On Thursday 18th September we had our fist camera lesson where we were educated on how to work, set up and handle the camera. The camera that we used was a Sony NX5 that is worth around £2,500, which technically isn't very much for a camera. Adam wasn't present this lesson so we had Matt and Phil give us a crash course lesson in the basic skills of how to work a camera.
We started out by splitting into groups of 5, i was in a group with Ben, Katie, Kingsley and Jackie. Next we looked at all of the equipment shown and took them out of their assigned bags, firstly we started with the tripod and had a look at the movement of the equipment. Then we practiced at having a go of placing the camera onto the tripod and using the "bubble" which we then used to make sure it was leveled out well to prevent from dragging the lens down resulting in it smashing against the front of the tripod.
Next we then learnt about all the different types of buttons and knobs that adorned the camera and became familiar with what each button and knob did such as what to press for focus, brightness, zoom and white balance. For awkwardly angled shots, we then learnt how to tilt up and down with the camera to be able to produce the right angle to create the shot. As a result all these skills which were learnt throughout the course of 60 minutes in the lesson were obtained and gave us all the ability to create a good angled shot, with the right lighting, white balance and focus to be able to film to a good standard. The shot that my group used was one of my friends, Kingsley, standing outside of the double doors in the green room with Ben holding holding a reflector. The positioning of both of them were well executed which meant that for the shot we had perfect balance of natural light to use.
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