Fade-in (film technology)

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A fade- in in the picture or video area describes the superposition of parts of the picture with other picture information. The term has a second meaning through its application to broadcast interruptions or insertions in images and films.

options

The possibilities are diverse and combined with both a functional and a design component. In addition to analog methods (e.g. blue screen technology ), digital technology (e.g. a so-called font generator or any other video or graphics-capable computer system) is often used as the means of generation . Historically, among other things, the Commodore Amiga was added z. B. often endeavored for such applications in TV by a genlock coupling. Even in the theater with modern stage technology, fade-ins are used in stage sets by playing with the spotlight and with the help of revolving stages.

to form

Forms of fading in or fading:

Trivia

  • At the 1992 Summer Olympics in the shooting discipline , it was possible for the first time to make the sport more transparent for the audience by fading in the shooters' monitors on television.
  • During the presentation of the book Meere in an ARD cultural program in October 2003, while the author was reading his work, the sound was faded out and a text faded in, which referred to the reading prohibition ordered at the time due to ongoing proceedings for the protection of personal rights.
  • The film Slumdog Millionaire uses fade-ins on its film cover as well as in the film itself, since the main actor of the film also appears several times in the course of the plot in a television studio by being a candidate for a show in the style of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? participates.

literature

  • Ulrich Schmidt: Professional video technology: analog and digital basics, film technology, television technology, HDTV, cameras, displays, video recorders, production and studio technology, Verlag Springer, 2005, ISBN 3540242066
  • Walter Herdeg, John Halas: International overview of film and television graphics, Volume 1 , Verlag Walter Herdeg, The Graphis Press, 1967

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Michael Kerwer: The form of fading in in modern drama , Verlag sn, 1968
  2. ↑ http://www.skriptenforum.net/images/c/c6/KOMPLETT_Einf%C3%BChrung_TFMW.doc