Throughout the course of todays media lesson we learned the basics about filming, how to zoom, focus and change brightness on a semi-professional camera, the Sony NX5.
Jason showed us the basics of how to set up the tri-pod and camera itself. We learned how to 'bubble' the camera, making sure it's level for filming perfectly straight. We then learned how to fasten the camera and tri-pod to give a steady base to film on. After a brief introduction to the camera, Jason let us turn on and figure out our bearings with a camera in groups of 4. He asked us to try and focus, zoom and change the brightness of the cameras, while explaining that the 'stripes' or 'zebras' were to let us know the brightest point of an object.
After figuring out the basics, we were then taught how to 'teach' the camera what white was in the brightness of the room, we did so by showing the camera a white surface and pressing the 'Auto White' button. With these basic skills we learned a few simple steps in being able to navigate a camera correctly, which in turn will help us greatly in our coursework, and being able to film our thrillers.
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