Advanced Camera Workshop
In todays lesson, we went down to the studio where Matt gave us our first advanced camera workshop of this year.
Re-cap:
-We used a Black Magic camera
-When setting up the tri-pod, we start from the bottom and work our way up. This way it will be level, won't fall down, and will be easier to adjust later on
White balance controls how colours are captured in different lighting, for example, there is a more blue light outside in natural light, and a more yellow lighting from indoor, man made light.
-White balance helps to alter how the colour will look, including during different weather like overcast, or very sunny.
Exposure is the amount of light that reachers the camera sensor
for framing (looking at how everything and everyone is positioned and placed), and to otherwise always look in the through the lens, so we can have a more accurate perspective to how everything will look.
-We also need to pay attention to the importance of composition and positioning: The way you position your cast can potentially make or break the video
-placing everyone in a line in the middle of the set is incredibly dull and has been done to death
-experimenting with distances, levels and angles will make a big difference
-making people face different ways, pose at different heights, and be different distances to the camera will also help to keep the scene interesting unique
Re-cap:
-We used a Black Magic camera
-When setting up the tri-pod, we start from the bottom and work our way up. This way it will be level, won't fall down, and will be easier to adjust later on
White balance controls how colours are captured in different lighting, for example, there is a more blue light outside in natural light, and a more yellow lighting from indoor, man made light.
-White balance helps to alter how the colour will look, including during different weather like overcast, or very sunny.
Exposure is the amount of light that reachers the camera sensor
Shutter speed/angle:
-Allows the camera to see movement in the right kind of way
-Eliminates blur and changes how quick the motion looks
- The higher the number of the shutter speed, from 360-180, the smoother and softer it looks: this would be good for making scenes look romantic and dream like, more intimate
-also great for a vintage effect, like for our 60s music video
-And the lower the number: around 180-90, the more the camera can capture. This would be better for quick movement like dancing or drumming.
Prime lens:
-Music videos are mostly shot with Prime lenses:
-they are measured in millimetres
-they are all individual lenses and our used for detail
-they each have one job, so the quality is extremely good, where as with zoom, it cant get as high quality, and is used for more general use
-Allows the camera to see movement in the right kind of way
-Eliminates blur and changes how quick the motion looks
- The higher the number of the shutter speed, from 360-180, the smoother and softer it looks: this would be good for making scenes look romantic and dream like, more intimate
-also great for a vintage effect, like for our 60s music video
-And the lower the number: around 180-90, the more the camera can capture. This would be better for quick movement like dancing or drumming.
Prime lens:
-Music videos are mostly shot with Prime lenses:
-they are measured in millimetres
-they are all individual lenses and our used for detail
-they each have one job, so the quality is extremely good, where as with zoom, it cant get as high quality, and is used for more general use
There are many different lenses, that have different jobs and effects. Heres why you might use each one...
-18, 21 and 25mm is great for a wide shot (or establishing shot)
-around 50 is the more standard lens, filming multiple people reasonable far away/close, for example.
-85mm upwards is used as a 'beauty filter'. It rounds off faces creating a softer look and camera work
There are also a few rules that we need to think about:
-Firstly, its important to light for what the camera sees, rather than what we see. The camera has a very different way of capturing images than our own eyes, so for example we need to alter the white balance frequency to make sure the colours are captured correctly. Even if it looks right to us, it will probably look different on the camera.
-Adding to this, we need to remember to only use the TV monitor -18, 21 and 25mm is great for a wide shot (or establishing shot)
-around 50 is the more standard lens, filming multiple people reasonable far away/close, for example.
-85mm upwards is used as a 'beauty filter'. It rounds off faces creating a softer look and camera work
There are also a few rules that we need to think about:
-Firstly, its important to light for what the camera sees, rather than what we see. The camera has a very different way of capturing images than our own eyes, so for example we need to alter the white balance frequency to make sure the colours are captured correctly. Even if it looks right to us, it will probably look different on the camera.
for framing (looking at how everything and everyone is positioned and placed), and to otherwise always look in the through the lens, so we can have a more accurate perspective to how everything will look.
-placing everyone in a line in the middle of the set is incredibly dull and has been done to death
-experimenting with distances, levels and angles will make a big difference
-making people face different ways, pose at different heights, and be different distances to the camera will also help to keep the scene interesting unique
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