Introduction to video camera

TIME CODE:
time code tells you how much of the memory you have used up, it is located in the top right hand corner of the screen and is set up to tell us the minutes seconds and then frames which go up to 24 but there are 25 frames ( 00:00:00)

FOCUSING:
its very simple to focus the camera, all you have to do is zoom into a point that is stationary using one of the wheels then you have to use the second wheel to focus the immage on your screen and then zoom out again to have a clear immage of what you want to shoot.

WHITE BALLANCE:
hold a sheet of blank white paper or card in front of the camera to have the white ballance of the shot then you press the white ballance button and the shot colour will be set.

TRIPOD SETUP:
to set up the tripod it only takes a few easy steps, first you open the tripod and unlock the legs, locking them into place when your done. after this you lock into place the pan handle and unlock the bottom then looking at the green circle and ajust the air bubble into place in the center of the circle then you lock the top into place by locking the bottom. this ensures that the camera once on will be streit and not wonky.

PLACING THE CAMERA:
to place the camera on the tripod all you have to do is loosen the right knob and then slide the camera into place pressing down the little button on the left.

BASIC CAMERA SHOTS:
Extreme wide shot, this shot is normally used as an establishing shot
Very wide shot, this is mainly used to place the character in the suroundings normally not a lot of enphasis on subject.
Wide shot, subject takes up the majority of the shot.
mid shot, shows some of the subject still gives the imnpression of the whole subject.
Close up, subject takes up the frame
Extreme close up, shows extreme detail.
Cut away, shot of something else.
Cut in, shows close up of part of the subject in detail.
Two shot, a shot of two subjects framed in a mid shot.
Over the sholder shot, looking from behind one subject at another subject.
Noddy shot, a shot of one subject nodding as if an interviewer nodding at his subject.
Point of view shot (POV), shows the view from the perspective of the subject.
Weather shot, the subject is usually the sky, can be used for other purpouses.

180 DEGREE RULE: 
a line that the actors stand on and the camera cant cross unless in the shot the camera spins around the actors.

THE TERMINOLOGY BEHIND SHOOTING:
STAND BY / STANDING BY: to tell the camera men to get ready to shoot.
TURN OVER / TURNING OVER: the camera is rooling/ turning over.
ACTION: actors start acting and the set goes quiet.
CUT: stop filming.






changing from still cameras to film cameras has not effected me that much as I have been filming for a while now and we are constantly surrounded by the media, but changing from filming ski videos and skate edits, it changes a lot to know the proper techniques.