Archive for the ‘General’ Category

 

crossing the line

July 2nd, 2011Posted by ryandunlop

According to Wikipedia:
“The 180° rule is a basic guideline in film making that states that two characters (or other elements) in the same scene should always have the same left/right relationship to each other. If the camera passes over the imaginary axis connecting the two subjects, it is called crossing the line. The new shot, from the […]

The Multimedia and multi-channel age

June 30th, 2011Posted by ryandunlop

“The imposition of statutory public service broadcasting obligations are unworkable and unnecessary in the multimedia and multichannel age.”
Broadcasting in Britain used to be a black and white business; simple, straightforward and with no competition but with today’s technology it is anything but. The digital age has brought huge choice and ‘touch of a button’ availability and how that is managed […]

Summer Festivals

June 30th, 2011Posted by ryandunlop

Well the summer festival season has commenced and we are already a few weeks into the summers television coverage of mud, screaming fans, drunks and the odd bit of live music.

Blog Is Back!

January 30th, 2011Posted by ryandunlop

Ok so it has pretty much been almost a year since this blog was active. I’ve been hectic with a lot of recent programmes and projects but not to worry I’ll be updating this again with tips and tricks and other things I think you may find useful or handy.

Map of the ‘new media’ world

September 22nd, 2010Posted by ryandunlop

Fround an incredible map using the favicons (icons) of the 300,000 biggest websites on the internet (according to internet statistics website Alexa) developed by the great people at Mashable Tech.

Understanding Good Colour

July 31st, 2010Posted by ryandunlop

Final Cut Pro and Avid provide full suites of colour correction tools, from waverforms monitors, vectorscopes to a variety of colour correction filters (FCP). The trick though is knowing how to use these tools effectively and to be able to understand colour in general.

The Cutaway

July 27th, 2010Posted by ryandunlop

Any editor will tell you that cutaways are the most useful shots. You can never have too many, and you never seem to have enough! No editor will ever complain that you have shot too many cutaways as a director. A cut-away shot shows a subsidary action or reaction that you can use to bridge […]

Consumer Cameras compete with the Pros?

June 13th, 2010Posted by ryandunlop

Over the last few recent years the industry has been making its ‘big switch’ and preparations for the move from Tape based digital/ analogue media to new tapeless technologies, whether on Sonys XDCAM range, Panasonic P2 Cards and/ or Ultra Speed SD Cards, but not to forget actual firewire hard drives built onto some cameras […]

Adobe CS5: After Effects (REVIEWED)

May 21st, 2010Posted by ryandunlop

My Adobe CS5 reviews continue and todays review is of one of the most well known graphics creation packages for video and is used in nearly every post production house across the globe, it is ofcourse After Effects. The latest version is fully in line with the changes made to its brother and sister products […]

Adobe CS5: Photoshop Extended (REVIEWED)

May 19th, 2010Posted by ryandunlop

Well Adobe released their CS5 range of products a few weeks back and ever since I recieved the creative suite I learn a new thing every time I open this latest incarnation from Adobe. Over the next few posts I will be reviewing the ‘must have’ Adobe CS5 products to enhance your projects and productions, […]