As I missed the lesson in which we were taught to use the cameras, my first experience with our school's cameras was in our practice shoot for the preliminary task. We were put into groups of three or four. I was in a group of three and as the script we were given had only two characters, we constantly had two actors and one person behind the camera. Our group was lucky enough to be given the studio as our set; this meant that we could play around with various different lighting and use the props available to us as well. Our group made the mistake of not filming the whole scene as a wide shot first, so our footage at the end was incomplete. By making this mistake, I learnt a vital lesson which later on helped me when we filmed our preliminary task. Other than this mistake, I learnt how to use the cameras, including how to control the white balance before filming and also the setting up of the camera and the stand.
The white balance is controlled by focusing the camera on a white wall or area so that the camera is able to pick up all of the colours correctly from the spectrum. Once the white balance has been adjusted, the temperature of the picture changes completely.
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