ASSIGNMENT 1 IN INTRO TO MMA

ASSIGNMENT 1 IN INTRO TO MMA

Research Assignment in Introduction to Multimedia Arts 

What are the trends in Multimedia Production?


Audio

1. Spotify

Spotify is a Swedish audio streaming and media services  Lorentzon. It is one of the world's largest music streaming sprovider founded on 23 April 2006 by Daniel Ek and Martinervice providers, with over 365 million monthly active users, including165                                                                            million paying subscribers, as of June 2021.

2. In-Ear Monitor

In-ear monitors (IEMs) are devices used by musicians, audio engineers, and audiophiles to listen to music or to hear a personal mix of vocals and stage instrumentation for live performance or recording studio mixing. They are also used by television presenters in order to receive vocal instructions, info, and breaking news announcements from a producer that only the presenter hears. They are often custom fitted for an individual's ears to provide comfort and a high level of noise reduction from ambient surroundings. Their origins as a tool in live music performance can be traced back to the mid-1980s.

3. Alexa AI 

So, when you ask Alexa, “What's the weather going to be like today, ” the device records your voice. Then that recording is sent over the Internet to Amazon's Alexa Voice Services which parses the recording into commands it understands. Then, the system sends the relevant output back to your device.

Video Production

1. Tiktok

On 9 November 2017, TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, spent up to U.S.$1 billion to purchase musical.ly, a startup headquartered in Shanghai with an overseas office in Santa Monica, California, U.S. Musical.ly was a social media video platform that allowed users to create short lip-sync and comedy videos, initially released in August 2014. It was well known, especially to the younger audience. Looking forward to leveraging the U.S. digital platform's young user base, TikTok merged with musical.ly on 2 August 2018 to create a larger video community, with existing accounts and data consolidated into one app, keeping the title TikTok. This ended musical.ly and made TikTok a worldwide app, excluding China, since China already has Douyin.

2. Vegas Pro 

Vegas Pro is video editing software, sold by MAGIX Software, and originally developed by Sonic Foundry. In 2003, it was purchased by Sony, who rebranded the Vegas series of products as "Sony Vegas." In 2016, Vegas was purchased by MAGIX, and rebranded to its original title, Vegas Pro. 

3. Adobe Premiere Pro 

Adobe Premiere Pro is currently the industry-leading video editor. Professionals have been using this software for the film and video industry for as long as it has been released. 

Premiere Pro can be used for all common video editing tasks necessary for producing broadcast-quality, high-definition video.

 

Photography

1. Film Camera

Yes, the film photography craze has returned. No, we're not talking about DSLRs and other high-end gear; we're talking vintage. Disposable cameras, point-and-shoot cameras, Pentax cameras, you name it. But, despite today's technological advancements, why is it reappearing? I mean, why would you want to go back?

People are laying down their cellphones or DSLR cameras in favor of shooting the old-fashioned approach because the Gen-Z kids are frustrated of how accessible a flawless photo may be.

2. Instagram 

Instagram is a free, online photo-sharing application and social network platform that was acquired by Facebook in 2012.

Instagram allows users to edit and upload photos and short videos through a mobile app. Users can add a caption to each of their posts and use hashtags and location-based geotags to index these posts and make them searchable by other users within the app. Each post by a user appears on their followers' Instagram feeds and can also be viewed by the public when tagged using hashtags or geotags. Users also have the option of making their profile private so that only their followers can view their posts.

3. Adobe Lightroom

For quite some time, photographers only had a handful of options when it came to photo editing.

For years, Photoshop was the dominant editing software on the market. But having so many features had its disadvantages. It was challenging to learn because it had options that most photographers don’t use.

Not all photographers need to edit their pictures extensively. Most of them just need simple exposure adjustments and colour management. That’s where Lightroom comes in. It streamlines the editing process and has a user-friendly interface.

Web Designing

1. WordPress

  WordPress is the simplest, most popular way to create your own website or blog. In fact, WordPress powers over 40.0% of all the websites on the Internet. Yes – more than one in four websites that you visit are likely powered by WordPress.

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On a slightly more technical level, WordPress is an open-source content management system licensed under GPLv2, which means that anyone can use or modify the WordPress software for free. A content management system is basically a tool that makes it easy to manage important aspects of your website – like content – without needing to know anything about programming.

2. Wix

Wix.com Ltd. is an Israeli software company, providing cloud-based web development services. It allows users to create HTML5 websites and mobile sites through the use of online drag and drop tools.

2. Webflow

Webflow is a SaaS application that allows designers to build responsive websites with browser-based visual editing software. While designers use the tool, Webflow automatically generates HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Websites built on Webflow are powered by Amazon Cloudfront and hosted on Fastly.