Equipment/Technologies

Hardware (2 Camera Systems)

Prosumer SLR

Camera: Canon EOS 550D
Lenses: Canon 18-55mm, Canon 50mm f/1.8, Canon 55-250mm
Tripods: Gorillapod, Aluminum Tripod

The advantages of using an SLR over a conventional camcorder is that they allow for a much more "filmic-look". They offer features such as 24p recording (for a more smoother motion) and due to the sensor size, a very shallow depth-of-field through the foreground/background out-of-focus (when using appropriate lenses such as the 50mm f/1.8).

HD Consumer Camcorder

Camera: Sony HDR-SR12E

The advantage of using a consumer-grade camcorder is that it has a rotatable screen to successfully shoot at awkward angles. Also, the depth-of-field is wide, and so is useful when needing to have everything in focus, without closing the aperture down to much. Finally, it covers a very acceptable range of focal lengths without having to change the lenses.

Software

Editing: iMovie '11
Grading: iMovie '11

We will use iMovie '11 to edit the footage that we shoot, and apply any titles, transitions and music that we need to. We will also use iMovie '11 to do the colour grading, which will involve both altering the colours to match the the mood of the sequence, as well as applying a "day-to-night" effect.

Signed Sam