Filming

Today in class we started to film for our computer. I had the job of filming with the camera. The first thing I did when I got to class was get the camera sign out contract. I filled it out and got all of my equipment to start filming. The equipment included the video camera, a tripod, and a SD card. Once we got our stuff we headed to the track to start the process. When we go onto the track we unpacked our props and set up the camera. For our props we had two bottles of Gatorade, an American flag, and fake medals. To set up the camera you must place the SD card into the camera then place the camera onto the tripod. Extend the legs of the tripod and make sure to tighten the screws on the legs.
When we were filming I was in charge in moving the camera and pressing record. It would take almost five to seven takes for each shot. We were on the track filming from 9:25 to 10:25 so about an hour. We did not complete the whole commercial yet so we are filming some more on Monday. At about 10:30 we went back inside the media classroom so we can dump our footage onto the computer so we wouldn't loose our stuff. Dumping means moving footage onto the computer from a camera. In order to do this you need a SD card reader. Once you get the card reader you place the card into the reader then into the computer. Open a folder onto the desktop and open the reader on the computer. Transfer the stuff into the folder. We actually had some trouble doing this. My partner Kol and I could not find the footage on the computer so we transferred tthe footage onto our teacher's laptop and she put it on a flash drive for you. Afterward we were able to transfer the stuff onto the computer we were using. Make sure when you a dumping give yourself plenty of time because there could always be problems with the computer and it takes sometimes up to ten minutes to download onto the computer.