My first practical lesson we did was working with cameras and lighting. We were constructing an interview and my partner and I had to film, and direct where the lights, the interviewer and the person being interviewed sat. We had to set the camera up by placing it on the tripod and levelling it out, by making sure the bubble was in the middle.
We had to call, “standing by” and “rolling” to let the lighting people and the people we were filming know what was going on. I had never used a camera like this before or ever filmed a real situation like this before, so I found it interesting and all new knowledge. I found to make sure the camera was in the right place, as the lighting did create shadows and we had to make sure we didn’t get those in the shot.

Following on from this we had a lesson in how to use the cameras properly, what all the different buttons mean and about what is on the display, when the camera is switched on.
This shows how many frames.The time code, which is written on the top right of the camera picture is displayed like this; _ _:_ _:_ _:_ _ This stands for Hours/Minutes/Seconds and frames.

The time code is regarded as important and we were told that, when you are filming to never rewind back, otherwise the time cope will go wrong. This is why when people are filming, they have so many takes, because they can’t go back and see what they have done, so they have to keep to going until they feel it is right.
The shutter number is also displayed, we learnt that 50 is the normal amount of shutters the camera does per second. The switch for this is on the back of the camera.
If the number of the shutters is very low, the camera image will be very blurry and delayed. The higher the number, the sharper the image will be. The Iris exposure which is also displayed is changed but turning the silver wheel which is at the back of the camera. The higher the number the darker the picture will be. The white balance can also be changed, which adjusts the intensities of the colours.