Camera Techniques

LO: You will be able to describe the effect that certain camera functions have on video footage

You will apply some of these video production techniques into your coursework

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Look at the following images

• Describe, using appropriate media terminology, the type of shot and the stylistic mise-en-scene elements used.

LO: You will be able to apply some of these techniques into your coursework

LO: You will be able to apply some of these techniques into your coursework

LO: You will be able to apply some of these techniques into your coursework

LO: You will be able to apply some of these techniques into your coursework

LO: You will be able to apply some of these techniques into your coursework

LO: You will be able to apply some of these techniques into your coursework

LO: You will be able to apply some of these techniques into your coursework

LO: You will be able to apply some of these techniques into your coursework

What colours make up white?

The light source is listed next to the degrees in Kelvin, both set against the colour of the light at each level.

You will notice that the colour next to the Average noon daylight (5500K) is white. This is the colour temperature that colour film is balanced to which means that when shooting using daylight film the photograph will record white objects as white and all the colours in an image will appear natural on the film.

If you shoot in conditions that measure a higher temperature the photo will start to become bluer and shoot in conditions below the 5500 temperature and they will increase in orange.

The colours here don't just relate to daylight conditions artificial light also introduces a colour cast. With fluorescent lights this is often green and with tungsten lighting it will be yellow, while flash can be slightly blue.

White Balance Function• There are ways to

manually adjust the white balance to add or remove blue or orange.

• Using grey card, blue or orange paper can also help (point camera at paper and push WB button).

Depth of Field

Shallow or deep?

Shallow or deep focus?

Manual focus and zoom• You will learn how to adjust the automatic

settings on the camera to alter things like depth of field

• Be thinking about shot composition – what is in the frame, what are you revealing to the audience and what are you keeping hidden.

• Experiment to see what happens when you get creative with how you compose shots (see gnome image as an example)

Audio

• Bad audio can ruin a well filmed production• Using an external microphone will eliminate

background noise and pick up dialogue clearer, but you still need to know how to connect up the mic up to the camera.

Digital Effects

• Camcorders are built for home consumption, not for producing Hollywood movies

• In camera effects should be avoided, they are low quality quick fixes

• Experiment with them to get a feel, but do all your effects in the editing process because they can be undone!

Plenary

• Watch the following student production (any example you have access to)

• Identify what techniques have been used• Analyse what works well and what doesn’t• Suggest improvements

Learning Outcome: You will be able to apply some of these techniques into your coursework

Feedback

• Write down two ways in which today’s session will help you

• One individual target• One group target• Place this on the blog/research and

planning .ppt

• HWK – continue to plan for filming next week

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