Equipment Used during filming

We started filming last Tuesday and have already used a variety of equipment: Canon Camera DSLR, Dolly, Tripod and for the first time a Lighting Rig.

The camera we used was actually mine as it has a larger lenses with a clearer zoom and a greater resolution from the ones offered in school. As you can see from the picture it is primarily a DSLR used for taking high definition photographs. However it does have the recording function which we used. There are many different features on the camera such as reducing the shutter speed which we may use when filming the car scenes to increase the light exposed within the shots, therefore creating a streak of light from the car rear lights. We do have one concern, the cameras zoom function is actually incorporated within he lens therefore automatic zoom is not an option therefore the zoom may jump an not be as smooth.

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We began to use a Dolly but mainly to increase the height and manoeuvrability of the tripod. They are very expensive. Which is why we had to borrow one from the school, the idea of the dolly is to accommodate all DV & HDV cameras, tripod and rigs. The dolly is skilfully made and the set up is quick and easy. Our swift dolly track can also work with other dolly systems because the outer diameter of this track is the same as of the standard. The dolly provided dynamic shots and aided in tracking shots as we were able to move the camera mounted on the tripod. This helped as it made our filming diverse as we don't have to use still, planted shots or match on action.


The tripod we used was very basic, it did the job of stabilising the camera. The manoeuvrability of it was increased because of the dolly however it was very fluid in its movements when static and aided our project very well.


We introduced a new piece of equipment that we have never used before. The lighting rig... as you can see on the left we used an artificial lighting rig. This has dramatically enhanced our project! Last year we had problems keeping the same light levels throughout the horror movie however with this rig we have a chance to keep the levels almost similar. As we were filming in the dark the lights offered the camera some exposure, allowing us to see Luke's face. We did have some small problems where you could see the lights obviously on the reflections of windows and the car however this isn't a major problem. Once we realised this problem we angled them so the reflection wasn't as obvious. Moreover we plan to use both lights when doing the lip syncing, one in the background to create a silhouette effect and one in the foreground to display the mouth visibly.