ON THE SET

Brief account of what I learnt and what equipment we were shown when asked to use the canon cameras and tripods, also what typed of film terminology to use on set and useful editing skills:

Cameras and tripods:
In a group of 4 we passed around the canon camera and practised how to put in and take out the battery and memory card and practiced how to go in and out of focus. When passing around the camera we uses 'yours' or 'mine' to avoid dropping it. We learnt how to 'bubble' the tripod making sure it is balanced and in focus which for many of us was a new skill. We also mastered how to move the camera up and down my moving the dial.

White balance:
This is the process of removing unrealistic colour casts, so that objects appear white as they are in person and we get the right tint for the background. You can apply warm light settings and warmer colour settings or cooler light settings. You can adjust this by pressing the 'WB' button on the camera, which will come up with small pictures representing different colour tones and you can select the most appropriate setting for the film.


180 degree rule:
The 180 degree rule states that two characters in a scene should always have the same left/right relationship to each other. If you don't follow the 180 degree rule, or break it intentionally, it disrupts the scene and disorients the audience.


Good practice in editing:
We used final cut pro or imovie on the Macs in the media studio, by using different fade effects and different position for each credit. Then we created a folder to keep all the clips that we intended to use for the video, We experimented with different fonts and transitions.