Firstly we put the tripod up and adjusted it to the correct height. We then balanced the camera with the bubble in the middle. You must then put the camera on the tripod. You do this by pressing a button and adjusting a lever to which part of the tripod you want the camera to be on. I then went on to turn the camera on and adjust the tripod to the angle I wanted for the specific shot.
There are two types of light synthetic light and natural light. When using natural light, i.e the sun. When filming it normally it comes out a stupid blue colour. Therefore you must do something called a white balance. This can be on anything white ranging from a pair of boxers to piece of paper. There are other types of light such as ambient artificial or low/high key.
When using a camera you normally perform a tilt or a pan. Panning is where a camera goes across where as if a camera goes up and down its called a tilt. Close ups by a camera are often used to show a prop that is about to be used. It can also show a certain facial expression which can also outline the mood of the scene.
We also focused on using shutter speed. Shutter speed is the amount of light let in by the camera. This will be used when filming a night scene so that you can actually make out what the actors/actresses are doing in the scene.
When using a camera, some camera men tend to zoom in and out during a scene this isn’t a good idea as you would have to focus every single shot that you do. When focussing up on a face you need to zoom in as far as you can on the face, focus that as best you can and then zoom out oto your preferred angle.
We also learnt about directing a camera and using continuity, which is keeping everything the same on a scene. We learnt about the words that a director uses, e.g. action and cut. We also learnt about the semi circle. We learnt that a camera man should operate within a semi-circle if not it shows the things behind the camera man and this could show another set…
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