My First Camera Role

The unthinkable truth, a documentary about the APFU was my first camera role since embarking on my Masters back in October. I have quite a bit of experience of filming but I wanted this piece of work to really stand out and emulate television as much as possible, to give me something great to show potential employers and add to my showreel.

I used two cameras for this shoot, the Panasonic P2 and the Canon 1D Mk1V, the combination of these cameras allowed me to film the different shots I needed and be able to include timelapse as well.

I had a lot of experience of using these two cameras from a three month expedition to Borneo where I documented the expedition through film and photography. From this I knew that the footage from both cameras can be matched. With a little colour work the Panasonic P2 footage can look as nice as the Canon 1D Mk1V.

In the edit I was really pleased to see the documentary come together, on this project I was really fortunate to work with a very gifted Director and Editor and I think it shows in the final piece how well we worked together. One thing that I did suffer from was a dust spot on the sensor of the Canon camera. on the screen shots, above, you can see it just above the contributors head.
This is one of the many pitfalls of shooting on a digital SLR camera, having to change lenses frequently exposes you to dust getting into the body of the camera and causing these types of issues.

In a future blog I will be writing a feature on problems with DSLR shooting so take a look if you are a keen DSLR user!