MM240 Midterm Study Guide

• The Adobe DV Primer (pages 1 - 18)
  • Composite, S-Video and Component Video
  • Frame rates of common video and film formats (and the process of converting between them)
  • Know the differences between interlaced and non-interlaced (progressive) video and be able to explain how interlacing works
  • Broadcast Standards for USA and Europe
  • Advantages of the DV format
  • Video specs for DV (resolution, codec, color sampling, data rate (raw video and as a file on a hard drive), aspect ratio)
• Final Cut Pro: Ch. 1- 5, 9, 19 (p.677 - 684), 21 (p. 771 - 777)
  • Concept of 3-point editing
  • FCP Interface (windows, etc)
  • Video and Audio Settings for DV (used when setting up a project in Final Cut Pro)
  • Explain capturing, importing, digitizing
  • Explain capture methods (capture clip, batch cature, and capture now)
  • Various types of edits in FCP (overwrite, insert, etc)
  • Working with multiple tracks in Final Cut Pro
  • Snapping, linking tracks, and locking tracks
  • Rendering
  • Applying filters and transitions
  • Creating and using titles effectively
  • Printing to Video
  • Targeting tracks
  • Issues related to creating Photoshop files for use with DV video
• Other Lecture Material
  • Explain "Persistence of Vision"
  • Frame rates of common film and video formats
  • Strategy for Choosing a framerate for an online movie, based on the orginal framerate
  • Importance of blackening a tape
  • What is a scratch disk and how should it be configured?
  • Keyboard Shortcuts: Mark In/Out, scrubbing in the Timeline, snapping
  • Define: B-Roll