Wednesday 1 April 2009

Hardware


To film our production we used a Cannon wide screen MV920.
Camcorder Type: Digital
Recording Format: Mini DV
Recording System: PAL
Sensor Quantity: 1
Optical Zoom: 25weight: 0.38kg
Both members of the group had a small amount of experience with the camera from our preliminary task and our micro drama and found the cameras fairly simple to use. Before we shot each time we did the white balance test which involves holding a white piece of paper over the lens so the camera can adjust to the correct settings. We found transferring the footage from the camcorder to the computers simple and found it useful that you were able to watch the tape through as it imported.
We used a tripod to film the majority of the shots because we found free hand filming difficult and always ended up with a low quality result.
It would have been useful to have a steady cam, as used in Halloween, in the point of view shot however this is an expensive piece of equipment and we could not find a suitable alternative.
To take the pictures of the house and the location we used a Cannon 9016 10 mega pixel camera, this was effective because we used a colour accent effect on the camera to make the house look eerier however we found the pictures became blurry when we tried to zoom in further.

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