Risk assessment- tutorial on cameras and tripods.

The media tutorial was a demonstration on how to use the equipments for filming in the correct manner. It was highlighted that the equipments had to be handled with care as they were extremely expensive and would take long to replace. 

First of all we were taught how to open the legs of the tripods at different levels depending on where we are filming and the effect we were trying to create. Adjusting the tripod was very easy and i was able to do this without any complication.

We were also taught how to correctly place the video cameras  on the tripod making sure it clicked in properly and was secure. This took me a little while to master as i couldn't seem to position  the camera in the right place and i wouldn't click in . However after a personal demonstration from a media technician  i was able to carry out the process with ease.

Turning on the camera and inserting the tape was another thing that was shown to the class. I also found that opening the screen to view the filming or looking through the lens to be very interesting, i think it gave the person filming a choice on how the clip will look on a screen and it made it easier when you are watching it back in the video mode.

We were also given the knowledge to know that filming only operates on the 'camera mode where as watching the  playback of the clip operates on 'video' .  I thought this was one of the simplest thing to ever do on the camera.

 After watching and recording each demonstration we were given the opportunity to do it ourselves making sure all the group knew how to use the equipment properly. I particularly didn't have any problems with repeating any of the demonstrations on the day and found almost every-step to be useful and easy.