Camera and health and safety Tutorial!

In our Media lesson we were given video cameras and other equipment we were shown how to use the following peices correctly and safely; Tripod, memmory cards, battery, video drive and video camera.
Being shown how to use the tripod, we were taught how to pull out all three legs to a stable possition to hold the camera. Learning how to use the tripod was helpful whilst filming our courswork as we had stable panning and tracking with out having to hand hold the camera wich looks more ammiture.
The video camera was given to us and shown how to use properly so we could use it to its best ability when filming our thriller videos. We were shown how to zoom, look at previous footidge, focus and many more. Whilst using the video camera we were shown how to slot both memmory cards in, and how to slide in the battery.
Finally we learnt how to slide the video camera on top of the tripod, using different clasps for loser tracking, how to bring the camera higher with the tripod to have higher shots. And how to angle the camera.
with our video drive, it allows our group to save all of our work with out being erased or copied by other groups or damaged on the computer. It gives us a better chance of not loosing any work and alot easier.
Health and safety was also taught, for when we are filming with our camera, three basic rules were taught wich were:

• use an umbrella when filming if its raining to protect the camera as they are not waterproof.
• to not touch the lense and leave finger marks
• closing the lense when finishing filming.