Camera and Microphone
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| Canon Legia HFG30 Canon DM-100 Directional Microphone |
✓ The camera recorded the action to a good standard in the dimly lit conditions we were filming in.
✓ The camera was light and portable, meaning we could easily transport the camera to new positions between shots. Time wasn't wasted, therefore, as the intervals of time where we moved the camera to a new perspective were quick. This also gave us leeway to experiment with some shots and try out new perspectives; for example, when we were filming different perspectives and movements for our tilt shot, the versatility of the camera enabled us to quickly try out a number of ideas.
✓ The camera had a playback function, meaning we could re-watch certain shots to see if they needed reshooting. This was a great tool to have because we wanted to try our hardest not to require a backup shoot, as it would mean calling back a large number of actors to give up their free time - the playback function meant we did a lot of retaking shots on the day.
✓ The microphone picked up dialogue and sound effects (e.g. the opening/closing of the door) really clearly, and didn't require much supervision as it was planted on top of the camera. Using the set of headphones provided, we could hear the quality of the sound whilst recording, meaning we could tell if the audio quality was off.
✗ Because the microphone was on top of the camera, it meant that the sound quality changed between shots depending on how far away the source of the sound was from the camera. This meant that in editing, a lot of sound mixing was needed to keep the quality of the sound consistent.
Tripod
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| Libel TH-650 HD Tripod |
✓ The tripod kept all our stationary shots very still; this kept the focus on the action rather than any handheld camera shaking that would've been a distraction.
✓ It was easily adjustable, and we could take a lot of different shot types with it; for example, when we wanted to take shots from a high angle, we could elongate the legs of the tripod and tilt the camera downwards, and when we wanted to perform a tilt, we could pivot the camera using the handle on the tripod to point it between two characters.
Dolly
✗ It was a bit of a struggle to fit the tripod on top of the dolly, so some time was wasted.
✗ We encountered similar problems with the dolly that we had in our test shoot. For the main shoot we used the dolly for a pan and an attempt at a contra-zoom. Unfortunately, the wheels of the dolly were very loud on most surfaces, which interfered with the audio of the scene and even after using a carpet surface to combat the noise, the camera on top of the dolly was still very shaky. We decided against using the shots where we used the dolly in our basic edit, and opted for the handheld ones instead.
Miniature Light
✓ After deciding that some shots (e.d. Saj's foot under the table) were not lit well enough, we took with us a small light source to the main shoot. The light was effective in brightening some of the more shadowy shots, meaning none of the action was lost in darkness.
We hired our kit from our school media department. We did this via an equipment release form, which everyone in our group signed.
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