We were presented with a professional video camera. Our college Media technicians took the great pleasure of introducing us to a video camera tutorial. We were shown how to insert batteries and memory cards into the camera, how the cameras could be adjusted and changed in order to alter lighting, to watch playbacks of filmed clips, adjust focus, turn on the camera and record. We were also shown how to use and switch between digital and manual focus. Furthermore we were introduced the 'the tripod' which is an object used to stabilize and elevate a camera.
The tripod was pretty simple it was merely about changing the length of the legs and being able to place and lock the camera onto the tripod. The tripod in a sense creates that smooth effect during filming (in order to eliminate that hand held like feeling).
We were given a tuition on safety regulations during filming. We were told to keep liquids (ie drinks, alcohol) away from the electricals. We were also advised to carry the equipment around with care (not running, jumping, fiddling with buttons) around the equipment. We were told to take out two batteries with us incase we need it and the camera doesn't stop half way through filming (useful for out of college filming). We were also given two memory cards incase of the risk that our work fills up one another would come in handy. Finally we were to transfer our work to our group hardrive provided by the media technicians.
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