Camera How to shoot like a professional

Pocket Camera

`Cellular Phone / FLIP Camera

Pro- Consumer Camera

Palm / Handy Camera

‘NEW” I-PAD 2 / Laptops

The Digital Still Camera The Digital Still Camera – How It Works

Before Example: - “Old School Camera”

Exposure How it works

SLR - still digital picture camera

The Video Camera

The Video Camera = Still Camera + Recording Deck

+

30 still picture frames per second = 30fps (video)24 still picture frames per second = 24p (film)60 still picture frames per second = 60p (HD Hi- Definition)

Still camera Recording deck

Video camera

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The Digital Camera The Digital Camera – How It Works ?

The Video Camera

The Video Camera – How It Works

Light (Day light / Light blub / Studio light / ) enters the camera lens

The Video Camera

The Video Camera – How It Works …

Light enters the lens and strikes CCD(control couple device or computer chip).

COMPUTER CHIP

The Video Camera

The Video Camera – How It Works

Light enters the lens and strikes CCD(control couple device or computer chip). The CCD creates an electrical signal, based on light input. On that electrical signal are pictures (30fps = 30 frames or pictures per second) and (audio) sound.

Pictures and Sound

COMPUTER CHIP Electrical Signal

The Video Camera

The Video Camera – How It Works

Light enters the lens and strikes CCD (control couple device). The CCD createsAn electrical signal, based on light input. The electrical signal is recorded onto a mini DVC tape.

picture and sound

Electrical Signal

Electrical Signal

The Video Camera

The Video Camera – How It Works

VIDEO AND SOUNDMotion Pictures Audio / Stereo Quality

Picture and Sound

Media What we record video and sound to..,

Film / Flash Cards / Hard Drives / DVD’s and Cd’s / Tape

Tape (media)• MiniDV and Mini HDV tape.

Flash Card (media)Record Still Images and Video Images

Film (media)

OLD SCHOOL

OLD SCHOOL FILM VS NEW SCHOOL DIGITAL AND TAPE

(Media Player)DVD PLAYERS / TAPE DECKS / PHONES / PADS / X-BOX / COMPUTERS

(Firewire - IEEE 1394 or USB) Media Transfer or Footage Transfer)

Load Recorded Video from Deck or Camera to ComputerOutstanding picture and sound quality IEEE`1394 (firewire) connector.

The Camera Lens

The Camera Lens (a) Lens come in different sizes…(b) Most have automatic focus(c) mm is millimeters - How far you can shot the Lens

15-50 mm = Short Lens60-95 mm = Medium Lens100-400 mm = Long Lens

Iris (Aperture) Shuttercontrols the opening and closing of the camera lens.

VERY Bright light =Small aperture

Bright light =Medium aperture

Low light =Large aperture

Aperture – F-Stops

• Controls the opening (aperture) of the lens.

Purple part in the center is the shutter of the lens

The circle in the middle of the lens is the IRIS

F-Stops

Iris (Aperture)Iris - is the opening of the Lens.

The Higher the ApertureLess light small Iris.

Smaller the number the more light big Iris.

APERTURE - is the measurement of the opening of the lens

Shutter – is the door or black part that close and opens to let light in

Shutter – Shutter SpeedThe light measurement (shutter speed) that control how much

light comes into the lens just like the aperture.

ExposureIris + Aperture + Shutter + Shutter Speed = (Photo Exposure)

Exposure determines how light or dark an image is.

Under Exposure Over Exposure Perfect Exposure

three main colors of light

What a Movie?

• A movie is a narrative or occurrence recorded by a camera as a gallery of moving images and shown in a theatre or on television. It is a type of entertainment that tells a story by sound and a series of images creating an illusion of progressive movement.

Movie Production Notes1) Movie (Group of recorded Scenes or Acts held

together with music effects and titles)2) Scene / Act (Part of the Movie)3) Takes (recording of a scene)4) Retakes (redo a recording scene or act again)5) Cuts (Stop the recording of a scene or act)6) Sound and Music (the glue that hold your movie

together)7) A-Roll - main footage used and added to a movie8) B-Roll / Cut-Away (extra footage used and added

to a movie to cover up your main video cameras (a-roll) cuts)

Camera CompositionThe Six Major Shots in Photography,

Movies and Video Production

1) Extreme Close-up2) Close –up / Head Shot3) Bust Shot4) Medium Shot5) Long Shot6) Establishment Shot / Wide Shot

Camera Composition

The Five Tips for Camera Compsition

1) The Rule of Thirds2) Don’t Chop the Head or the Chin3) Compose the Nose4) Lead Them On5) Beware of Bad Backgrounds

Camera Composition

The Five Tips for Camera Compsition

1) The Rule of Thirds

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Camera Composition

The Five Tips for Camera Composition

1) Don’t chop the head or the chin

Camera CompositionThe Five Tips for Camera Compsition

Compose the Nose – Leave Look Room / Breathing Room in your frame to see where your actor is looking.

(Profile Shot) - is a side shot of your actor

Camera CompositionThe Five Tips for Camera CompsitionLead Them On- Leave Lead Room in your

frame to see where your actor is going or coming from.

Camera CompositionThe Five Tips for Camera Compsition

Beware of Bad Background (poles or trees coming out of peoples heads, trash on ground, people and colors of outfits blending into the background)

Camera Composition 2 – Shot SteadyThe Five Major Rules in

Steady Video Camera Production

1) Use a Tripod2) Keep Your Hands Off camera and tripod once you

start recording)

3) Find Substitute Support (sandbag, tabletop, desk, bench, car hood, ladders, chairs, ect.)

4) Stand Steady – (lean against a wall, fence, sit on a chair, ect.)

5) Zoom Out & Get Close

Camera AccessoriesTripod: Use a tripod

for steady, stable picture. Three leg device

Mono Pole: Use a mono pole like a tripod. One leg device

Tripod Camcorder Movement

• Crank: Raising andLowering the tripod

• Crank “Crank up”“Crank down”

Camera movements• Pan:• Pan Left• Pan right

Tilt:Tilt upTilt Down

Tripod Camcorder Movement

• Truck “Truck Left”“Truck right”

• Dolly “Dolly in”“Dolly out”

Viewfinder and View Screen Viewfinder – small video monitor mounted on camcorder, accessible by eyepieceView Screen- larger (2”-3” ) LCD monitor mounted on the back of your SLR

cameras

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Never record without headphones “NEVER” !

View screen Viewfinder

Headphones Important for hearing audio while recording,

especially if external microphone is attached.

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Never record without headphones “NEVER” !

Camera Composition 3

The Five Tips for Shooting to Edit

1) Set the Scene2) Cover your Cuts (add B-Roll / cut-away, titles, graphics)

3) Shoot Multiple Takes4) Shoot Alternate Angles5) Make a Plan (create your storyboards ,treatments ,scripts)