Week Four Lecture

When this lecture began I was kind of confused and wondered if I was in the right class for a second. Cine-speak was the topic and was rather interesting. One point I liked was that in filming shots are used as words. They explain the what, where, when, why, who and how by using different types of shots and their selection of people/objects. It's when these questions are answered accurately and effectively that the audience knows what your talking about.



We were given fun facts and more about the cinema and filming such as headroom, talking room, the 180 degree rule, that the first full length feature was The Kelly Gang made in Australia and that the first USA cinemas were called the Nickelodeons because it used to cost a Nickel to get in....still wondering if I was in the right class....



Then we were informed how when Blockbusters were then released to T.V viewing many people stopped physically going to the movies and paying to see it when they could stay home and watch T.V instead, this then lead eventually into the topic of the internet and the viewing and pirating of movies and T.V shows that now occurs and how this NEW COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY affected the process of the industry dramatically.



Sites like Youtube (which upon its launch date, the same amount of traffic went through equal to that of the amount of people who had gone through the INTERNET that whole year!) allow this easy access to TV shows and other sources of media. So I suppose it was important to understand the processes of the cinema and film and how it has travelled and where it is now compared to then...



An enjoyable lecture which I took a fair amount away with me.