Kiya Persad
AS Media Production and Communication
SLR Camera
•Price – £309
•Features – 14.2 megapixel DX-format CMOS image sensor delivers lifelike images with vivid colours and reduced noise EXPEED2 image processing engine provides enhanced movie recording, high-sensitivity performance and maximum image quality High ISO (100-3200) light sensitivity - manually extendable up to ISO12800 D-Movie – full HD (1920 x 1080) movie clips: record beautiful high-definition (HD) movie clips with sound GUIDE mode: quick and easy-to-use in-camera assistance
•Model – Nikon D3100 Digital SLR Camera with 18-55mm VR Lens Kit (24.2MP) 3 inch LCD
•Advantage – Maximum image quality, HD with sound, considering the quality – the product is reasonably priced, even though it is still expensive in terms of general cost, internal flash, so sometimes when taking photos lighting isn’t needed.
•Disadvantage – It is still quite expensive for a beginner to learn on, the flash does't come on when filming, only when taking pictures, which means that you always have to use red head lights when recording with artificial lights rather than natural lights, heavy and hard to carry around
•Who best for – ‘novice’ developing camera skills.
How I used – I used it for all of my Unit 3 YP Employment final video, which included an establishing shot at the beginning and the main interviews. I also used it in Unit 2 for the filming of my advert.
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Camcorder
•Price – £234.99
•Features –
•Model – SONY DCR – SX65 Camcorder
•Advantage – Compact, Easy to upload due to cable that plugs into any computer, DCR-SX65EB’s 560,000 pixel CCDsensor captures crisp detail, stereo sound,
•Disadvantage –
•Who best for –
•How I used – I used it in the beginning of the course for a news report video, I used it to shoot the intro, the vox pops and the main interviews. I also used it to film the focus group for my research for my final YP Employment.
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HD Camera
•Price – £218.99
•Features – Captures 120 minutes of stunning HD video on 8 GB of built-in memory Large, 2” anti-glare colour display to play back and delete videos Smooth 50fps recording speed Mechanical Image Stabilisation Built-in wide-range, omni-directional (stereo) microphone
•Model – Flip Mino HD 3rd generation
•Advantage – built in microphone that picks up sound from all directions
•Disadvantage – Expensive considering the quality of the product
•Who best for – People new to filming who want to gain experience in the field.
•How I used – I didn’t use it but if I were to have used it, it would have been for fox pops or my focus groups as the quality for these parts don’t need to be of the highest quality as they aren’t the main parts to my production and I can therefore use it for these.
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RODE microphone
•Price – £69
•Features – Studio recording quality All you need for great sounding video: mount on-camera and go Robust integrated rycote® lyre shockmount Provides over 100 hours of service on one 9-volt battery
•Model – RODE VideoMic GO On Camera Microphone – Black/Red
•Advantage – No battery needed, high quality sound, good for voiceovers,
•Disadvantage – Only able to be used on certain cameras. Can be used as a handheld microphone
•Who best for – people doing voiceovers as it gives good quality sound.
•How I used – In voiceover for Unit 3 final production
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Sennheiser SE845
•Price – £100
•Features – Dynamic super-cardioid microphone for speech and vocals - allows better all round audio pickup Extended high frequency range -can pick it up from a long distance Handles high sound pressure levels Optional silent on/off switch Isolates handling noise, feedback rejection
•Model – Sennheiser E845 Dynamic Handheld Microphone
•Advantage – Good for voiceovers due to the audio pickup from all directions
•Disadvantage – As the microphone is handheld, it means that it cannot be attached to the camera, which the RODE microphone can
•Who best for – Interviews, anythign where there is a person asking questions and needs to use a handheld microphone.
•How I used – I didn’t use this camera but I could have used it for my voiceover as this microphone is good for recording audio and would allow my voiceover to be very clear.
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iMovie
•Price – £10.34 (on the app store once the mac has been bought)
•Features –
•Model – iMovie 10.1.1
•Advantage – Easy to use, accessible from the app store which means that once the Mac is bought it doesn’t cost much to get the editing software,
•Disadvantage – Very basic, doesn’t have complex tools which can cause productions to look less professional
•Who best for – Beginners to editing
•How I used – I used it at the beginning of the course to get used to editing software.
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Final Cut
•Price – £206.33 – From the app store
•Features – Edit quickly and precisely with professional, flexible editing tools Mix and edit DV, HDV, and AVCHD video in a single Timeline* Watch effects in real time thanks to RT Extreme with Dynamic RT Import iMovie '08 video projects with cuts and cross dissolves Precisely adjust the animation of any effect or transition using key frames Achieve the look you want with a robust suite of color correction and image adjustment tools Work with built-in filter effects and third-party FxPlug plug-ins Easily create sophisticated Mix up to 99 audio tracks with built-in audio editing tools
•Model – Final Cut Express 4.0
•Advantage - Lots of different effects and transitions, It can remove green screen to put a different background on, easy to remove sound or lower it,
•Disadvantage – it is only available on Macintosh computers. Rendering can take a long time. Footage can sometimes get disconnected from your time line
Only available for Mac computers, rendering footage takes a long time and footage can often get disconnected if not on the server.
•Who best for –
•How I used – I used for editing all my videos apart from the news report at the start of the course.
•REVIEW
Premiere Pro
•Price – £499
•Features – UTMOST SPEED MIX DIFFERENT FORMATS IN YOUR TIMELINE CHOICE IN OUTPUT OPTIONS FLEXIBLE EDITING NEW SOLUTION FOR IMPORTING CONTENT USE PPRO WITH AE Clips
•Model – Adobe Premiere Pro CS6
•Advantage – Lots of tools to create complex productions
•Disadvantage – Can be seen as too complex for many people, expensive
•Who best for – People with advanced editing skills
•How I used – I didn’t use it during this year but I plan on using it next year as it has more tools that will enable me to have better editing skills and make better productions
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