second lesson - camera work

One of the first things you need to do is to focus the camera. You have to zoom in very far on an object, preferably in the center of your setup, and turn the focus wheel till the image is clear, this means when you zoom out it will still be in focus.

The next thing for you to check is the white balance so the scene does not turn out completely the wrong colour, you need a white object to hold up in fornt of the camera filling the screen and then you simply press the white balance button on the left hand side of the camera. 

Also to make sure the shot is not too dark or bright you need to check the aperture. The shutter speed is important to be set at around 50 so the image doesn't come out all blurred.

Finally I learnt the most important rule of filming, the 180 degree rule. When two actors are being filmed there is an invisible line between the two and the camera can not cross from one side to the other. There can be lots of different camera shots but they must be on one line otherwise it will be like the characters have magically changed side and it will not make sense to the audience.