Looking Back: Equipment

It's been great having our own equipment throughout the project. It's helpful as we hav'nt needed to purchase it through our budget given to us by Simon - well done CRaM! If we needed to buy all of our equiptment we wouldnt have been able to reserve time at The Junction or the Fiver or at Bournemouth. Our equipment has definitely helped us out a lot too, especially with audio recording - if we were using the in-built mics on the cameras, our trailers would sound awful and tinny. Using a boom mic with a muffler in a gig helps remove feedback and distortion which adds to a proffesional feel in our promo.

Having lenses attached to our camera is nice too - they have glare reducers too which stops sudden over-exposure from using auto-exposure (not that I let anybody use that setting). The added lenses allowed great wide angle shots that took in loads of the audience, making them look really packed when zoomed in - this added a lot to the energy.

Tripods came in handy very often. We used them a lot to keep steady shots of the band throughout setup and performance, allowing yet again  proffesional edge alonside handheld action and speed. This combination of hand held and steady shots really looks nice when used correctly e.g. using handhed when wading through the audience for chaotic footage and using steady when by the stage to capture smoothly the musicians actions.