Camera set up

Today we learned about how to set up a Black Magic mini ursa film camera. As a group we set up the tripod and levelled the spirit level to make sure the tripod was stable and not tilted. Pushing a button and sliding it on and tightening with another screw attached the camera. Then we attached the battery pack with a satisfying click. We then removed the lens cap, turned on the camera and looked into the viewfinder to see our surroundings. We were directed to zoom all the way into our subject by the teacher and focus by turning the dial on the lens. Then when you zoom out, the subject will still be in focus.

If the exposure is too much, you scroll a wheel on the lens to adjust it to the correct lighting, this wheel was very stiff. The ISO is the meter on how sensitive the camera is to light, and this should always be at 400. Shutter angle (SA) changes the blurriness of a moving subject. This is usually at 180 but if any lower the subject will be less blurry. This is well suited for action films, as the movement has to be sharp to have an impact on the audience. The exposure is darker the lower you make the SA. The white balance makes the temperature of the video either warmer or colder. 5600K to 6600K (K means Kelvins) are well suited to outdoors scenes as it makes the scenery look more normal by making the video footage colder. 3200K is better for indoor scenes.