Advanced camera workshop 1

Since it's the begining of a new year, we need a good recap to be well prepared for our music videos. So we went to the studio and took a closer look at some gadgets and extras that we have worked before in the previous year. 

To start off by we used the same cameras as always, black magic cameras.

As you can see we also started by seting up a tripod, Matt suggested that the best and esiest way to set up a tripod is by dtarting from the bottom, going up. As well as that, after putting the camera on the tripod it is important to bubble it.

We then moved on to some of the basic camera settings like White balance which adjusts the intencity of colour and shutter speed. Depending on the scale of the shutter speed you can get different results, for example if the shutter speed is at 360 the moving subject will get a blurry effect and if the shutter speed is 90 the subject will be very sharp. It also slightly affects the colour of the scene, so if it's 90 it would be darker than 360.

Moving onward we took a close look at different lences and their priorities. A couple of key things to remember about lenses is one: adjust the light for the lens and don't depend on what your eye sees, if it looks very bright with a human eye, it might look just right with the lense due to the settings; two: always turn the camera off when changing the lense becaus eit can damage the camera if you don't; and three: rely on the lens, if it doesn't look right, change it up.

Each lense can make a huge impact on the shot you are taking. Some lenses are only made for clear close ups and some are best for midshots. A big important difference is Prime lenses and non Prime lenses. Prime lenses don't have the zoom in option and are mainly used for specific shots, for example close ups.

There is a wide viraty of lenses, another important factor is the "mm" bar on the lens. Each lens has a reach of millimeters, 18 mm camera would take a good shot of a city, so a wide shot with a large depth of field, and an 85mm lens would be best for extreme close ups and portrait shots in general.