Media Notes Dan Camera work

Focus

Hard and soft focuses

Why would be focus things?

To put the audiences attention on things. 
For ascetic purposes (So that it looks good)

To get something into focus you have to move forward and back. 
If you have a shot where someone is walking towards the camera you will have to move your focus with the actor. 


Zoom in as far as it can go, focus it, frame your shot. MUST DO. 

Auto focus, gets easily confused. Do not use it

Although auto focus is good for a documentary for example.

Shallow depth of field 
Want something creepy, set up shot like the bottom one(?)

Slight blur.


On the camera:

AF stands for auto focus. On the side of the camera there is a button that says AF and MF. MF stands for manual focus. You want it to say MF.

Full auto or Manual. On Auto it means you can't adjust the exposure.

Inside controlling the light you want your ND filter off. Outside put the ND filter on

Focus and zoom allows you to zoom in and out

Game/Gay(?) Don't use the game don't play the game it brightens up the image or something. You'll have marks knocked off. When it's off at 0 the picture quality is fine. When you add a bit of game to it it will start to deteriorate the footage

Iris value can be adjusted.

Shutter is closed, the shutter opens up really quickly, allows light in. Then it closes again. How long it's open for determines how much light there is. If you slow the shutter speed down you adjust how much light is let in. Shutter allows you to see clear images.

Nighttime shot adjust the shutter speed. Drunken scene, adjust the shutter speed. 

Framing

Framing is important (You get marked on framing and focus) 

Some space on the side of the camera is called 'Looking space' showing that there is stuff going on outside of the frame. 

Rule of 3rds 

It's like a grin on the screen you would put your subject where two of the lines would cross. 

When you go 'File import' you are not importing anything. All you're doing is telling Final Cut Prof where it is. 

FINAL CUT PRO 

Get marked on Unit 16 editing techniques. Second outcome is to be able to prepare footage. Doing all viewing in some window

Log and transfer window. Drag it onto your btec shared drive. 

Assignment is starting on Monday