Digital or Analog technology?

        1)What are some photographic effects that can be achieved using digital or analog (darkroom, film, lights etc) technology?

         Some photographic effects can be achieved by using both digital or analog  technology.Colour filtering and Multiple exposure are examples.

2)What are some photographic techniques that can only be done using digital technology?By using computer editing,people can make photos perfect.Take Madonna for example,she hired the professionals to edit every parts of her in the advertisement.She in fact is a middle-aged woman but she looks young and have a perfect figure in the photos by using all kinds of effects from photoshop.Sometimes, we were fooled by this kind of photographic techniques ,and we might think that all female stars have the perfect figures as shown in the advertisements.


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3)What is the difference between analog photography and digital photography?
Nowadays,digital photography has been more popular than analog photography.
Analog photography can be produced in the dark room.And we cannot see the photos right away.It is interesting that someone still like using the analog photography they enjoy the surprises when they finally wait and get the photos.The films are easily to damage,too.We need the skills of using the camera in order to take nice pictures.




Digital photography,however,the photos are saved in the sd card.We can see the photos immediately.
We may not need the skills of using the camera beacause we can edit the photos by using the softwares.

There are different pixels of digital cameras that we can choose. But for traditional cameras, the quality of the photos highly depends on the film.The colours of the photos of digital cameras are sharper. Traditional photography is good for the people who have professional skill.On the other hand, digital photography is more easy to use for most of us.

References:

Foley, James D.; Andries van Dam, John F. Hughes, Steven K. Feiner (1990). "Spatial-partitioning representations; Surface detail". Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice. The Systems Programming Series. Addison-Wesley. ISBN 0-201-12110-7. "These cells are often called voxels (volume elements), in analogy to pixels."

Mission to Earth

1)      Using “Mission to Earth” as an example, note what is new or different about digital cinema compared to traditional filmmaking? Consider the story and appearance of the film.

There are lots of differences.

First,the composition is different.In the past, we can only see a scence each time.From the movies,we can see more than a scene at the same time.

Second,the way of story telling is different,as mentioned above,viewers can see many scences at one time,they may focus on the things which attract them .The feelings of each of them can be different.

Third the sequences are not in order unlike the old ones,that can affect the story-telling , too.

2)      What other art forms (eg film, digital art, painting, websites etc) does this film remind you of? Explain the similarity.

The geometric forms and the composition in the movies reminds me of the artworks of Piet Cornelies Mondrian.
Examples are as follows:


Reference:
http://www.artchive.com/artchive/M/mondrian/mondrian_composition_a.jpg.html

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Above is my mid-autum version.

Happy Mid-Autum Festival to everyone.XD

encyclopaedia

I will choose Encyclopaedia Brittanica.

First,I will talk about the accuracy.The accuracy is the most important factor.Wikipedia is a place that everyone of us can share the ideas.But not everyone of us is an expert.It is very often to see the wrong information from Wikipedia.Encyclopaedia Brittanica ,like Wikipedia,have new and updated information.However, Encyclopaedia Brittanica is more accurate than Wikipedia.

If someone study the wrong things and belive in them it could be very dangerous.Not everyone of us have a good judgement. The wrong information may be pass on to the next generation.The cost of running the online Encyclopaedia Brittanica may be higher than Wikipedia.But it is worth spending money at all cost.

Second,I will talk about the languages used.Wikipedis is in many languages.Encyclopaedia Brittanica is in English which is an international language.It is easy to understand .And  it can be translated into different languages.

Modern Times

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As we can see from the film,the new technologies bring many benefits to the characters,especially to the factory’s owner.He could use the CCTV to watch the workers when he was in the office, so he could save more time to do the things that he like.It was very convenient for him as he could control the workers and maintain the factory properly.The new machines increased the productivity of the factory so the owner could earn more. Therefore,the owner of the factory gain a lot from it.And for the workers there,new technologies make their simplier,so they could finish their work in a short time.



2.Charles Chaplin played the role as a factory worker.In the film,he could not catch up with the new technologies and ended up being unemployed.He became very nervous when working and lost control of his body.He was feeling very unhappy.At last, he was sent to the hospital because of his mental illness.



3.There are positive and negative effects.We gain a lot from using computers and internet.We can find a lot of useful information and finishing our homework quickly by using the computer.We can communicate with our friends much more easily through internet and playing computer games in our free time ,in this way,we will feel happier than before.
On the other hand,computers can affect us if we don’t use it properly.Take,for example,there is lots of incorrect information.We cannot belive in the fantasies in the internet world and neglect the reality of our lives.Also,if we sit in front of the computers for whole day and keep on typing .We can get hurt from these actions.

Hi everyone

Hi!My name is Tammy.I'm a year 2 student in lingnan University.My major is visual studies.This is a place for me to do my homework and share my ideas.I think the technology helps us a lot as we can find and share information.I also think it is good to have a blog like this,I can make sure I keep track of the learning progress.