MCS4110 Week2 notes

Camera VX2000 Sony 13.02.07

Camera Set up and Shoot

FOCUS - manual and automatic/prefer to use the manual focus to have the control and make sure that the things you want in the picture are in focus.

EXPOSURE - not too bright not too dark- to control it use the IRIS - how much light to allow. - GAIN - (measured in 0db) electronically bright up the image, but the image gets fuzzy, prefer to leave it off. SHUTTER SPEED - how long for the light to come in.

PAL - UK TV system 25 full images in a second and 50 half images

24 images per second - looks normal and smooth (if there are more looks like jumping )transition, but there is an annoying flickering in between.

To avoid that in films they duplicate each picture so even though you see 24 frames is actually double.

In Television works in lines -

On most cameras you cant change the 25 frame per picture but you can change the aperture and therefore change the period of time with shutter speed you capture less amount of light and change how the image looks. This has effect on the exposure - dark or brighter image. When a still picture is required of a very fast sport like formula 1 or baseball you need a fast shutter speed. (The motion states)

The motion blurs makes it looking more smoothly.

COMPOSITION - What is in the picture and where it is. Follow the rule of 3s is a useful composition tool. How you make your composition depends on what you want to say. Ask your self - Is this a good picture?

When focusing on the subject usually we attempt to put the person in the middle of the picture and should be avoid. We should look at the picture and step back and relocate the subject accordingly. Control the audience on what and where they are looking at.

WHITE BALANCE - What sort of light we are filming in - outdoor /sunlight or indoor/artificial light

For the camera

1. To make the manual control you need to change it to auto lock off
2. AE =auto exposure - when is not shown on the display is off
3. IRIS=change it from the side of the camera and you will see the f sign on the display.
4. ZEBRA =off/70/100 its the indicator to get right exposure on face highlights - 70 will be ideal
5. ND=off/1/2 - is like sunglasses for the camera
6. Zoom in (to eyes) FOCUS Zoom out
7. Put the tripod at the same height level as the person's eye level
8. Tripod's level with the help of the bubble of air placed in position

Depth of Field