Introduction to Video Camera

This week we have been learning about using a video camera, and the different ways to create a effect on a video camera such as the different angles and methods whilst using a video camera.

These are some of the different shots that we'v been learning about this week to help create a good movie / clip.

Extreme Wide Shot - This shot is a zommed out shot showing a wide range of scenery in this shot, its ususally used for the beggining shot to a movie showing the scenery of the situation and that the sort will entail in this place.

Wide Shot - This shot is ususally used to film the whole person, and showing the movement of the body language and the people speaking, rather than the scenery around the actors.

Over The Shoulder Shot - This shot is the camera filming over the shoulder of one the of the actors to create different moods, as making the audience seem like there there in the situation.

Close Up - This shot is to esatblish how the actor is feeling, or is pointing to a object of significance in the scene and helps establish to the viewer whats going on in the scene.

Extreme Close Up - This shot is when the camera closes up on a actors eye or also on a object, to show the emotions of the actor and the significane of the object in the scene, such as a mans eyes staring at a gun showing suspense.

High Angle Shot - This shot is when the camera is pointing the camera looking up at a actor, and this helpes give a character a sense of hight and makes the actor seem more powerful and signifacnt and like a hero.

Low Angle Shot - This shot is like the high angle shot, but the camera is pointed down at a actor to make the actor seem smaller, weedy and even trapped, rather than a high shot, and this is used to make a person smaller and more vunerable to different things.

First of all, to set up the camera, you need to get the tripod, twist the three handels, and spread it out into a fully formed tripod. Once its out you can change the height, and then swist the handels on all the three sticks and it will be furmly inplace to shoot. then you have to put the camera ontop, and you do this by sliding it on while holding on the button on the left hand side of the tripod and then on the right hand side flip the switch up to keep it fimly inplace. Then you unscrew the nuts, on the bottom of the tripod, to try get the bubble in the green circle so the camera is level with the image, and this is done by tilting the camera slowly, gettting the bubble inside the circle, and then slowly screwing the nuts up tightly so its firm and implace. After this, opening the shutter on the left handside of the camera face, click the button down, press the on button on the camera and the camera is ready for filming.

We were shown different camera functions to help improve the picture of the image and the surroundings to make the image as perfect as possible.

White Balance - This function is to make sure the white in the scene doesnt go mad (as in go buzzy or start fuzzing) because white has all the coloured mixed into to, the need for white balance is very important, so the camera has a function which is choosing the white balance to fit the surroundings so the white in the scene doesnt start messing around.
Focussing - This is a important too, because without focusing on the image, the image becomes all fuzzy and the images in the scene which might be in the scenery can be fuzzed out and destroy the whole scene giving it no meaning, so to stop this, turning the focus to suit the image to give it a clear image is very important, especially when zooming into a scene because the focus becomes outzoned so the need to focus when zooming in is very important.
Zooming - this is one of the most important features on a camera, giving the ability in a camera to be able to zoom into objects to give it a meaning, and be able to zoom out of scenes to give it a out look, and it also helps zoom into important objects.

TimeLine - This is the amount of images taken per second, usually there are 25 frames a second, and u can spead this up, so that it takes lots of frames a second, and this can change the video image, because the people in the video image come out very fast and when you put the frames down lower the people in the image because alot slower, and this can be good for action scenes, slowing down in points of pressure.

The mistakes I made where to due with the 180 rule which me and my partners broke. We did the mid shot and long shot perfectly, but once it came to over the shoulder shot, we broke the 180 rule by having the camera behind my left shoulder.

STAND BY / STANDING BY - readys everyone into position for the take. The AD calls STAND BY and the response tells them that everyone is prepped

TURN OVER / TURNING OVER (Roll film/Rolling etc) The director tells the camera operator to start filming - a few seconds of film is then run as the camera gets up to speed - this is often referred to as LEAD IN. Once done the Camera operator will respond TURNING OVER or ROLLING (etc) to indicate being up to speed

ACTION! - Cue for the actors to perform the take, and the crew to do their jobs. It is good practice for the Director to let the film run on a further few seconds after the take is completed before cutting - this is referred to as LEAD OUT

CUT! - Cue for the camera to stop running film. Industry practice expects that the camera operator does not CUT before being told

Working with the video camera rather than the still camera was really thrilling because the moving image was really inspiring and being able to catch a moving image in a matter of time in such a clear image makes me want to carry on with media.

Introduction To Photoshop

Adobe Photoshop is a graphic and picture editing tool. It enables the user to alter, manipulate and create images either from existing photos or found images.

There are many different tools in photoshop, and I have enjoyed using them immensely because using them can create wonderful photos, and being able to use photoshop is great because so many businesses use photoshop and need someone who can use the software, for magazines and many different industries.

My most favorite tool was the clone tool, which is cloning some part of another image or the same one, and putting into another image, and this tool can make a picture have the effect and meaning of something, and change entirely just by this tool. Here is a example of Clover Field, supposing to have a normal sea, rough and green like colour, but using the clone tool, i alted and made it have the sky image from a picture from Iron Man.

The main basis of photoshop is layers, and learning about how to use layers is a great way to start learning the bases of photoshop, and most problems on photoshop is due to a layers problem, and being able to understand how to overcome these problems can help see through most of the problems in photshop. Layers can also help also put a copy ed layer in front of another layer, which can help create a certain momentum about a photo ad help it alot more significant. In Iron Man, dragging layer 2 (one of the 2's) in front of layer one and the right 2 will stick out over the other 2, and this is due to layers, and also since both layers are above the background layer, the 2s are shown in front of the Iron Man background.

Another amazing tool which i used was the Lasso Tool, this tool is a fantastic way to transer a certain part of a image and put into into the same one or a different image, and can create fantastic images. In the image before, i have taken the Picture clover field, and go the bullet from a poster in Wanted, Lassoed the bullet and coped and pasted into the clover field picture, and creates a whole new meaning to the picture.

A tool which i am going to certainly use more often is the Bandage Tool, which reads the images nearby the spot that uve pressed, and compressed it into what the surrounding pixels look like, and is very useful for getting rid of spots in a picture, which i shall be using when uploading photos to my facebook and other social sites. As you can see in Clover Field, i have used the bandage tool to get rid of the O, and B, by using the bandage tool, to push all the pixels so make it look like its surroundings to make it disapear, this gives the bullet a old meaning because the bullet could look like its very old and some of the words have been scratched off.

You can also in Edit - Transform - Rotate and flip and all sorts of flips and rotating, which can effect the photo dramaticly. You can also change its scale, making it smaller or bigger. Such as in this image of clover field, the top bullet has been scaled to a smaller size (holding shift makes it not go out of focus, not making it too fat or thin), and has rotated to look like its shooting downwards.

Another feature is when you copy and paste a image from another picture into another picture, you notice it doesnt blend into the background because the colour or saturation is different, this can change by going to Image - Ajustment - Hue/Saturation, and you can make it suit the colour of the background and help blend in with the scene and make it look like its ment to be in there. In cloverfield, i have changed the bigger bullet to suit the background so it looks like its ment to be there



Basic Stills Camera Work and Composition

Photography brings a visual language that is universal in understanding. We must then understand its vocabulary which consists of shapes, textures, patterns, lines, colours, shade of light to dark and sharp to blurry images. Just as we must learn to arrange words in a coherent order in order to make sense when we write or speak, so too must we put visual elements together in an organized manner if our photographs are to convey their meaning clearly and vividly.

Composition means arrangement: the orderly putting together of parts to make a unified whole; composition through a personal, intuitive act. However, there are basic principles that govern the way visual elements behave and interact when you combine them inside the four borders of a photograph. Once we have sharpened our vision and grasped these basic ideas of principles, then we will have the potential for making our photographs more exciting and effective than ever before.

The Rule of Thirds

The rule of third is a important rule in media, and it is two  immaginary vertical and horizonal lines are projected on a shot, and where the lines intersect is where the viewer are most likely to look at first when looking at a shot or a picture. The viewer is most likely to look at the top left intersect, because the eyes focus on that point firstly, and then look at the right top intersect, and then the bottom left and then the bottom right, so editors use this rule to there advantage to try get a more outstanding shot or picture.
 

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