Wednesday, 6 October 2010

Introduction to Video Camera

Before shooting your film of video you need to set up the camera. You start by setting up the tripod which makes the camera more steady, to get a more realistic shot. Then you bubble the camera until the camera becomes balanced—like a level meter and you lift the camera until you get it into the correct position.
Timecode— the amount of time you have been filming.
White-balancing—adjusting the white balance therefore correcting the other colours making the picture look more realistic.
Focussing—changing the look of the image in the screen to make the image sharper.
Aperture Settings—how bright or how dark the image is on the screen.

As we were filming we had to think about the different shot types in reference to close ups, long shots, short shots etc. and also the basic film skills. When shooting people in a frame we also had to think about the space around people with regard to the rule of thirds, ie. head space, looking space and movement within a frame,  which made the film clip as effective as possible.  

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