Show Notes: Episode 15

  • Filmmaking techniques of Tiki Bar TV
    Jeff Macpherson
    Dr. Tiki, Tiki Bar TV

    A demonstration of the use of the Magic Bullet Looksuite filters for film effect and colour correction. Using Final Cut Pro, running a clip of Episode 23 - Red Handed to demonstrate use of colour, zoom added in post production and use of music as these elements affect story telling. Use of DVMatte which helps deal with DV greenscreen issues.
    http://5alarmmusic.com is used for music licensing.
    http://Libsyn.com provides their hosting needs.
    TikiBar uses 24p to shoot the show, moving to 16×9 affected the look and feel of tiki bar.

    Tiki Bar TV shoots in a confined environment with no budget and originally no camera operator. There are various techniques employed to deliver production value and visual variation in an episode. They include how shots are framed and how they characters within them are blocked. Use of jumpcuts especially when answering tiki mail. Use of color correction to give a sense of passing time or changing geography as well as indicating plot points. IE - in “Red Handed” a red tint indicates a stressful encounter with Mr Ambassador. Tiki Bar relies on frequent music changes to highlight or even manufacture plot twists. The show also deliberately uses filmmaking techn

  • Food Demo - How flash memory works
    Andy Walker
    Vista/food demo expert/ www.littlegeeks.com

    In Andy’s demo, electricity flows from one point to another (popcorn thrown from one person to another) – between a source and a drain. That is read as 0 in binary.

    Now let’s look at Leo’s role. He is what we call a floating gate. He is not in the way of the popcorn so it flies unimpeded between the source and the drain.

    But when we charge up the Leo floating gate we apply a current (popcorn) which gets captured by the floating gate and held by a nonconductive material (waste basket).

    When the Leo floating gate holds the basket of popcorn between the source and the drain, it impacts the flow of popcorn differently. That can be read as 1 in binary.

    More on how flash memory works this here:
    How stuff works http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/flash-memory.htm Thanks to SanDisk for their expertise on this. More on SanDisk and their flash memory products at www.sandisk.com

    Learn more about Andy Walker here www.andywalker.com

    PRODUCTS SHOWN
    SanDisk Cruzer Titanium http://www.sandisk.com/