Equipment Used

Here is an updated post about the sort of the equipment we used at MTV and to to edit our Music Video as well as other equipment we have also used;

At MTV we used professional HD cameras to capture our footage. These cameras were really useful as it meant we could zoom in and out as well as move round recording the type of shots and footage we needed. The cameras we also on adjustable dollys we meant we could move them up and down and manoeuvre them so they were in the right positions to capture the shots we needed.

We used a Vision Mixer at MTV when shooting the video, this enabled us to line up to shots and almost cut together the video as we were filming.

 We used an iMac to edit our Music Video, Digipack and Advert as it had exclusive applications such as Photoshop and Final Cut Express.








We used a Wester Digital 500GB HDD to store of footage on and bring back from MTV.

We also used an HP Printer with a built in scanner to scan a variety of images onto a memory stick so we could post them onto the blog such as the storyboard.






We also used a selection of lights that we set up at MTV to help light our video and help set the tone and mood of the video as well having a PA system set up in the studio so that the band could play along to Secret Sin when we were recording the video.

Music Video Equipment

In order to make our video as authentic and professional as possible, whilst sticking to our Rock conventions we want to be able to use the best equipment available.

As a result of being able to film at the MTV studios in London we will also gain access to their equipment. We will be using their HD professional cameras which will help us to create a more high quality video as the cameras should be easy to operate and give us the best chance of capturing the footage we need , their lighting set up which we will be able to use to create our own lighting design for the video to help set the mood and tone, the dolly's for each individual camera which will enable us to capture a variety of shots as well as a vision mixer which means we will be able to line up different shots and practically edit on the go. We also plan to use the school iMacs to edit our finished video, we used these devices last year and are all comfortable with using them. Finally we also plan on taking a HDD with us to store our footage on and having a PA system set up in the studio so that we can play the song into the studio for the band to play along to when filming the video. We hope that as a result of all this we will be able to create the correct type of video for our genre as well as professional and realistic product.

Preliminary Task Equipment

For our Preliminary Task we plan to use a three pieces of equipment and one piece of software. We plan to use a tripod to help film some of our shots, we intend to use a HD Cannon camcorder to record our footage and we plan to use an Apple iMac with Final Cut Express to edit our video.