On the set

Cameras and tripods. In groups they were passed around so each of us could have a chance to practice how to handle the camera, insert the battery and memory card. to avoid dropping the camera you should say "yours" when passing and "mine" when you have received the camera. We learnt how to set up a tripod and to 'bubble' it using the spirit level to help to camera balance and focus. We learnt how to focus the camera and how the exposure is adjusted by moving the dial up and down.

White balanced is the process of removing the unrealistic colour casts, which the objects that appear white in person are rendered white in the photo. Proper camera white balance has to take into account "colour temperature" of a light source, which is how warm or cool the white light is. On the camera you adjust it by clicking the WB button and then it will come up with different little pictures showing the difference colour tones of different lights to give a more realistic look.

180- degree rule is a cinematography guideline that shows two characters in the scene that should keep the same left/right relationship to one another. When the camera moves over the imaginary axis connecting the two subjects, this is called crossing the line which makes the shot then become a reverse angle.

On set, the director then shouts 'standby' when he's about to start filming to make sure everyone is ready and once they are they shout reply 'standing by'. When the director shouts 'rolling' everyone has to make sure they are quiet then she/ he shouts 'action' which is the cue for the actors to start. After they are done the director will shout 'cut' which will be followed shortly by 'strike the kit' which the film crew starts to pack away everything and to make sure the video is uploaded.

Good practice in editing. In the media studio we use Final Cut Pro and imovie on the imacs. We should make a folder for the shots when we are uploading our footage. These folders are called bins and the unedited footage from cameras are called rushes.