วันเสาร์ที่ 26 เมษายน พ.ศ. 2551

Watch Cable Television on Computer – Alternative to All the Cable Channels You Want

Author: Davion W

In case you missed the great news, here goes: now you can watch cable television on computer! What’s a big deal, you may ask. Read on and you will know what the hype is all about.

It is no secret that cable TV is the most expensive option that gives you an access to a variety of channels – both national and international. Even compared to satellite TV, cable television is costly, while offering fewer choices.

At the same time, as compared to satellite TV, cable TV is more stable and provides higher quality thanks to its independency from weather conditions and physical damages. So, basically, both alternatives have their own advantages and disadvantages.

However, when you choose to watch cable television on computer, you get a package of combined benefits against very few, if any at all, downsides. First of all, you get the same standard of quality that cable TV offers. Secondly, the selection of channels is so incomparably vast, that you will forget about your traditional cable TV easily.

Depending on the number of channels you get, your monthly cable TV subscription may deduct a plum sum out of your family budget (add any pay-per-view programs and movies!). Chances are you would like to expand the current package of channels you get, but simply cannot afford it. The beauty of the method that allows you to watch cable television on computer is that it is very cheap, yet provides you with a mind-bogging selection of channels.

Channels from all parts of the world, as well as your favorite national channels – up to 3,000 in total – can become available to you at a one-time fee which starts below $50 with most online retailers. This is the price you pay for an amazing new invention, a software application, which needs to be downloaded and installed. Don’t worry – even with basic computer skills, this should not be a problem for you.

So, as long as you are connected to the Internet, you can watch cable television on computer and forget about monthly charges as well as pay-per-view programs. Tons of movies, music channels, shows, cartoons and live sports channels will be available to you 24/7. The icing on the cake is that the endless list of channels is constantly updated free of cost. In other words, you get a lifetime access to the world’s cable and satellite television at almost no cost!

Watch cable television on computer within minutes – read my blog and discover what a great alternative is available to you instantly!


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วันอาทิตย์ที่ 6 เมษายน พ.ศ. 2551

Learning the Basics of Movie Editing

Author: Jimmy Cox

Editing is the final stage in the study of movie making. It is only when you take your finger off the button after the final shot that you can really assess your work, smooth out the rough spots and polish up the good points.

Theoretically, final editing can be dispensed with when you have ideal shooting conditions: complete control and a detailed script. In such cases you can shoot your scenes with such precision that virtually no cutting or editing (the terms can be considered synonymous) will be necessary afterward. This is known as cutting in the camera.

Cutting in the camera, like any state of perfection, can never be more than partly realized. Even in Hollywood, where shooting conditions come nearest to perfect control, there is a colossal amount of wasted footage. Despite minutest care in advance planning, and the most costly preparations, the job of editing a Hollywood film after it is completed is almost as big as the job of shooting it.

In actual truth, you-the non-professional or the beginner-can come closer than Hollywood to cutting in the camera, because your picture plan is likely to be far more simple. But you too will inevitably have to do some final editing.

Film with mechanical faults such as edge fog, scenes where the subject gawked into the camera, scenes which were subsequently reshot because a better angle was discovered - all will have to come out.

Such deletions are obvious and inevitable. What is most important about final editing, what indeed makes it almost mandatory, is that you have an opportunity to look at your film the way the audience will see it. You get an exclusive preview, you have a chance to see how close you came to achieving the objective you were shooting for, you have the opportunity to cut out poor footage, to rearrange scenes for better continuity and dramatic effect, to tinker with tempo, reshoot where necessary - in general, you can polish your work as near to perfection as possible.

There will be many times when you will finish shooting one movie story on the beginning of a roll of film, and start shooting another on the same roll. There will be times when you take various shots or sequences at random, to use in a more elaborate, fully planned movie story later on. In all such cases, the non-related shots will have to be cut out and filed separately.

Still another reason for final editing is the fact that it is wise, when shooting, to make your scenes a little long. The cautious cameraman will start his camera rolling just before his action begins and keep shooting for an instant after the action ends. You should not only make sure of getting the complete picture. but have additional frames for overlap or any other splicing contingencies. Always bear in mind the continuity truism that one cannot put into film while editing what was not registered on film when shooting.

As for tempo, editing gives you a shining opportunity to put into your picture more snap and speed where called for, or to pace it at more tranquil rate of movement when that is appropriate. This, as we have seen earlier, is controlled by the length to which you trim your scenes and by the use you make of cut-ins and cut-aways. Remember that there isn't too much danger of making your shots too short when editing for tempo. It is a far more common fault for movies to drag than to move too briskly.

Any waste incurred through the throwing away of film is more than compensated for by the saving of film quality. Happy editing!

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