safety
Back Ache, RSI (Repetitive Strain Injury) and Eye Strain
