Health and Safety Tutorial

Health and Safety Tutorial

During our class we had a valuable lesson in the health and safety issues when using the camera. We were told the do's and dont's by the camera technician and the best way to get the most out of these very expensive cam-corder's. Basic things such as putting in the battery and inserting the memory cards were the first things we learnt. It was pretty straight forward and everyone in our group had an opportunity to try it. After all the simple stuff we got onto turning the camera on and learning how to film. after getting to grips with the camera we felt as if we knew the basics. We were later given the tripod and after setting everything up we learnt how to get the best out of the camera modes and how they would look when expanded on the electronic white boards. Louisa had then gave us the task of taking various shots outside of the classroom with the video camera on snap shot mode. These shots included the over the shoulder shot, rule of thirds shot etc.. we had turns in taking the pictures and handling the camera and as you can see in blog 2 the pictures came out fairly well. We were then given the imperative rules when handling the camera outside of the school premises.


Such as.
1. Never leave the camera unattended
2. Use the umbrella when filming in the rain


and Louisa and the technician were very clear when telling us that if we ever hire the camera for a day or more to be sure to hand it in ON TIME