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TelevisionTelevision
• Like film – television is actually a series of Like film – television is actually a series of still images presented to the eye in rapid still images presented to the eye in rapid successionsuccession
• Earliest experiments in 1890sEarliest experiments in 1890s– Italian monk – Italian monk – CasselliCasselli– Pictures by wirePictures by wire
TelevisionTelevision
• Mechanical TelevisionMechanical Television
• Paul Nipkow – scanning diskPaul Nipkow – scanning disk– Nipkow diskNipkow disk
• John Loge BairdJohn Loge Baird– Scottish inventor working with BBCScottish inventor working with BBC– Launched the first system based on Launched the first system based on
mechanical scanningmechanical scanning
TelevisionTelevision
• Electronic television – cathode ray tubeElectronic television – cathode ray tube
• Vladimir ZworykinVladimir Zworykin– IconoscopeIconoscope
• Philo T. FarnsworthPhilo T. Farnsworth– Image DissectorImage Dissector
Television standards
• National Television Standard Commission (NTSC)
• Standard Definition (SDTV)• 4:3 aspect ratio• 525 lines of horizontal resolution• 30 frames per second• 60 fields per second• 2 fields per frame• Interlace scanning
Television standards
• High definition (HDTV)
• 16:9 aspect ratio
• 1080 lines of horizontal resolution
• 30 frames per second
• Progressive scanning
Television production
• Originally all television was live – except for films which were shown on TV
• Multiple cameras were connected to a switcher
• Camera shots were selected in real time and sent out over the air
Videotape
• Ampex corporation invented the videotape recorder
• Allowed television programs to be recorded and “mistakes” could be corrected
Film Style
• Single camera production
• One camera – film or video
• Each shot is recorded individually
• Entire program is assembled in post production through editing
• Most hour-long dramas and some sit-coms
Forcing perspective
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TY_QVS0hE8g&feature=related