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Metadata For Video

What is metadata? Basically, it’s data about data. You may be familiar with meta tags used for web pages. Meta tags are inserted between the head tags which are at the very top of a web page. The information in this head area of your web pages is not seen by those...

Deadliest Catch Insider, 360 Degree Camera Lens

Greetings, Deadliest Catch Insider When Director of Photography Cameron Glendenning was asked what special techniques they use when filming Deadliest Catch, he answered "try to remain standing." And if you can remain standing, you need to quickly learn where you are...

The Art Of Film And Video Editing Part-9

Influence of Music Videos MTV was launched in 1981 as a medium for record companies and recording artists to sell music, clothes, movies and more. Today MTV (owned by Viacom) earns over a billion dollars a year in profits. The business of MTV is all about learning...

The Art Of Film And Video Editing Part-8

Does Non-Linear Editing Change Style and Art? Non-Linear editing is done on a computer and offers “random access, non-destructive editing” of the source material, including video and audio. There are a great many advantages to Non-Linear Editing. Two of...

The Art Of Film And Video Editing Part-7

In Editing, Sometimes Less Is More The French word for staging is mise-en-scene. But when applied to film the term mis-en-scene is ambiguous. For some it means all the visuals elements including what is seen on the set and how the camera portrays the scene. For others...

The Art Of Film And Video Editing Part-6

Emerging Alternatives to Continuity Editing: The Director Becomes Editor An early film which demonstrates an alternative to continuity editing is from surrealist Luis Bunuel who directed and edited "Un Chien Andolaou" (An Andalusian Dog) (1929). He worked with fellow...

The Art Of Film And Video Editing Part-4

Talking Pictures When sound technology was added to film, there were a great many new opportunities for creative story-telling. Ironically the advent of sound made some editors less creative. The sound alone could easily carry the story so the director and editor did...