Camera Functions

There are many things to think about when filming other then the shots you will take and the story you are telling. The camera is set up is very important in film making because it can change everything about how the shot looks. First of all on the outside of the camera you will find that there is more then just one way to zoom in. Depending on where you are holding the camera there is an easy way to zoom. There is on top of the camera one on the side and there is the zoom on the lens which you twist. On the lens there is also a focus which allows you to zoom and then get the shot in focus, this is important because if there is a shot that is out of focus and the others are it will look really out of place and the editing will become noticeable and that is exactly what you don’t want. When you open up the screen you then can see the aperture which is basically a hole in the lens that lets in light or stops light coming in depending how big it is. You also have the time on the top right hand of the screen
Which tell you how much time of the tape you have taken up. The last number in this is how many photos are taken in the second this only goes up to 24. You then have the shutter speed, this controls how many photos are taken in a second if it above the number 60 it usually makes things very sharp and if it is lower then 40 it makes things blurry when they move. The aperture and the shutter speed are very important together because if the aperture is high and so is the shutter sppen then the picture will look really overexposed and white and if it was other way it would look really dark and underexposed. The white balance needs to be right to balance the white in the picture. There is also another setting which controls what kind of light is picked up. Natural light and unnatural light is very different so you need to make sure that that is on the right one.