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 CameraBefore 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 =

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 creates An electrical signal, based on light input. The electrical signal is recorded onto a mini DVC tape. picture and sound Electrical Signal

The Video Camera The Video Camera – How It Works VIDEO AND SOUND Motion PicturesAudio / 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 Computer Outstanding picture and sound quality IEEE`1394 (firewire) connector.

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 mm = Short Lens mm = Medium Lens mm = Long Lens

Iris (Aperture) Shutter controls 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 Aperture Less 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 Speed The light measurement (shutter speed) that control how much light comes into the lens just like the aperture.

Exposure Iris + 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 Notes 1)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 movie 8)B-Roll / Cut-Away (extra footage used and added to a movie to cover up your main video cameras (a-roll) cuts)

Camera Composition The Six Major Shots in Photography, Movies and Video Production 1)Extreme Close-up 2)Close –up / Head Shot 3)Bust Shot 4)Medium Shot 5)Long Shot 6)Establishment Shot / Wide Shot

Camera Composition The Five Tips for Camera Compsition 1)The Rule of Thirds 2)Don’t Chop the Head or the Chin 3)Compose the Nose 4)Lead Them On 5)Beware of Bad Backgrounds

Camera Composition The Five Tips for Camera Compsition 1)The Rule of Thirds Top right intersection Top horizontal Bottom horizontal Left vertical line

Camera Composition The Five Tips for Camera Composition 1)Don’t chop the head or the chin

Camera Composition The 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 Composition The Five Tips for Camera Compsition Lead Them On- Leave Lead Room in your frame to see where your actor is going or coming from.

Camera Composition The 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 Steady The Five Major Rules in Steady Video Camera Production 1)Use a Tripod 2)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 Accessories Tripod: 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 and Lowering the tripod Crank “Crank up” “Crank down”

Camera movements Pan: Pan Left Pan right Tilt: Tilt up Tilt 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 eyepiece View Screen- larger (2”-3” ) LCD monitor mounted on the back of your SLR cameras & Never record without headphones “NEVER” ! View screen Viewfinder

Headphones Important for hearing audio while recording, especially if external microphone is attached. & Never record without headphones “NEVER” !

Camera Composition 3 The Five Tips for Shooting to Edit 1)Set the Scene 2)Cover your Cuts (add B-Roll / cut-away, titles, graphics) 3)Shoot Multiple Takes 4)Shoot Alternate Angles 5)Make a Plan (create your storyboards,treatments, scripts)