The Teachers' Animation Toolkit

Digital:
This covers technology that records information as 1s and 0s. 
It is the opposite of analogue. Digital refers to the technology 
that has resulted in smaller, more affordable camera, sound 
and editing technologies. Digital can compress information 
to a degree whereby picture quality is higher. Digital has also 
allowed the editing process, on computer, to become very 
similar to word processing where fi les are managed and images 
can be readily copied, cut, pasted and rearranged. In this digital 
age perhaps it is more accurate to talk about digital movies 
rather than fi lm.
Director:
The person responsible for making choices and decisions given 
to them from all those available in terms of resources and the 
crew they are working with. A director is not a dictator but is the 
ultimate gatekeeper of creative decisions.
DV:
Abbreviation for digital video: we can use DV tapes to record 
onto. We can also talk about a DV aesthetic: a certain kind of 
story and way of visualizing action that fi ts with low budget, 
minimum resources.
Editor:
The editor composes the fi lms by piecing shots and sequences 
together and rearranging the shot and recorded material 
often substantially to create the desired effect. The aim of the 
successful edit of a project is to create a range of intellectual 
and emotional effects on the viewer so that they are entertained, 
informed and engaged. If time and resources allow you can edit 
your fi lm alongside the production of it and this may allow you to 
see where you might need new or additional material created in 
order to tell the story as clearly as possible.

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Glossary of Terms
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Fade:
The image gradually goes to black or any other colour of choice.