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The Supersizers Eat... Ancient Rome (Part 1)

Year 10 Exam 2010 Notes

Here are your Chapter 11 and 7 notes, from the textbook, Media: New Ways and Meanings. Please study them carefully for your exam. All the best.

2010 Year 10 reminder

Hi all,

Welcome back from your holidays. I hope you have been productive/ pro-active.
This is a reminder for you to bring all your video clips and start editing them for your final project. If you have not complete your filming, you can only have two weeks (including this week) to do so.

Free Video Editing Softwares

Here are the links on helping you to edit your movies at home.

Videohelp.com

Huge and useful technical site on learning how to make your own dvd etc.


Desktop Video Guide

There are step-by-step guides and product reviews so that you get only the most essential information you need. You'll learn how to select and buy quality video equipment, as well as techniques for shooting and capturing digital video. I also cover the video editing process and how you can share your video with others.


Windows Live Movie Maker

Ready, set, action! Create movies and slide shows from your photos and videos, and share them with your friends and family. Movie Maker is part of Windows Live Essentials, which includes free programs for photos, movies, instant messaging, e‑mail, blogging, family safety, and more. Get Movie Maker or get them all—they're free! Note: Windows Live Movie Maker is not available for Windows XP or earlier versions of Windows.


Microsoft Movie Maker

Already installed on newer computers that are running Windows XP, Movie Maker has drag and drop features to make creating and editing your movie easier. Microsoft has many add-ons for this software, and upgrades are available through the website. This is one of the best free video editing software programs available.


Apple iMovie

Apple iMovie is comparable to Windows Movie Maker, but Apple iMovie is used on the MAC operating system. Apple iMovie has many advanced features and add-ons. Unfortunately, the software is only free if you buy a new MAC system. If you want the software without buying the system, it is available for purchase. One of the best free video editing programs available for MAC users.


Avid FreeDV

Avid FreeDV is available for both Windows and MAC operating systems, and includes basic video and audio editing capabilities, as well as up to two streams of real-time effects. On the whole, a solid video editing program that is slightly hard to use, but very powerful once you learn its ins and outs.


Wax

Wax is a high performance and flexible free video editing software program. It started out as a college project, and has since grown. Wax is good for both home users and professionals. It can be used as a stand-alone application, or as a plug-in to other video editors. The software also features unlimited video and audio tracks with top-down compositing.



Zwei-Stein

Zwei-Stein is great free video editing software, but the user interface is
very technical. It is full featured, offering many different effects. It can edit up to 256 video, audio, and still image clips. There are up to 64 effects, which can be chained serially. An interesting program that's worth looking at.


Conclusion
Microsoft Movie Maker for Windows users, and Apple iMovie for MAC users are probably the two easiest to use free video editing software programs available. Both of the products will allow you to do what you want to do with your videos. However, trying out the others, you may find that you are able to add more effects and such to your videos as well. Of all the available programs out there, these are the top five free video editing software programs available.

Original post here.

Review a Doco

Take a look at the following documentaries. Choose a documentary that you like most or like least and write a review about it. After writing the review, please post your review under comments according to your selected documentary. An example of a documentary review can be found here.

Please use the worksheet here as a guide.





While it seems easy to write a documentary review, there are many difficulties involved. You have to keep your mind open, and view it with an open mind. Look at it as it is written, and not because you may not like the actor or director. Remember millions of people will take your opinion seriously and a documentary reviewer can make or break a documentary.

Task
1. Outline some basic information about the documentary:

• name of the documentary
• prominent stars of the documentary
• basic setting (time and place)
• type of documentary (Advocacy for social concerns, Biography, Career Profile, Community History, Research/Factual, “How To” etc.)

2. Write a plot summary. You'll want to tell the reader what the documentary is about without giving away the ending, or revealing any plot twists that would be enjoyable for the reader to discover while watching the documentary. In other words, avoid spoilers.

3. Discuss various aspects of the filmmaking. The important thing here is to be specific and give examples. If anything is bad, good, poor, awesome, or any other subjective adjective, keep asking yourself "why?" and "how?".

    * acting
    * direction
    * If you've seen other documentary by this same director, consider similarities/differences.
    * editing
    * costume design
    * set design
    * photography
    * background music

4. Compare this documentary to other documentaries. If it has similarities to another documentary, is this one better or worse, and why? You could also make recommendations based on other documenatries, e.g. "If you liked ABC and XYZ, you'll enjoy this documentary."

Adapted from original post here.

Documentary 1: World of Warcraft: Dangerous Addiction or Cultural Phenomena

World of Warcraft: Dangerous Addiction or Cultural Phenomena
 


RagingScottish | 12 December 2007

A short documentary, made from the gamers' point of view, about how playing World of Warcraft has affected their lives and how they see it fit in with modern society

Documentary 2: Holden Caulfield: A Documentary

Holden Caulfield: A Documentary


lisamartinejenkins  |   09 March 2010
This is a film regarding J.D. Salinger's effect on American society and the portrayal of teenagers in the media.
It was student-made for the National History Day Competition. I do not own the rights to the images, audio tracks, or film clips included.