Nearly six weeks in and I’ve “survived” university.

Louise introduced us to the Sony MC50 video camera as part of our preparation for Project Brief Three. In a group of three, we were to take turns in interviewing our two peers on how to survive six weeks of university. Since time wasn’t on our side, twenty minutes was all we had to establish and isolate ourselves to a quiet location, set up our tripod, rotate from interviewer to interviewee and export the footage from SD card to computer.

What I enjoy about using the Sony MC50 video camera is the smoothness it has when recording footage. Compared to filming handheld on a DSLR, the Sony MC50 didn’t have any sort of “shakiness” or sensitivity that the DSLR tends to have. The only worry I have when using the Sony MC50, is the menu itself with its infinite options that it becomes time consuming when finding what you particularly want, especially using manual settings for focussing and exposure.

Surviving Uni focuses on one aspect that a majority both students and staff dread the most; 8:30am lectures and tutorials. Unfortunately, a few required shots were missing such as a reaction shot of the interviewer but I focused mainly on expanding on the relationship of audio and visuals from an interviewee’s answers.
Anyway, enjoy!

P.S. I apologise for the poor quality. Premiere Pro was lagging on me for some reason and I have no idea why YouTube uploaded it this way (Need to research and work on that).