With regards to visuals, the 7Ds, in my opinion, are amazing, the focus/zoom capabilities and general quality of footage, as well as the effects of the different lenses, are of such a high quality. The main downside, I believe, is the fact that they cannot record sound using an external microphone. This means that for high-quality sound a zoom mic needs to be used, and then it takes a while longer to get everything sorted in post-production, as the sound has to be logged, as well as the footage and then synced to the video seperately.
The camera controls themselves, I find a bit confusing personally, but of course the only way I can get around this is by practicing using the camera, so I'm excited to take one out and have a mess around with it (though I won't be saying 'mess around' when I take it from the loan store).
This week we also had a guest speaker; Serena Cullen, a producer who has worked on many popular television programs and films, and who has done a lot of recent work for the BBC.
I found it very useful to hear from someone who had worked their way up, and she had many helpful tips and bits of advice.
She had five main tips for working in Film and Television
- developing relationships
- know every job on the set
- watch movies
- use real locations
- blend objective and subjective writing
- character is very important
- keep all actors busy so they will not cause trouble
- think about scheduling
- be passionate about your work
- actors work the best on take 2 (according to statistics)
- producer has to answer all the questions
The main message her talk inspired within me, was how relentless you had to be to succeed. She told us about how strongly she fought for funding for her ideas, and the television shows/films she saw potential in and had a passion for, and I enjoyed the opportunity to listen to her and the advice she gave. We will have another talk from her in a fortnight.
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