Video Fundamentals
When movies were first invented, the world was wowed by their ability to create a hypnotic replica of life. Silent films like The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari heightened the perception of an "alternate reality." The "color" of black and white film, along with its shimmery quality, added to the mystique of celluloid, making it quite the spectacle to behold.
Nowadays, film, television, and video are everywhere. As a result, most people take multimedia, and the equipment you need to enjoy it (a video receptor and an audio playback device), for granted. Which makes life tough for would-be Web videographers: with compelling sound and vision right there in your living room, multimedia on the Web is dull and disappointing by comparison.
If you keep that in mind, and are careful not to compare your Web work to Hollywood, you can successfully make your own kind of Web video magic. But only if you stick to the Web rule of thumb: a big fat download time is the easiest way to crush the entertainment experience and break the suspension of disbelief. So keep your video files very small or stream them.
Before we get to compression and streaming, we're going to cover the basics for shooting and capturing video. As with audio, it's important to start with the highest quality source available. If you're working on a high-end project and have access to film, by all means, use it. But for this tutorial, we'll just assume you're one of the many digital videographers who uses a High-8 or video camera.
And now, on to the DOs and DON'Ts of creating video, and then the TIPs and TRICKs to capturing it
When movies were first invented, the world was wowed by their ability to create a hypnotic replica of life. Silent films like The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari heightened the perception of an "alternate reality." The "color" of black and white film, along with its shimmery quality, added to the mystique of celluloid, making it quite the spectacle to behold.
Nowadays, film, television, and video are everywhere. As a result, most people take multimedia, and the equipment you need to enjoy it (a video receptor and an audio playback device), for granted. Which makes life tough for would-be Web videographers: with compelling sound and vision right there in your living room, multimedia on the Web is dull and disappointing by comparison.
If you keep that in mind, and are careful not to compare your Web work to Hollywood, you can successfully make your own kind of Web video magic. But only if you stick to the Web rule of thumb: a big fat download time is the easiest way to crush the entertainment experience and break the suspension of disbelief. So keep your video files very small or stream them.
Before we get to compression and streaming, we're going to cover the basics for shooting and capturing video. As with audio, it's important to start with the highest quality source available. If you're working on a high-end project and have access to film, by all means, use it. But for this tutorial, we'll just assume you're one of the many digital videographers who uses a High-8 or video camera.
And now, on to the DOs and DON'Ts of creating video, and then the TIPs and TRICKs to capturing it
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