CAMERA

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CAMERA

• The Eyes of the Director

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INTRODUCTION

• Responsible to director
• Operator Automatic functions
• Focus
• Exposure
• Operation must be come automatic
• Must understand technical basics of equipment

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DIGITAL CAMERAS

• Analog to digital converter
• Internal
• Camera Control Unit (CCU)
• Advantages
• Fewer circuits
• Less Power
• Smaller size
• Built-in SFX
• Remote control

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FRAMING

• Scan area
• Essential/critical area
• 10 rule P. 219
• Head, nose room
• 180 degree rule
• Movement room
• Shots
• EWS, LS, MLS, MS, MCU, CU, ECU

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MOVEMENT

• Dolly (vs. zoom)
• Truck
• Arc
• Tracking
• Pedestal
• Boom/Crane

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MOUNTING DEVICES I

• Tripod
• Sticks
• Head
• Fluid, gear, friction
• High hat
• Hitch hiker
• Ball mount
• Triangle, spider, spreader

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MOUNTING DEVICES I I

• Pistol grip Body mount
• Dollies
• Pedestal
• Boom - crane
• Crab
• Tyler

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OPTICS I

• One or more glass/plastic elements
• Causes light to bend
• Concave - bends light away from center
• Convex-bends light toward the center
• Focal Point -Light convergence
• Focal Length-Optical center to focal point
• Focal Plane-inverted image forms

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OPTICS I I

• Angle of acceptance p. 229
• Focal length (FL) format
• Wide angle, normal, narrow angle
• Variable focal length (Zoom)
• Field of view p. 230
• Depth of Field (DOF) p. 232
• Focus distance
• Aperture p. 231
• F-stops, T-stops

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VIDEO CAMERAS

• Pickup chips
• Viewfinder-tally-communications
• Optics-Filters
• Color, Neutral Density (ND), Cap
• Camera Control Unit (CCU)
• Sync generator
• Monitors
• Camera types
• Field, studio, convertible

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FILM CAMERAS

• Format
• 65mm, 35mm, 16mm, 8 mm (S-8)
• Viewing systems
• Reflex-through the lens
• Non-reflex (parallax)
• Sound systems
• MOS
• SOF (Synced)

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ACCESSORIES

• Same for either video or film
• Matte box
• Lens hood
• Cable release (film)
• Video tap (film)
• Care p. 242
• Sensitive
• Theft tempting