Digital Camera for Single Operators with Panasonic 900

Course Content

During the 2-day course you will cover:

Element 1 - Single Operator Camera and Lighting

• Cameras, Mounts and Tripods
• Choice of Lenses for cameras with detachable lens
• Iris, Focus, Zoom and Doublers
• Lens Performance, Back Focus
• Why manual ? Auto-function switch-off !
• Shooting Methods, Framing, Perspective and Depth of Field
• Basic Lighting - theory to practice
• Lights and Reflectors for Location Shooting
• Mixed Lighting and Colour Temperature in practice
• Creating Genre/Style with Lenses, Light and Colour
• Safe Working Practice and outline of Risk Assessment.

Element 2 - Single Operator Sound Recording

• Understanding Microphones - differing types; applications and limitations
• Audio Facilities within the Camcorder; monitoring and control systems
• Sound with Vision - Recording for a flexible edit
• Sound Recording techniques - Channels, Radio mic ops, Mics & Sound quality
• Recording for the edit - Time-Code systems and peripherals.

Element 3 - Practical Shooting Methods

• A series of exercises are performed and recorded with the tutor, covering fundamental tasks met in practice
• Part of the time is devoted to shooting sequences, considering 'shooting with a view to editing'
• Recorded material will be viewed and criticised by the tutor, but time does not allow for actual editing within the two days.