P2(a) Setting Up equipment

Meaning and Purpose : In this section, I will demonstrate each equipment and show how I use different equipment to achieve different effect in each scene

All the equipment I had used for filming are all listed below

Canon 7D DSLR camera

 Canon 7D was the camera I use for all of my filming. It is a DSLR camera and very easy to command. The setting of ISO, aperture, shutter speed can be adjust manually. It captures high quality of image and footage. It is very lightweight and is easier for me to carry around all day. As I am not doing any slow motion of editing. I didn't chose a high frame per second setting to shoot my video. Instead I used a 24 fps to do all of my filming. 24 fps can film in 1080p as high fps can only do 720p.

Flashcard

The 32GB SD card will be insert into the camera to save all both of the videos safely. The capacity of 32GB is enough to save my all of my footage.

Tripod

I tripod I had used has a very heavy weight, it can keeps itself stable under windy condition. It is very useful especially when I was filming on a rough surface around the boarding room. It can sits on the surface firmly, prevent the camera falls. The legs can be easily fold inside and change the length of the legs, which is easier for me to film with high camera angle shot. The neck can be rotate 360 degree horizontally and vertically. It is very good to do a pan & tilt shot or tracking an object. I had filmed a lot of pan & tilt shot in my filming.

The screenshot above had clearly showed I had used the tilt shot to film this footage. I had placed the  camera on top of the tripod and rotate the neck vertically to film. The footage is very steady because the tripod had sat on the floor firmly.

18 - 55mm lens

The 18 - 55mm lens can be zoom in and out easily.As it can zoom in & out, it is excellent for shooting in in-door and any space-limited environment. Also it has a low value of aperture, it can easily shoot in dark environment. I had used 18 - 55mm in the boarding room as there is limited of space allow me to place the camera. Although this lens doesn't carry out any dramatic effect but it still provides a very decent of footage quality. Also this lens equip with manual focus option. I had used the manual focus for the video shooting to form the background blurred effect. 

The screenshot above shows the way I use for my 18-55mm lens. In this scene, I had filmed my actor   doing his homework. To add more features on this scene, at the beginning I had zoom in closely to my actor, then zoom out slowly. 

50mm fixed lens

The fixed 50 mm is great for taking photo at the outdoor. The angle of this lens is generally wider than adjustable focal length lens. I had used fixed 50mm to shoot at the outdoor astro as fixed lens carries better quality image than adjustable lens. The layering between bright and shadow difference  can show it even more clearly. Even more this lens can choose either manual focus or automatic focus. I had used the manual focus for quite a few shot to do a full blurred or background blurred effect. I had mainly used this lens for close up to extreme close up for my shot. 

The screenshot above showed I had made good use of the fixed 50mm lens. The lighting is been separate into half, bright area and shaded area. On the left side of his face can be seen clearly. However, on the right side. It is mostly dimmed and cannot be seen clearly. This combination will help audience to stay focus on the actor's facial expression and help them to understand to storyline.

Macbook air 13"

Camera equipment is very important for all the shooting process. Computer is also as important as the camera. I had used a Macbook to finish all of my editing process. The macbook inside is already programmed with Premiere Pro CS5. The footage of video can be edited by using Premiere Pro with full HD output export.