Video Camera techniques - A-level

Camera TechniquesLO: You will be able to describe the effect that certain camera functions have on video footage You will apply some of these video production techniques into your coursework Free resource created by www.alevelmedia.co.uk

Look at the following images• Describe, using appropriate media terminology, the type of shot and the stylistic mise-en-scene elements used. LO: You will be able to apply some of these techniques into your coursework

LO: You will be able to apply some of these techniques into your coursework

What colours make up white?

The light source is listed next to the degrees inKelvin, both set against the colour of the light ateach level.You will notice that the colour next to theAverage noon daylight (5500K) is white. This isthe colour temperature that colour film isbalanced to which means that when shootingusing daylight film the photograph will recordwhite objects as white and all the colours in animage will appear natural on the film.If you shoot in conditions that measure a highertemperature the photo will start to becomebluer and shoot in conditions below the 5500temperature and they will increase in orange.The colours here dont just relate to daylightconditions artificial light also introduces a colourcast. With fluorescent lights this is often greenand with tungsten lighting it will be yellow, whileflash can be slightly blue.

White Balance Function • There are ways to manually adjust the white balance to add or remove blue or orange. • Using grey card, blue or orange paper can also help (point camera at paper and push WB button).

Depth of Field

Shallow or deep?

Shallow or deep focus?

Manual focus and zoom• You will learn how to adjust the automatic settings on the camera to alter things like depth of field• Be thinking about shot composition – what is in the frame, what are you revealing to the audience and what are you keeping hidden.• Experiment to see what happens when you get creative with how you compose shots (see gnome image as an example)

Audio• Bad audio can ruin a well filmed production• Using an external microphone will eliminate background noise and pick up dialogue clearer, but you still need to know how to connect up the mic up to the camera.

Digital Effects• Camcorders are built for home consumption, not for producing Hollywood movies• In camera effects should be avoided, they are low quality quick fixes• Experiment with them to get a feel, but do all your effects in the editing process because they can be undone!

Plenary• Watch the following student production (any example you have access to)• Identify what techniques have been used• Analyse what works well and what doesn’t• Suggest improvements Learning Outcome: You will be able to apply some of these techniques into your coursework

Feedback• Write down two ways in which today’s session will help you• One individual target• One group target• Place this on the blog/research and planning .ppt• HWK – continue to plan for filming next week Free resource created by www.alevelmedia.co.uk

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Video Camera techniques - A-level

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