Recording Place – Week 1 Thursday
Mini Lecture
Aesthetics of Camera
White Balance:
Correct temperature
Natural look
Change settings to adapt to location
Overtime conditions change
Outdoor – tends to be blue
Inside with tungsten tends to look orange
Always use the custom option
AWB is always measuring light and colour. Can tend adjust due to temperature
Indoor/outdoor can appear muddy
Focus:
Broadcast television is generally in focus
Understand your distance
Zoom all the way in on the eye
Adjust focus on light in eyes
Zoom out
Pan tilt to reframe as needed
Adjust focus at every shot
Never use auto focus
Exposure:
Correct exposure: Small amounts of true white and true black and dynamic colours in between
Keep your ISO as low as possible
Aperture/iris
f2:
More light
large opening
shallow depth of field
f22:
Less light
small opening
deep depth of field
Shutter speed:
Pal is the Australian standard. it is comprised of 25 frames
Traditional shutter shape is 180 degrees
Sutter speed should be 1/50th of a second
Shot movement
Allows us to explore space
Pan/tilt/track
Rohan inspiration: Eve Arnold (i.e. misfits with clark gable)
Framing – Rule of thirds:
A formula for creating dynamic compositions which the eye can travel…