Sites like youtube.com and myspace.com recieve millions of hits from viewers everyday. Watching music videos and shocking stories to funny homemade videos and unfound talent. Obviously though, people producing these videos whether professional and rich or not will not need proffessional equipment used by shows such as Jools Holland or in 'Film' production. So resolutions will not be as clear, sound may not be as crisp and certainly with cheap editing software they may be jerky or mismatched parts.
So obviously straight away standards will drop. Also, it's very unlikely that anyone who produces an home video or drama series has much, if any knowledge of techniques and characteristics of certain genres or productions. Whenever then, this is consumed, which in some peoples cases is more accessible than proffessional films and TV, their level of expectations and standards for productions such as these will drop severely. Argueably most people may be able to seperate the two levels of quality, but younger generations will definetly have their thoughts influenced by the online videos.
Also when, if ever they come to attempt something themselves, they may aim for that standard, which could see the quality dropping lower and lower. Another part is that some TV programmes and internet only channels produce their videos specifically for the internet, so they will be made for a much smaller screen. Therefore there may be budget cuts in the programme. For example large sweeping crane shots will become less neccessary because on a small screen you do not feel such a large movement and impact, basic shots may be used and using the least amount of sound/video or colour and other elements which add to the amount of memory of the finished video may be cut down to save space and upload times. Creating a video of a lower standard.
Thursday 10 February 2011
Tuesday 8 February 2011
The Digital world
Ever since the progression of TV from simple analog channels, extending into systems such as Cable television like VIRGIN TV and Satellite television like SKY. This gave audiences a massive number of channels to select from. Including radio and 'timeshift channels' there are nearly 700, ranging from the BBC channels to religious and documentary channels with the oppurtunity to tailor there choice of channels at extra price. Giving audiences a much wider selection and also a great number of companies setting up TV stations for profit. All TV channels are now created with funding from advertising or making money.
Still, television is being made more and more accessible and maleable to people lifestyles. For example On-Demand television was created, which allows users to select and watch previos programmes they have missed. This has also been adopted by the internet with sites such as BBC iplayer or 4OD. Allowing you to watch programmes on demand with just an internet connection.
Digital Cameras vs Film Cameras
There are many advantages of digital cameras over using film and tapes. A big part is that the process is much quicker and easier. For example with a digital camera, after filming a take during a documentary you can easily skip back on the SD card, view and decide if you want to keep it. Plus in the case of photography, film is costly and lengthy to develop, whereas on a digital the images are transferred in seconds to a computer where the photography can edit them easily. Also the risk of tape/ film being ruined is much higher than digital storage.
The widespread ability now to obtain and use editing software on videos has made the quality of any kind of footage increase. With editing software you can cut and choose the best footage, increasing it's chance of success, flowing better and removing unwanted parts. Plus adding effects and altering the video output can really add a specific twist on the video which can be very impressive on a specifc audience. This is particularly common in homemade video who do not, for example have the budget to light their front room for a drama shoot. They simply can detail it on an editing software whic gives similar effects, though perhaps not as good quality.
Television in the UK
We have BBC 1 and 2 available along with Channels 3 (ITV), 4 and 5. The BBC channels are paid for by our TV liscence which in 2011 is £145.50 a year. An increase of nearly 50 pounds on 1999's figure (according to http://www.mediauk.com/). This pays for the BBC's broadcasting costs all across their company including radio which means thier main channels do not carry advertisments. The other channels carry advertisments to fund their broadcasts.
The BBC
14 years after the BBC was founded by Scotsman John Reith the first TV broadcasting system was set up.
Originally two systems were set-up and used on alternative weeks but eventually the 'Marconi-EMI's 405-line system' was chosen and used through until the 1960's. 405 referred to the 'lines' used in the 'interlace'.
The broadcasts originally where few and far between but the popularity boosted quickly and widely.
Broadcasting standards.
These in basic are how analog TV signals are encoded to send and recieve correctly. For example PAL is the one used in UK, along with most of Europe, Asia and Austrilasia. This runs alongside our power supply which is 50Hz persecond. So channel broadcast 50 fields (of alternative lines) with at the speed of 0.02 seconds become undetectable and merge together to form 25 frames. It also contains contains 625 lines of resolution. With NTSC, used throughout America and other countries the two main differences are that the electrical supply is 60Hz so in response there are 60 fields and 30 frames created. Also the resolution is smaller with 525 lines. Because of these reasons, the two cannot be played on differently set players. They may need to cut out or add frames which seems jerky and the set may compensate for the number of lines with black lines.'http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-the-difference-between-ntsc-and-pal.htm'
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