Planning - Equipment List

Equipment List

Tripod (Mackenzie's)

The tripod helped up get steady different angled shots, we used it every time we filmed. There is not much to say about the tripod other than it holds the camera up and it did just that. 

Dolly (borrowed from school)

There is not much to a dolly either that is different from any other dolly. We borrowed ours from school and used it for any of the moving shots we wanted to create that were all at the same height, it came in handy for this as then they were steady. We mainly used this for when we filmed in the dance studio and the pit since these were the only places where the floor was flat enough to get a smooth movement. 

DSLR Camera (Nikon D900) (borrowed from a friend)

This camera is of a very high quality and we were very grateful to have been able to use it since it helped us create some of our better shots, without the level of cinematography that we had we would not have created some of the cool and interesting shots that we did. This camera allowed us to be able to change the focus of our shots and letting us be to film a pulled focus shot and the out of focus motorway cars. Since it was not our we had to take extra care in making sure it was always secured tightly to the tripod and that we had the strap around out necks when we were filming a moving shot of Lauren dancing. 

LED.... (Borrowed from same person as the camera)

This LED light can be attached to the front of the camera and is a ring light in which we have used for the majority of our shots so far. It does not make up for the whole lighting system if we do not have one but it did allow us to get a good view of Lauren's features during close ups and meant her features stood out on her face. It is a simple little object that attaches to the top of the camera where the flash pops up and then the actual light fits around the camera to allow maximum light all around the object we were filming. The ring that covers the lights was detachable and you could buy other colours or it did come with a some, blue, orange, yellow, white or clear. We only ever did use the white or clear one depending on how sharp we wanted the light since it was a lot brighter with the clear one and so sometimes we used the white to mute the vibrancy.