1. Unit 8 - Task 4
Daniel and Adam

2. High Definition {HD} - Daniel
The use of High Definition has progressed a lot over the past few years, with us progressing all the way from the least definitive version of 144p {pixels}, all the way to being able to watch a television in 4K resolution. High Definition is essentially the progression of the amount of pixels that are able to be viewed on a screen at one time, and the more pixels that are on a screen at one time, the higher definition the thing that you are watching will be. HDTV products started to come into fashion in the 1980’s, and started to become available to the main public in the 1990’s, while the first 4K television came out as near as 2014.The advantages of watching Higher Definition videos are that it helps you see the image clearer, and allows you to see more than you usually would. The only real disadvantage of using HD isn’t entirely a problem with HD itself, but more with either the software or current technology the user may be using, such as an older/slower computer that wouldn’t exactly be able to handle HD’s amount of pixels.

3. High Definition {HD} - Daniel
High Definition is the amount of LED lights that are shown on a television or a screen at one time. If you have a 1080p Television, then that means that the television has 1,920 pixels going down one side, and 1,080 pixels going down the other. It never used to be as advanced as it currently is. Before the 1990’s, films used to be filmed using actual film reels with something holding them up while the cameramen moved them around, and when done filming, would take out the current film reel being used and then edit the film. This isn’t exactly an ancient method, as people do still use it, but the first film that was digitally recorded and edited and seemed to pave the way for it to be done in the future was Star Wars Episode I - The Phantom Menace. This was all filmed using a digital camera and was then edited using an editing software, and the camera that many beginners and more start to use when using a digital camera is an essential 35mm Camera.

4. High Definition {HD} - Daniel
High Definition is also used for many services other than Television broadcasting or for the use of a picture coming off of a monitor. HD is also used in streaming services such as Netflix, Amazon Prime, and much more to allow the viewer to see a clearer image than what they would normally see. Companies tend to use a higher definition as a great selling point for their product, as the higher the definition, the better the viewing for the public and audience that they’re watching. New services have also been made available through the creation of High Definition, such as Blu-Ray DVD’s, which are made to give the viewer a better experience and are better than normal DVD’s that you could buy. Companies and film producers tend to use High Definition for these reasons, and the higher the definition, the better the product. As High Definition has no real down-side when it comes to making movies for the public, it’s mainly used all over the film industry to the highest degree that it can at the time, but the director and continuity manager must make sure (if the film is being filmed on a higher quality camera, such as an IMAX Camera or an 8K camera) that everything is precise and done correctly, otherwise, people may notice little differences or mistakes much more easily than they normally would.

5. 3-Dimensional Videos {3D} - Daniel
3D is considered to be a fairly recent thing to be made, but the use of 3D can be found to go all the way back to the 1950’s. 3D is the use of taking a two- dimensional picture or moving pictures, and making them three-dimensional, therefore, allowing the audience to be able to see what they are looking at right in front of them, giving the audience a feeling of what they’re watching to be more realistic than what it actually is. In 1952, there was the creation of the first feature-length 3D movie, which was named Bwana Devil, which was about two man-eating lions that had escaped, and was released in the USA. The evolution of 3D has become quite impressive, with films such as Avatar being hailed as incredible due to its impressive use of 3D within its production, and is said to have revolutionised 3D to become better within itself, as not including home DVD sales, Avatar made over $2.7 billion throughout its release.

6. 3-Dimensional Videos {3D} - Daniel
3D has progressed all the way from small pictures of the Queen at Exhibitions all the way to being in our very own living rooms in our homes. 3D Television has a small stint of becoming very popular with people, but then the sales started to decline a few years after it was made, with most complaints being that people either didn’t feel the need to watch television in 3D, or people got irritated with wearing the glasses to watch television, especially if they already wore glasses. However, the world's first dedicated 3D Television Channel was made in 2010, with South Korea’s SKY 3D launching, where all the shows shown on the channels were also created in 3D to cater to the audience. Advertisements for certain products also used 3D to attempt to help advertise their item, such as Starbucks using it in This gives the audience the illusion of the item being more realistic, and may want the audience want the item more if it’s right in front of them, as it creates the illusion of being there.

7. 3-Dimensional Videos {3D} - Daniel
3D has become used quite frequently since the creation of the blockbuster movie Avatar, with the list of successful, highest grossing 3D productions being recent as well as a few years ago, with films like The Avengers {2012} and Toy Story 3 {2010} making a lot of money off of using 3D within their movies, while movies as recent as 2015 {Jurassic World} also making a lot of money. However, the advantages for the use of 3D is quite small compared to the advantages of it for the makers of the movie. While it is interesting for the audience to see things in 3D, and does make the atmosphere more interesting, it can be uncomfortable for the audience to wear 3D Glasses, and it’s made mainly for the people creating the movie to make more money, as while it does take more money to create, it costs more money to buy a 3D ticket, and also may have a health risk for the viewer as it could make the nauseous, or could strain their eyes.

8. The Internet-Adam
The internet is a global network of computers which provide information and communication facilities for anyone to use. The internet is a very popular tool that everyone uses in their everyday lives. People can talk to other people through social media, shop online, play games, do work and watch programmes and films on websites. The internet has a variety of legitimate websites where people can stream programmes or movies that they want to see or can get access to movies or programmes that have not been released yet to the public through illegitimate websites such as, 123movies.com, watchmovies.com and gomovies.com In today's society, more and more people are using the internet because it can allow them to watch videos and communicate with other people as well. Because portable devices requires internet connection, most of the population will have portable devices and would rather spend more time on watching the programme or film on their laptop or phone than watching it on their television. The internet also allows people to distribute recordings online and allow people to get access to the recordings by a person that may be in a different location.

9. Disadvantages and advantages of the internet- Adam
The advantages of the internet is that it can allow people to uploaded videos so that it can be viewed by other people as it allows people to distribute recordings online. Also, the internet allows people to stream online movies or programmes that they want to watch and people are more likely to use their portable devices to use streaming instead of using the television to watch the movie or programme. Additionally, there are a lot of websites that have a lot of exclusive content which they try to fight back the piracy as people are willing to invest in legitimate companies. Furthermore, most TV companies have their own iplayer where sometimes the content is for free and people can buy the film or TV programme which they can keep forever on their devices. On the other hand, there are quite a few cons of the internet such as, there are illegal streaming because of films movies or TV programme being released before they are actually released to the public which leads to piracy occurring. Another con is that people who watch on ‘showbox’, the film institution does not get enough money as they should because the audience is not paying for the services.

10. Digital Video-Adam
Digital video is a representation of moving audio/visual recordings that is encoded data. In contrast to digital video, editors and producers would have used analogue video in the past. Analogue video was used in the 1950s where the scenes would have been recorded on film rails by physical media but now many films and programmes are recorded digitally because of the update and modern equipments that have been developed. In May 1999, the first film - Star Wars was the first film to have been recorded digitally. The digital footage was combined seamlessly with the help of an updated camera which then the scenes were edited on the computer. Many movies and TV programmes are filmed by a digital video camera as it makes the images clearer for the audience to see and it will be much easier when editing the scenes as the recordings are in digital form and then when the editor edits on the computer, the software will be the same - digital and will be able to edit and make the film or programme faster because of the way editing and filming has become more modern ands less physical and more software based. Also, when the editor edits the scenes, there will be storage for them to store the recordings and not have to keep buying rails and the digital camera comes with equipments that can be connected to the computer and uploaded the scenes quicker and be more efficient.

11. Disadvantages and advantages of Digital video- Adam
The first advantage of using a digital video is that the distribution will be easier when the person who recorded the video uploads the recording onto another device and save it to have other copies. The second advantage is that the image quality of the recording from the video will be crisp, clean and be able to see the small details on the images. Another advantage of using a digital video is that in the long run the digital video camera will be more affordable as you would have already bought the camera but just need to buy some memory cards to have more storage, rather than buying an analogue camera where you would have to keep on buying the rails. However, there are some cons of using a digital video such as, there may be a virus and this could cause the recordings to delete or block the person from downloading or uploading the recordings. Another disadvantage of using digital video is that when a person has uploaded a recording, it can be leaked on to the internet and then other people will be able to view the video. Also, the recordings may be lost if the computer shuts down or is not saved properly onto the device.

12. On Demand- Adam
On-demand allows people to watch programmes or movies what they like, whenever they like or wherever they like. It gives people the freedom to watch the video whenever they can instead of having to wait for a specific time to watch the video they want to as they can record live TV programmes and then watch it later when they have time and have a range of content to choose from.
UK broadcasters make their programmes available online such as, BBC Iplayer, ITV player, Demand 5 and Catch Up on Channel Most of these services allow people to watch the programmes that they may have missed for free or just need to sign up and have an account that will allow them to watch the programmes whenever they want.People can watch on-demand on their smart TV, laptops/computer, mobile phone or on game consoles. But any of these devices must be connected to the internet because the service requires an internet connection because it will allow people to stream the programmes or then they will have to download the programme if there are no connections to the internet.
There are online service on-demand such as the ones listed above, but there are allows on-demand programmes that come with a ‘set top box’ which people can receive from their internet company. For example, Sky is a wide company that provides people with internet, TV services and on-demand services. If you have Sky, you can buy a ‘bundle’ which will give you a ‘set top box’ that you can connect to your TV and then this will allow people at home to watch any movies or programmes they want and at anytime they want. However, the bundle comes in different sizes so some people may have a small bundle and therefore they may not be able to watch some of the programmes or movies they want because they haven't paid for a different bundle.

13. On demand
On Demand An individual can also access movies on demand depending on their Sky or Virgin package. For example, a Sky customer would need to purchase the Sky Cinema package in order to watch movies on demand. For example, they would be able to watch Deadpool.
However, if they do have Sky Cinema this means that they can find any movie by genre, download it and watch it. Again, they do not have to go to the cinema scheduled listings, and watch a movie halfway through. They can download the movie and watch it from the beginning. The Sky Store is also available, where people can purchase a new movie and then watch it from their TV.
For instance, Logan. They can also decide whether they would like to buy and keep the movie, and then they are sent the DVD, the movie also remains on their recordings, for the viewer to watch when they want.

14. Disadvantages and advantages of On demand- Adam
The advantages of on-demand is that it gives people a variety of content to choose from which they can choose what film or programme they want to watch at any time or wherever they are. People can watch programmes or films on-demand at any time instead of waiting for the time when the film or programme will be shown on television if they do not make the time to watch it.
One disadvantage of using on-demand is that it requires the person to make sure that they have the correct subscription box so they can watch the programmes they want because there are different sizes of the subscription boxes and this can have a limit on what the person wants to watch.
Another disadvantage is that some Iplayers such as BBC Iplayer deletes some programmes after a certain amount of time. This will not be good for the audience as they may not be able to see the programme that they want to watch but they may not be able to watch it because the programme has been taken down thus not letting people watch the programme. Eastenders is a programme that can be watched on BBC Iplayer but the programme will only last for 30 days as they need to keep uploading new episode and therefore they will not be enough space to keep all the episodes.

15. Bibliography
- Information about Pixels
- How many Pixels are used
- History of 3D
- Starbucks 3D Advert
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