Year 2, Semester 2, Week 8, Practical

There was no practical class today because there was a bank holiday.

Year 2, Semester 2, Week 8, Lecture

There was no Lecture today because it was a Bank Holiday.

Year 2, Semester 2, Week 7, Practical

In todays practical we went through what we had gone through in previous weks just to recap and refresh peoples minds. We were all individually asked to do a task using AVID in preparation for future projects in which we will be using the system. I was asked to mark in and out a section of the film in order to splice it out and replace the gap provided with other piece of footage. In order to fully learn about AVID you would porbaly need to spend a day or day at it just to familarise yourself with the different functions and icons.

Year 2, Semester 2, Week 7, Lecture

in todays lecture we looked at a handout on Michael Kahn. He began his career on tv where he worked on the sitcom 'Hogans Heroes' which rabn for 6 years. He is one of the few remaining directors to still edit on film. He has worked with Steven Spielberg on his films since 1977 and he has won three academy awards for editing, Raiders of the lost ark (1981), Schindlers List(1993) and Saving Private Ryan (1998, all directed by Steven Spielberg. Other notable films in which he has edited include Catch Me If You Can (2002), Fatal attraction (1987) and The Colour Purple (1985)and will be soon working on three Steven Spielberg films Lincoln, Intersteller and the fourth installment of Indiana Jones.

Year 2, Semester 2, Week 6, Practical.

Year 2, Semester 2, Week 6, Lecture.

Year 2, Semester 2, Week 5, Practical.

In todays practical we put into use what we had learned in the previous week about Avid. We were all given the opportunity to use Avid on our own to practice creating and naming new bins, importing footage and familarising yourself to it for future use in assignments.

Year 2, Semester 2, Week 5, Lecture

In todays Lecture we went through a handout were we looked at RTE delivery requirements. We looked at the RTE independent productions delivery check list which must be filled out before a programme is broadcast on RTE. We also looked at the other paperwork that must be filled in before the programme is broadcast and it was interesting to see the different sheets on funding and copyright return. In comparison to Channel 4 it is quite a small amount of paperwork. It was also interesting to learn how subtitles and Aertal work and also it was interesting to know how the archives operate.

Year 2, Semester 2, Week 4, Practical

In Todays Practical I began to learn about using Avid. Sarah spent the first hour showing us the differnt functions in using Avid. Sarah showed us showed us first of all how to tranfer your footage into Avid manually by simply clicking on the record icon and clicking it again when you want it to stop, or you can make an in point and an out point and click record and it will rewind and record your selection. Sarah also showed us how the to create bins and name them for your different shot types CU, MS and LS and also to name each shot in order to keep organised. In each bin the frame icon was selected as it gives a thumbnail picture of your shot so that it is easier to access. I then started to use Avid by myself and began by importing the footage Denise and I shot around the college on car clamping. I found Avid easy to use compared to Media 100 and am looking forward to using it in the future.