During the second week we managed to get hands on with a camera. The camera used was a Sony XDCAM PXW-x70. We used this with a tripod to get used to handling the camera and its functions. The first thing we had to do was get the camera out of the bag and set it all up on the tripod. This was done with relative ease, we were then able to figure out how the tripod worked, changing tilt and pan. We were then asked to film a person on a background, this taught us how to focus the camera and get a clear picture. During this we also tried closeup, extreme closeups and mid shots.

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After this we filmed conversations. This was helped us develop the skills to follow quick action that was unpredictable. we were unable to predict who was talking when so this meant that we would need to be able to keep a fluid camera movement and keep close attention to the situation.

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During week 1 we also had to make a short film that told a story only using 4 shots. I chose to do the process of making a cup of tea as seen below. https://youtu.be/sxedIe4Rmm4

During our first week of documentary video we had a conversation about what documentary was and the basics of how documentary works. From this session I learnt that there were many different ways of making a documentary as well as many different types and different styles of documentary.

We were also put into groups for our final projects, this gave us some time to meet everyone in our group and get to know them.