The video camera we used was very light and easy to carry around. It was also very simple to use as it had a touch screen with easy to follow instructions. We borrowed the camera from Henley College with a tape provided so we didn't have to worry about getting our own and it was very cheap to use. An advantage of using a video camera that has a tape in it is that it is so easy to rewind and edit things if something goes wrong during the filming. It came with a USB cable which we then stuck into the computer in order to transfer our footage onto the computer for editing. The camera also had built in microphones so there was no need for any extra microphones to make the dialogue clearer and also came with night vision in case we wanted to shoot in the dark. We didn't use much of its functions because we did simple shots which involved very little movement or zoom. We did however make use of the easy to use rewinding button as we had lots of problems whilst filming such as actors laughing or trying something new.
I used a small flexible tripod for my filming to steady the camera. I chose a small flexible one because it is so much easier to carry around than a big heavy one and it fits in my bag easily. The reason I chose to use a flexible one is because it makes the tripod smaller so it takes up less room wherever you want to put it. Another reason is that you can bend on of the legs to create a unique camera angle which may be perfect. An example of this was when we did filming in the cafe and we needed to set the tripod up but there was only a small ledge so we could put it on their easily after moving some of the legs around to make it smaller. My partner in this project provided the tripod so it wasn't expensive to use and was very accessible. We did some draft filming without the tripod and it wasnt as good as the camera was shaking a lot so that is why we chose to use it for nearly all our scenes.
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