Today I got to work with the Black Magic camera, the black magic is a camera that only records video, it is often used to produce high end cinema. The Black Magic was relatively simple to use, by controlling just a few settings I was able to produce a really high quality film. The main aim for this workshop was to introduce the class on how to work with green screen. Green screens are often used to edit and alter films, from the weather to Hollywood blockbusters evidence of green screen can be found. Green screen provides editors with a blank canvas to manipulate the video or photograph however they want.

Whilst I was filming with the black magic, I noticed the colours on the camera’s screen were very dull and unrealistic to what the colours actually were. I later found out that the colours were so dull on the Black magic’s screen because the camera was processing all of the information it could to get the best picture quality. Film makers like using the Black magic so much because its simple to use and has great results. Personally I don’t think I will use this camera in my future work, this was because I found the camera to be perfect of a studio environment but not as a location shoot camera. The black magic only has 30 minutes  off battery life before it looses power, so unless I has access to electricity while I was on a shoot using this particular camera would be a challenge to work with.

Overall I enjoyed working with a green screen and the black magic, I am looking forward to next week as I’ve got a tutorial on how to use after affects to bring a green screen to life.