Lesson 1

Introduction to Video Components

By Azmawati Mohd Lazim

Masters of Multimedia (E-Learning Technologies)

azmawati.mohd.lazim@gmail.com

LEARNING OUTCOMES

By the end of this topic, students should be able to:

1. Discuss the history and development of video

technology;

2. Identify some of the basic components that produce

video; and

3. Identify the various hardware components of a

digital video editing system.

INTRODUCTION

For those unfamiliar with Digital Video (DV)

technology, the prospect of working with cameras

and editing suites is daunting enough, without the

added complication of teaching a whole range of

complex processes to students ofdifferent ages and

abilities. Therefore it might be useful to start with

something which offers an introduction to the

language of moving image, with none of the

problems associated with delicate and expensive

hardware associated with digital film making and

editing.

WHAT IS VIDEO TECHNOLOGY?

Video is the technology of

capturing,

recording,

processing,

transmitting,

reconstructing moving pictures,

typically using celluloid film,

electronic signals,

digital media.

WHAT ARE THEY?

The term video (from the Latin

for "I see")

refers to several storage formats

for moving pictures:

digital video formats

Digital Video Disk (DVD),

QuickTime,

MPEG-4

analogue videotapes

VHS

Betamax.