Camera Work

On the 25th of Septembre the class learnt all about the video camera and how it works. We learnt about the zoom, the focus, the time code, the aspect code which on our camera was 16:9 (wide screen), dB's, the apeture and also the shutter speed. We also learnt how to set our camera up. We learnt how to put the camera on the tripod, bubble it, put the mic in, put the battery in and turn it on and off. All of these skill will help us when using a camera.

The time code is how long left you have to record on your tape. It captures 25 frames per second, but you will only see the frame number go as high as 24 as it then resets to zero. We learnt that when we are out filming never to look back at our work until we get back and put our recordings onto the computer. If we did look at it while we were in the middle of filming, we might end up recording over other material we needed, leave some tape un-used or mess up the time codes. This would be bad.

The shutter speed is how fast the camera captures a frame and the apeture is how large the hole is at the front of the camera. The apeture basically controls how much light is let into the video camera.