We’ve got the kit!

Earlier this week Helen Hyde from Hyde media joined us on campus to help us test out our new media kit. The kit has been purchased primarily to help us create video content for the catalyst programme. We are taking a mobile journalism (#mojo) approach and using phones for all filming.

Helen demonstrates our tripod and rig

Helen’s top  set up suggestions were:

• Use a tripod for the majority of filming, gimbals are for movement and emotion
• When you put your tripod up start from the bottom first
• Keep your lapel mic facing down – this avoids capturing all minor sounds
• Get your phone set up right: make sure it isn’t on silent, don’t lock in portrait mode and do put it in airplane mode
• Make sure your phone lens it at the top when recording
• Lighting uses a triangle – the camera, the person being filmed and the light

Our new kit comprises of:

• Neewer Metal Smartphone Video Rig
• RØDE SC6L 3.5 mm iOS Interface – Black
• Neewer Professional Camera Bag Loop Backpack
• Manfrotto Compact Action Aluminum Tripod with Hybrid Head, Black
• Audio-Technica ATH-M20X Professional Headphones
• LaCie Copilot 2000GB Portable External Hard Drive and Backup On Set Solution (BOSS)
• RØDE VMML Me-L Directional Microphone for iOS Devices – Black RØDE Camera and Audio VideoMic with Rycote Lyre Mount Rode VideoMicro Compact On Camera
• Microphone
• BOYA BY-M1 3.5mm Lavalier Condenser Microphone
• Anker PowerCore 20100 Power bank
• Aputure AL-M9 Amaran Lighting Up Pint-Sized LED Fill Light Mini Video Light
• Manfrotto PIXI Mini Tripod with Handgrip for Compact System Cameras
• Zhiyun Smooth-Q 3-Axis Handheld Gimbal Stabilizer for Smartphone
• Neewer Smartphone Rig Filmmaker Grip Tripod Mount with Cold Shoe Mount
• Neewer Handheld Stabilizer Multi-use Ergonomic Hand Shape Grip
• Neewer 5-in-1 Collapsible Multi-Disc Light Reflector
• Neewer Background Support System with Three 6x 9ft/1.8×2.8M Backdrop Lighting Kit

Microphone set up

We will be using new kit over the next few months and experimenting with editing and multimedia techniques.