Equipment Information

The two main pieces of electronic equipment which we will be using within the production and post-production of our music video are a Canon HD CMOS Pro camera and an iMac as a workstation to edit the video on. However, we are also using pieces of physical equipment such as tripods and dollys in order to make the video as technically perfected as we can.

Camera

We chose to use to use the Canon HD CMOS Pro as it intelligent auto-focus feature, which allows us to set the camera on the subject and then allow it to keep the shot in focus for us. This will save us from having to constantly adjust the manual focus in order to keep the shot crisp with the foreground and background clearly separated.

Computer

The computer which is being used to edit on is a 2010 21.5 inch iMac with 4GB of RAM, as this is ample in order for us to run iMovie and Final Cut, which are the two programs we are editing with.

We chose to use a Mac instead of a Windows due to both the wider range of software available, and the more coherent user interface which allows us to edit music alongside the video. We are using iMovie in order to piece the video together, and Final Cut in order to recolor the footage, as these are the areas which both of these programmes are strongest in.

 

Tripod

The tripod was used in nearly all of the shots, as it allowed us to keep the camera completely stable which gives a much more professional look to the video. However, I do believe that we should have brought some taller tripods with us as well, as it was fairly difficult to do the birds-eye view shots without having a tripod which was much taller than our actor. Along with filming with the camera on the tripod, we also did a few shots handheld in order to give more verisimilitude to the scenes. 

Dolly 

We only used the dolly for one tracking shot within the music video, although it was useful as it allowed us to get a much smoother shot which wasn't shaky as it would have been had we been forced to film it handheld.

By George Martin