Image Effects

In this clip it shows that you can play around with the picture you upload to your sceen, like you can put a whirl on the face of your pic and it mixes the face into a different position or makes the face all wavy. You can also change the colour of the picture or object, by going to the looks category and clicking on th set colour button you can change the colour of the picture.

I this tutorial video I learned that you can manipulate images with all sorts of special effects. It shows what some of the tools can be used for like the scissors symbol is what cuts or deletes images and objects of the screen. The paint sprite is what you can use to import pictures that you would like to use. Then there is the grow sprite and the shrink sprite which are the tools you use to shrink or stretch out the image or object.

Scratch Intro

I this Scratch intro video it shows all the different types of programs you can create such as videos, cartoons, games, mini shows, storylines and heaps more. All projects created have a special code of their own, which can be viewed or changed in the sample videos and games. It shows how to play and stop the video or game if you want to view something, the green flag in the top right corner is the play button and the red hexagon beside it is to stop the video or game. I learned that every character and object is called a sprite and that every sprite is controlled by their own code which tells it what to do. You can see how this works by double clicking a sprite, its code will show up and then you can change it around if you want or just watch how it works. To create your own program you start with a blank screen, you can add your own characters and backgrounds if you want. If you want them to move or do something you can glick on any of the choices in the box in the top left corner there is: motion, looks, sound, pen, conrol, sensing, numbers and variables. When you click on one of these 8 choices a list of different types of motions and more. It taught me how you can make them move or make noises....you drag whatever motion you choose over to the control box and you click on it repeatedly to make it move forward or something. If you are using a motion and noise, you can join them together so they can play together at the same time. You can move your character or forward or backwards, you can rotate and do heaps more. In this tutorial it has really helped me with how to use the tools and create or these different types of programs.

URL for my scrapblog

http://www.scrapblog.com/viewer/viewer.aspx?sbId=2168986

New Terms relating to audio files

Stereo: Meaning sound can be heard from both channels (left and right sides) of earphones.

Channel: piece of equipment that can be put into or on top of the ear so that sound can be heard from a device.

Track: A track is a song/songs on an album

Frequency: Frequency is measured of occurrences of a repeating event per unit time

Hertz: the unit of frequencyDecibel

Decibel: the intensity of sound

Wav, mp3, aiff: audio/video formats

Storyboards

What are Storyboards?

1. Storyboard ________________________________ arranged to represent the events of a story which will be filmed.
2. A storyboard acts as a visual ______________________ for lighting, camera and most importantly _____________________-
3. What are 2 problems that could be encountered if a storyboard is absent from a script
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4. What si the name of the main type of storyboard?_______________________
5. What is a Conceptual Sheet or Painting storyboard?
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6. Who are TV storyboards produced for ?__________________________________
7. The story which is told in a film is broken down into narrative elements which are
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8. If a film is filmed in real time it would be tedious and time-consuming so what is done to make it more interesting?
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9. What are these called?________________________________________________
10. These are categorised as _____________________________________________
11. When are Establishing or Long Shot ( LS) used in filming?
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12. Mid -Shot. (MS) are used to focus on_____________________________
13. What si the difference in using High Camera Angle (HCA) compared to
Low Camera Angle (LCA) ?
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14. How do you start a storyboard?
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15. What is the next step in creating the storyboard?
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16.. Pencilling in _________________ is the next step.
17.What si involved in Analysing the scenes?
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18. What does Flesh out the Draft mean?
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Animation