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Media Arts: Film and TV Word Bank | Artopia

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Media Arts: Film and TV Word Bank | Artopia
composition – the arrangement of the elements (subject and other objects) in a scene or photograph contrast – the range of difference between highlights and shadow areas in an image focus – the clear...
Media Arts Word Bank | Artopia

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Media Arts Word Bank | Artopia
line – a long thin continuous mark or stroke color – a component of light, the sensation of primary and secondary hues, tints, and shades as created by light and pigments, reflecting or absorbing...
Media Arts: Photography Word Bank | Artopia

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Media Arts: Photography Word Bank | Artopia
composition – the arrangement of the elements (subject and other objects) in a scene or photograph contrast – the range of difference between highlights and shadow areas in an image focus – the clear...
The Early Days of Photography | Walter Edgar's Journal

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The Early Days of Photography | Walter Edgar's Journal
Episode 1
In the first segment on Mary Chesnut’s photo album, Harvey Teal details the earliest days of photography, and describes the various types of photographs: daguerreotype, amber type, Carte de Visite...
Chamber Music Rehearsals | A Minute with Miles The Double Bass | A Minute with Miles

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The Double Bass | A Minute with Miles
The double bass is the one member of the modern violin family whose roots are in the viola da gamba, or viol family. The next time you see a double bass, notice that its back is flat, like a viol’s...
Romeo & Juliet | A Minute with Miles The Glockenspiel | A Minute with Miles

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The Glockenspiel | A Minute with Miles
When a percussionist says, “I’m playing bells in this piece,” he means he’s playing the glockenspiel. Glocke is the German word for bell, and Glockenspiel literally means “bell-play.” The modern...
Abraham Lincoln | A Minute with Miles The Trumpet | A Minute with Miles

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The Trumpet | A Minute with Miles
The Trumpet is the highest pitched and most brilliant member of the brass family. Miles Hoffman discusses the history of the trumpet.
Chamber Music Rehearsals | A Minute with Miles The Harp | A Minute with Miles

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The Harp | A Minute with Miles
Here's a little secret: harpist don't use their pinkies even though they have 47 strings to play. In today's episode, Miles Hoffman describes how the Harp is played.