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• Audio information and media


  Materials or sound that are transmitted, produced or received through high fidelity waves that are heard through certain equipment

  
• Audio


  Refers to a sound made or created by various platforms
• Purposes of audio


  • Give instruction or information
  • Provide feedback
  • To personalize or customize
• Audio information & media


  Instruments, applications, programs, etc. That teachers and/or students use to convey new information to help learn the uses, assessment, and production of sound
• Radio broadcast


  Live or recorded audio sent through radio waves to reach a wide audience
• Music


  Vocal or instrumental sounds combined in such a way as to produce beauty of form, harmony, and expression of emotion
• Sound recording


  Recording of an interview, meeting, or any sound from the environment
• Sound clips / effects

  Any sound artificially reproduced to create an effect in a dramatic presentation (ex. Sound of a storm, or a door)

  
• Audio podcast


  A digital audio or video file or recording, usually part of a themed series, that can be downloaded from a website to a media player or a computer
• Different ways to store audio

  • Tape
  • Optical disc
  • USB drive
  • Memory card
  • Hard disc or solid state
  • Internet / cloud storage

  
• Different file formats of audio

  • MP3
  • AAC
  • WAV
  • OGG VORBIS
• Volume


  Refers to the volume of the sound
• Tone


  Refers to the quality of sound
• Pitch


  Refers to the highness or the lowness of the sound or tone
• Elements of sound design

  • Dialogue
  • Waterfall
  • Sound effects
  • Silence
  • Music
• Principles of sound design

  • Mixing/remix
  • Tempo
  • Stereo imaging
  • Transitions
• Motion media


  Refers to a media form with moving graphics or texts. Each picture is a frame and that motion is created by rendering or showing consecutively several frames per second. 24 frames or more per second makes for a smooth animation
• Formal produced motion


  • Writing the story
  • Script is written and dialogue is recorded
  • Animators sketch major scenes; inbetweeners fill in the gaps
  • Background music and background details are added
  • Drawings are rendered
• Informal produced motion


  Created by individuals often for personal use
• Motion media formats, types & sources

  • Animations - animated GIFs(Graphic Interchange Format), Flash, Shockwave, Dynamic HTML
  • Video formats/Video Codecs - motion media use large resources. Codecs compresses and decompresses video files. Examples are H.26N series, Quicktime, DivX, MPG, MP4
  • Purpose: education, entertainment, advertising
  • Source: personal, social media, media companies
  • Audience: private or public; directed or general
• The Movie and Television Review and Classification Board or MTRCB has classified ratings for both movies / film and for television programs