Camera (Dan)

The camera we used to film was not given by the school/College as we choose to use our own camera. We used a Canon DSLR, we chose to use this because we wanted the best picture quality possible in HD. We believe that a better picture quality will engage the audience and create tension in the film. Plus another feature that attracted us to using my camera was that we can use manual foucus, we can use the focus ring on the end of the lens to change focus between the foreground and background which we exploited when filming our thriller. The use of changes between charaters and objects in focusmreally emphasised what we want the audience to engage with.

We used equipments like tripod to get a steady piciture and also to achieve shots which is difficult to achieve just with the camera. I would mount the camera on the end of the tripod and would hold it under my arm so when moving with the camera it would achieve a smoother movement.