Camera workshop

Today we had a camera workshop in preparation for filming our music videos. We learnt about the different lenses that are available for us to use. There are pro's and con's to each lens and so my group and I are going to have to have a discussion and make our plans for the shoot day. 

 

Last year,  for our opening title sequence projects we used a normal zoom lens. This year we are going to use prime lenses. These lenses have a fixed zoom setting but the quality of the video is a lot better. 

Finding the correct focus for these lenses is slightly different to the zoom lenses we are used to. For the prime lenses someone must measure the distance from the lens to the person or object that you want to be in focus. You then have to adjust the focus dial that is measured in distance to match the distance of the person / object that you want to be in focus. 

Next we learnt about some more zoom lenses. These two lenses made by DZOFilm zoom from 20 - 125 which is a much bigger range than the zoom lenses we used last year. The camera quality is also arguably as good as the prime lenses. 

We then learnt about the shutter angle of the camera. We started off by looking at 180 degrees which provides the most natural look. When the shutter angle is turned down to around 72 degrees it creates more motion blur. This lower shutter angle is often used for action movies to provide a more chaotic and fast paced look.