week 2 - Lecture

Well for the second weeks lecture there was a change to the plans.... Jules was unable to take the lecture so we were spared the "History of Computing", for a week at least. Our new lecture was on film and movies in communication and Cine-Speak.

We went through different genres of movies and what is HOT right now... Romantic Action.... turns out that the movie industry has a cycle of about 10 to 20 years and then it repeats itself. With Cine-Speak Josh demonstrated the different types of shots eg very long shot, mid shot and close up; and the uses for each. Josh also went over the rule of thirds which is the formula (of sorts) that is use when positioning the shot.

During the lecture Josh asked what percent of communication is non-verbal. After a quick search I found that the most accepted thought is by a guy Mehrabian found 7% is verbal 38% is the way it is said and 55% is body language. http://www.businessballs.com/mehrabiancommunications.htm

So thats about all that happened in the lecture. Next is the tutorial... what new things will we do this week?