Camera Unit Reflection

Review your camera unit goals blog entry at the beginning of the unit.  What did you do to achieve those goals?  What did you learn in the Intro to Camera unit?  What are more questions you have about using a camcorder?

    Looking back at my initial goals going into the unit, I can confidently say that I achieved them. In order to reach them, I reviewed the slides and diagrams, watched the skills videos, practiced through labs and assignments, and took notes. The slides contained a lot of valuable information and graphics that gave me the information on how the camera works and what functions it has. The skills videos were an easy way to learn what each button and function did and to refresh myself whenever I needed to. The labs and assignment gave me hands-on practice that helped to solidify the skills I learned in the slides and videos. Taking notes helps me retain information and thus taking notes on the lectures and slides helped all the info stick. In this unit, I learned how to white balance, focus, set the exposure correctly, set up and balance a camera on a tripod, extract the shots on the computers, the names of different ways of framing up a subject, different angles, camera movements, and cables. Some more questions that I have about using a camcorder is how do you properly set up a mic onto it and how to connect up the camcorder to a monitor.