Production-Practice 1

 What's up guys!

Today, I have officially started my production process of my film. In order to film in the most effective and efficient way possible I wanted to test out and be able to understand how my cameras work better. When initially deciding my equipment, I went with my Kodack Pixpro 45, my Iphone 15 and the Nikon D5100. For the opening, my first scene is outside and so my lighting, is much more dependent on factors that I can't always control. For this scene, to capture the feeling of nostalgia, I wanted to use the Kodack to make it feel more personal. As most of my shots in this scene are directly in front of the sun since I want to showcase the sunset, I needed to see how my camera would interpret the lighting and see what I can do to stabilize it. 

When I first used the camera to record, the lighting and exposure would be a little unreliable as the recording would get really light or really dark depending on what I'm shooting. This can be seen in the following clip:

Using the Kodack I also wanted to learn how to utilize focus in my camera so that subjects and people can be prominent and seem important to the audience. I first tried out the focus features on my Nikon which are available on most cameras. Each types of focus has a different purpose of when to use it. 

Focus Types:

AF-A: Automatic so it adapts to shot automatically.

AF-S- When the shot is static and stationary

AF-C : For shots that are continuously moving

My Nikon camera is on the more advanced side so through practice I can get a good idea of how comfortable I am with filming as it can get more complicated. If it does become too difficult, I can always turn to back options like my Iphone as I've had experience with it and its overall more simpler.

Here's a clip of me testing out the center focus of the Nikon D5100:

  Overall through this practice and process, I was able to learn a key factor in the technical elements of filmmaking. I do think I need some more practice though to make my decision on what I want to utilize. After some more practice I think a great way to decide would be through capturing the same shot with a different camera to compare.