Choice of Filming Equipment

In preparation for filming, my group and I looked closely at the equipment that would be most advantageous to us when filming our music video. 



We looked at the existing videos cameras that we used for our AS piece. These cameras although designed for filming, have a fairly low resolution in comparison to new digital cameras. Our main concern was that one of our scene has a strong use of lighting and when conducting our experiments, a large amount of noise was visible in playback. Therefore we felt that these cameras may not be the best quality for our music video. 




We decided to look for a more modern camera which had a higher resolution. Therefore we found the Flip camera which is a handheld camera that easily records and stores onto a built-in USB stick. When conducting some test shots, we found the resolution an improvement to the traditional video cameras however we felt that it was too much of a handheld camera to accurately record specific shots.




Our resolution to our issue of equipment lied in the Canon Powershot SX200 IS digital camera that are available to hire at our college.

This camera combines the power to record with a high quality lens which will give extremely high optics. These cameras are easy to use and film with as they can attach to a tripod like a camcorder. The advantage of using these cameras in relation to our music video is that when using extreme lighting, the high quality optics of the lens will allow clear footage which will show very little noise. Therefore we will use two of these cameras for different shots. Another high advantage is that the digital cameras record onto SD cards, unlike the camcorders which go onto tape. This creates a greater ease in uploading the footage onto the mac and is generally more technological.

Therefore we are using two of these cameras and we will use the biggest SD cards (8GB and 4GB) we have to increase our footage time at 640 resolution.