In today’s lesson we left our regular class room and moved over into the studio next door for the first time. Matt talked about the tripods cameras that are used in the media/film industry and how they work and also how people use them.
We all got to touch the equipment and familiarise ourselves with it also practically.
It has 3 legs on which the head of the camera goes on. Each of the three legs has two locks: one on the bottom and one at the top. (6 locks - 3 top 3 bottom)
The tripod also has a spirit level and a pan handle which we use to rotate and tilt the camera into our desired position. (from the side or tilt- tighten handle with a lock to stay in place)- pan/tilt locks.
We also learned how to ‘bubble’ a tripod - 1 quarter turn with lock to hold in place- this technique allows us to position the tripod straight thanks to the spirit level.
A ‘black magic mini ursa’- is the case for the camera, and the additional equipment.
This is the camera that we learned to use in today’s lesson.
The first thing we did, was that we slid the camera on to the tripod, thanks to the camera tripod shoe.
We have to press the button on left side and slide on camera away from ourselves. Then swap grip and tighten up the lock on the side.
...and reversed to take off.
We should always check tripod before sliding camera on, so there is no damage.
A ‘V lock’ is the battery for the camera.
Zoom out/in for shot
focus with small ring on lens
Zoom big front ring on lense
Shuttle
Aperture
Exposure
-Are all adjusted with the blue adapter on lens.
Man-made light/ natural light (camera doesn’t notice the difference on its own) we have to adjust WHITE BALANCE (to outdoor light)
-different coloured lights / blue - orange
We did all these examples in practical demonstrations. This lesson was a very successful learning point.
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