Camera Workshop

 Today we had a camera workshop with Matt in the studio.

He started off by showing us what the shutter does and how it affects the shots. With the shutter at 180° the footage looks the most natural and the most like we see real life. Whereas at 72° the footage is a lot sharper, this is good for things such as action films where there is a lot going on in the scene. Matt suggested it would be a good idea for us to consider switching up the shutter angle to at some dynamics to our video as it is very stylised. Having the shutter angle at 360° would be interesting for us as it looks very non-naturalistic. 

We then had a look at lenses. The lease most commonly used is a zoom lens. Although they provide diversity they compromise the quality of the shot. So matt showed us a range of different lenses we can use.

Switching lenses does take time and certain lenses require a tape measure just to make sure the shot is in focus. We don't have a lot of time to film so probably won't be changing the lease too often if we can help it. 

The prime lease needs more assistance such as measuring for focus, however, the quality of the shot is amazing and will be very useful for the close up shots we have in mind. we asked Matt what lease would be best for a tracking hot because we had a few in mind. He said that he would actually switch between lenses as the camera zooms in which would be very time consuming so we might have to reconsider those shot ideas. 

We then spoke about shot composition and how when filming for camera you have more options to be experimental with the positioning of the band. Matt set up the camera in a few different ways and we experimented with setting up the 'band'. This is important for my group as a lot of the shots are relying on how we can set up the band in an interesting way within our performance space so that we can get as much out of each set at possible. 

third try 

first try