Camera Department Hands-On Training Spencer Meffert

Day 1

 

Introduction to Camera Dept

Duties of a 2nd AC

Duties of a 1st AC

Camera Support (types and expectations)

• Fluid Heads
• Geared Heads
• Nodal Heads
• Tripods
• Dollies
• Jibs
• Sliders

Safety of Equipment and Self on Set

Slating

• How to set up a Slate
• How to properly place a slate in frame
• Soft sticks

Media Management expectations depending on various production levels

 

 

Day 2

 

Monitoring

• Different types and sizes of monitors
• Expectations for monitoring on set
• Feature vs Commercial Monitoring

Lenses

• Parts of a Lens
• Cine vs Stills
• Focal Lengths
• Depth of Field
• Field of View
• Sensor Sizes

Following Focus

• Theory
• Practical Application
• Manual Systems
• Electronic Systems
• Monitor vs Eye/Distance 
• Tips and Tricks

Matteboxes

• Studio
• Lightweight
• Matching appropriate mattebox support for variou lenses
• Filtration

Attitude and Expectations of being in and thriving in the Camera Dept

 

 

Equipment:

 

Lenses:

Zeiss Superspeed PL Mount set

RED Pro Prime PL Mount set

Leica R EF Mount Set

Nikon AIS Set

 

Angenieux 24-290 Zoom

RED Pro 18-85 Zoom

 

Matteboxes:

ARRI MB20

ARRI LMB25

ARRI MMB1

ARRI LMB4

TILTA T12

 

Cameras:

ARRI Alexa Mini

ARRI AMIRA

RED Weapon

RED Epic-W

Canon C700

 

Follow Focus:

ARRI FF4

ARRI WCU4 w/cforce motors

ARRI WCU4 w/CLM motors

RTMotion

 

Monitors:

Flanders Scientific LM2410

Flanders Scientific LM2410

Panasonic BT-LH1700

Panasonic BT-LH1700

Panasonic BT-LH1700

TVLogic 56

SmallHD 702

SmallHD AC7

Odyssey 7Q

 

Camera support:

O'Connor 2575

O'Connor 1030

Weaver Steadman 3 axis Head

Technovision Geared Head

4' Slider