Practice with video equipment

During the lesson on 23/10/09 each group was given their equipment to film our production which consisted of a video camera, tripod, tripod plate, two DV tapes and a few wires.

As we were the first group to be handed the equipment it meant we had the most time to experiment with the video camera.We took advantage of this time and wasted no time in beginning to film!

First, we headed off to the grounds around our school, set up our equipment and started to film each other skipping around the trees to practice smooth pan shot follows.

Then, we wanted to film parts that are in our production to gain practice. So we found a set of steps around Enfield Town and filmed Sophie walking down them and included pan shot follows and extreme close ups of her feet.









Whilst we were in town, we came across 'The Cheeky Girls' who were launching the opening of a new store and we filmed them just to experiment with different lighting as they were inside under false light and we were filming under natural light before.












The opening of the new store were handing out balloons so me and Sophie took one each and along with the rest of my group, Emma and Elle, we came up with the idea of laughter in a two shot and we let the balloons go and Elle and Emma filmed them going up which was a weather shot. Although we are not including a weather shot in our production we still considered it important to gain an understanding of it.


We also filmed the scene of running across the bridge, the lift scene which included an extreme close up, the escalator scene which was a pan shot follow and the park scene with the newspaper which was also a pan shot follow and extreme close up.


I thoroughly enjoyed this lesson as we experimented with different types of shots and we all feel comfortable with the video camera and we have adapted to the different modes and when and how to use them. I am confident with using the video camera for our production and we will start filming within the next couple of days and I am really excited!