Using Video Cameras

Our objective today was to learn how to use the video cameras and to produce several types of shot, as listed below -:

• Pan shot from left to right
• Pan sot from right to left
• Close up shot - a tight shot of someone's face clipping off the top of the head
• A wide angle shot taken from a low viewpoint looking up
• A tilt shot from low to high
• A tilt shot from high to low
• A shot which manual focuses on a person walking away from the camera and retaining focus
• A shot which manual focuses a person walking away from the camera and retaining focus
• A "Pull Focus" shot moving from a static shot onto another static shot - ie from a branch to a person in the background