Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Equipment

There is a range of accessories which can improve our job in shooting video. Camera stability is a hight priority because it will effect all of our shooting. Tripods are the ideal solution. Without the tripods our shooting will not stable such as we shooting during earthquake. This is not a joke. Tripod offer essential support to take steady pictures. A fluid head ensures smoother camera moves and level the shots. Monopods are not stable but save on weight.
Sound is also very important in shooting video. Video without sound is useless. The buit in microphones of the video camera have limited capabilities. Most video cameras have extra microphones sockets on its body. So please use extra microphone during shooting to obtain hight quality sound.
Headphones are essential to confirm what we are recording on the sound track, filters, lights, and etc are also very important during video shooting.