Using a Camera and a Tripod

In the last few weeks our project has taken some big steps. We have now filmed and are finishing editing Preliminary exercises, but before we could film we had to learn the basics of how to use a camera and a tripod. The camera was fairly simple to use, the only task that required any thought was removing the tapes. However the tripod was more complicated. The tripod is made up of three expendable legs which balance and stabiles the camera. The camera its self is attached to a removable plastic stand and screws in to place using a small bolt to attached to the thread, which is already built into the camera (and most cameras on the market today.) There are a few handles on the tripod, which are used to position the camera to make sure it is level, and to extend the camera to improve its height and range.

The camera and tripod was simple to use however making sure the camera was level was a harder task, after filming a few shots once we watched our film on the computers it was obvious that the camera was off center and unlevel. We were told to look through the camera at a doorframe to make sure its lines appeared vertical on the camera.