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Use of text:(Title, Credits, animated captions, stings, indents, interactive menus, web banner)

WWE Animated Caption

Brief description:What do you see?

WWE Championship belt stands out from the blue background. His name banner has an animation to make it stand out. WWE sign on the belt starts spinning. There is a lot of blue and stars which could represent the American Flag as Wrestlemania is a big event in America.

Techniques used:Animation, Visual Effects, Colour Rendering, Graphics, Movement

They use animation on the spinning belt to make it more lively and eye catching. They use a lot of colour rendering with the blue and white stars to make an American effect. They use graphics to make the banner pop up underneath him.

Advanced techniques:Blur, Sharpen, Distortion, Rotation, Opacity

When his name banner pops up there is a bit of distortion where there is some action of him wrestling but it is distorted so it isn’t the main picture. They use sharpen for the colours on his name banner to make his information stand out.

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Technical comments:Video Format, Screen Ratio, Resolution, Frame rate, Compression

The WWE is available in HD which means the resouloution is 1920 x 1080 and that would mean that the screen ratio would be 16:9 widescreen.

Frame.Rate: 29.970 FPSResolution: 1280 x 720Aspect.Ratio: 16.9Video.Codec: x264Audio.Codec: aacVideo.bitrate: 4000 kbps http://www.desirulez.net/wwe-smackdown/402889-wwe-friday-night-smackdown-2012-05-04-720p-hdtv-x264-vasylius.html

The following information was issued from the latest episode of WWE ( 5/4/2012)

Motion Graphics and Video Compositing Unit 64

Glossary

Motion graphics - Graphics that use video footage and/or animation technology to create the illusion of motion or rotation, graphics are usually combined with audio for use in multimedia projects.

Compositing video - When there are several different clips of video are layered over one another to create a single image.Interactive Menus – DVD Interface or Interactive Menus on a web pageIdent – The ‘call sign’ of a channel or production company to identify themselves on screen, usually shown before a programme.Animated Captions – Animated Graphics layered over an image / video

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Web Banners – A form of web advertising that is embedded into a web page. They are used to attract a viewer to their website. A Web Banner usually a mix of motion graphics and video

Video Format - 3 Main Formats HD, PAL, NTSC. HD is the highest resolution (720 or 1080 vertical lines in the image). PAL is the UK Standard definition image (576 vertical lines). NTSC is the US Standard definition image (480 vertical lines). Now in the digital age we now look at video format in terms of pixels (i.e. High definition 1080; 1920 x 1080 or 2,073,600 pixels)

Screen ratio – Standard TV ratio is 4:3; this means that for every 4 units wide it is 3 units high. It is likely that the screen ratio will be Widescreen (16:9) in a cinematic sequence.

Resolution – The amount of detail in an image or signal, such as Standard TV Definition and High Definition. See Video Format.Frame Rate - The number of video or film frames displayed each second (frames per second; fps). PAL frame (standard UK TV) is 25

fps, NTSC (standard US TV) is 30 fps, film is 24 fps. This means as NTSC updates more regularly there is less strobing (jerkiness).

Compression – The use of Codecs (WMV, DivX) to reduce the file size of a video by a variety of methods. This sometimes means a loss in image quality (a “lossy”). Codecs are found in Video Cameras, DVD players / recorders, Editing Packages, Video upload sites)

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