RTV 3511 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Electronic News-Gathering, Master Shot, Digital Intermediate
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Discovered painted bulls on the wall of the cave. This shows that as humans we always try to express ourselves in one way or another (cid:2) Started with earliest members of our species. We are telling stories of our existence. Gear: film early 20th cent, video starts post wwii and is a valid production medium by the 50s, cost. If you wanted pro, you needed to work for a big corp who could afford those cameras. Prosumer camera: bridged gap between pro and consumer. Cost of everything has changed and come down, which makes it easily attainable for the everyday person: size. Back in the day, only guys were videographers because gear was just too heavy for women to lug around: platforms. So much easier to get ahold of now. Go grab a camera, tripod, and fcp and you"re a production company: exhibition. You used to only be able to show in theatre.
