Learning to use the equipment

 Today we learned how to use the camera, sound and lighting equipment.


We used a Sony XD cam.


We practiced using the white balance feature on the camera with a fleccie. We also practiced establishing shots and hand held shots that we will use primarily in our preliminary task one.

We attached the boom to the camera and practiced a shot with sound in the background. We also learned how to use a pole to extend the boom out so our arms wouldn't be in the shot.

We used lighting to try capture silhouettes which will be a feature in our preliminary task one. However the silhouettes didn't come out solid due to the low lighting. This will be different when we actually go to film as we are doing it at nighttime. We also played around with different colour hues and found a blue light gives off a relatively cold mood which we found interesting and helpful and something we will probably feature.










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