We were first shown the 3 main components that are used to set up the camera and how to assemble them. These were the dolly, tripod and camera itself. When setting up the camera you must ensure to set up the tripod and the spider track dolly before even getting to the camera, you take the the folded track dolly and open it up until it clicks, you do this by pressing down the metal buttons on the tracks and pulling them out. This creates an even platform for the tripod and camera to rest on so you cam move the camera around quickly. After this you put the brakes on and the tripod is ready to go, finally you attach the camera and make sure it is working properly by testing the White balance. You do this by putting a white piece of paper in front of the lens to check the focus and contrast is of the right colour. On the camera there are lots of different features for you to film, in the best way possible. On the camera there is a spirit level so you can see if the camera is balanced while filming. On the lens there are three wheels. the one nearest the end of the camera is the stabilizer, the middle one is zoom and the one nearest you is lighting. On top of the camera is a good size microphone which is good for picking up all sound. When filming, one of the most common camera techniques is the 180 degrees rule. This is when you film from a specific angle for the whole scene. Afterwards you do the scene again but from a different view. Also it allows the viewer to see the different expressions of the different characters. While setting up the camera for we had to get a white balance. This is when we placed a piece of white paper in-front of the camera so it could make sure all the colours were not distorted. When filming there are lots of different shots. These include big close ups, close ups. These two shots show detailed facial expressions and often in horror movies show fear. Medium shot, medium long shot and long to wide shot often show more body language. Establishing shots are normally at the beginning of a film to tell us the basic information of what we need to know about the movie. A tracking shot follows a specific main character of a scene. The other shots are more straight forward; two shot, three shot, over the shoulder shot and high angle shot which shows that someone is weak with less authority, and low angle shots show the a certain character has more authority and it highlights that they are stronger and have a bigger status.
180 DEGREE RULE This is the tripod which keeps camera steady
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