P4(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

The equipment I had used for filming are all listed below

Canon 7D DSLR camera

 Canon 7D was the only camera I had used. It is a DSLR camera and is very easy to command. All the setting of ISO, aperture, shutter speed can be adjust manually. It gives out a very good 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 use a high frame per second of setting to shoot my video. Instead I used  a 24 fps to do all of my filming. Using a 24 fps can give the best quality - 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 image and video safely. The capacity of 32GB is more than enough to save my folder.

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 at outdoor environment. The legs can be easily fold inside and change the length of the legs, which is easier for me to carry around or film the with high camera angle. The neck can be rotate in 360 degree. It is very good to do a pan shot or tracking an object. I had filmed a lot of pan shot when I was filming my actor running in the astro. It is so much easier for me to film a steady pan shot with this tripod.

The screenshot above had clearly showed I had used the pan shot to film this footage. I had placed the  camera on top of the tripod and rotate the neck to film. The footage is very steady even in a windy condition as the tripod is heavy enough to withstand the wind. The quality is excellent as I had focus on the moving object well.

18 - 55mm lens

The 18 - 55mm lens can be zoom in and out easily. It is excellent for shooting in in-door and tight environment. Also it has a low value of aperture, it can easily shoot in dark environment. I had used 18 - 55mm at the gym room as it is dark and narrow in there. It doesn't carry out a very 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 to do both photo and video shooting to form the background blurred effect. The footage looks more dynamic and professional.

I had used a adjustable focal length lens in the gym room as it had limit size in the room. I was barely able to film the whole body of the actor under the frame. I had made good use of the low aperture of 

the lens. The background is blurred and the main object remained clearly. Audience can be more focus to the actor and pay more attention how the story build up. 

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 actor can be separate into half, bright area and shaded area. On the left side of his face can clearly see his skin and eyes. However, on the right side. It is mostly dimmed and cannot be seen. Combination with the lens characteristic and camera set up. I had clearly shows how the actor is willing to get a drink and tired.

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 after edit process. The macbook inside is already programmed with Photoshop CS5 and Premiere Pro CS5. The footage of video can be edited by using Premiere Pro and the raw image can be edited by Photoshop CS5.

Equipment Booking sheet 

To borrow out the equipment for filming. I have to fill in the equipment booking sheet. It shows all the equipment I had use and the date I borrow and return.