What are the microfilm shooting equipment?

Lead: With the rapid development of the Internet and the convenience of shooting equipment, short films with low cost, fast pace and diverse contents have become the content that young people are eager to shoot. "Everyone directs" is no longer an empty talk. Whether making creative or interesting videos, as long as there are people around you, as long as you are "popular", you can make money, which is also the direct reason to attract the new director into the pit, but even short videos, we should start with the equipment and understand how it is made first.

The welfare of the platform can make short films grow rapidly. For example, film production does not need too much investment, but as a director of short films, due to limited budget, the equipment investment in the early stage must be implemented. However, equipment, like eating, can be enriched by people. The equipment listed in this paper is only divided according to the specifications of microfilm. I hope to give some guidance to beginners by listing the basic equipment.

1. About shooting equipment: SLR/no reflection

SLR cameras with small size, rich lenses, moving and static shooting, relatively cheap price and excellent image quality have always been the darling of photography studios. Since Canon shot the first Quan Huafu SLR EOS 5D Mark II in 2008, it has been shooting video with SLR. At present, the studio equipment is mainly portable, and generally choose SLR or single camera. The more popular ones are Canon EOS 5D Mark III/5D Mark IV/6D Mark II/80D, Sony A7S, A7S2, A6300 and Panasonic GH4, GH5, etc.

Does the latest generation Canon 5D Mark IV add 4K video function? Canon's straight color is more pleasing, and a little mixed color can achieve good results; Panasonic GH series video has powerful functions, such as long-time recording, high bit stream, built-in log and 4K resolution. As synonymous with black technology in the video industry, Sony not only has its own powerful high-end film machine products and technologies, but also the shooting materials are very suitable for post-processing. These are the first choices for new directors to get started, depending on which differentiation function is more attractive to you.

Canon EOS 5D Mark III finally added the earphone * listening function to meet the cameraman's * listening needs. ? The camera shooting video should pay more attention to its data interface to see if it has earphone * listening function. The difference between listening and not listening has a great influence on the low-cost production of micro-movies, because it is impossible to know the actual situation of recording only by looking at the level meter on the lens. You can only know whether the sound is recorded, but you can't know what sound it recorded. If the actual recorded sound is full of environmental noise and the dialogue is not clear, remaking is a trivial matter, which will be discovered when editing later.

However, there is no earphone in the fuselage * the listening interface is not a big problem. Just buy an external * monitor, because everything connected through HDMI has audio transmission function, but it should be noted that not every external * monitor has an earphone interface.

2. About the actual audio equipment: wireless microphone and professional gun microphone.

For movies with exquisite special effects, professional radio stations have also become an important part. If you shoot a microfilm with a SLR/single camera, sound is a problem that must be solved. The SLR/single-electric fuselage has radio reception ability, but its function is too poor; The microphone is inconvenient to operate and has no noise reduction and windproof function. If you want to receive the radio at the same time, the best solution is to use a professional gun microphone and wireless microphone.

Professional gun microphone? For friends with high video shooting requirements, the acquisition of sound effects must not be underestimated, so an external microphone is needed. The professional microphone is equipped to obtain higher quality recording effect, because the professional microphone has the ability of noise reduction and directional recording, which can better reduce the interference of external noise.

Generally speaking, when you record a conversation with a gun microphone, you can also record ambient sound without affecting the conversation. The practice is just like the above picture, with a long handle, the microphone is close to the protagonist for comparative recording without being photographed.

Professional wireless microphone? Wireless microphone is a very practical device when shooting, which can pick up the sound in secret. At the same time, because of the directivity, the microphone should not be shielded as much as possible, which will affect the recording effect. But it will be more convenient to use than a gun microphone. After all, you can save a sound engineer, which is a good choice for low-cost micro-movies. Of course, there are many kinds of microphones to choose from. If the budget is insufficient, you can choose another microphone. Just make sure that the microphone you choose is compatible with the shooting device.

3. Equipment for stabilizing and improving the lens sense: tripod, small slide rail and small scale.

The stability of tripod plays a decisive role in the stability of picture. Whether shooting with a camera or a video camera, a good video tripod determines the quality of each clip. You can imagine that a good scene, everyone plays normally, but the tripod is unstable and causes shaking, which is likely to ruin this clip.

Manfutu 70 1HDV professional camera ptz? When shooting video, the general spherical pan-tilt can't guarantee the horizontal and rotational stability when rotating. Therefore, a professional pan-tilt is needed to adapt to the operation of video shooting. Professional pan-tilt has adaptive damping, which can provide a smooth sense of rotation for photographers, make the picture more stable and move more naturally, and solve this problem well.

Electric slide rail? In addition to the first two things that can't be saved, it is necessary to use necessary auxiliary equipment to improve the movement and push-pull effect of the lens sense: for example, to shoot a stable long-shot picture, you can buy a Stoudemire suitable for follow-up; The small slide rail can complete the function of following and advancing the lens that the traditional guide rail can do, and can also replace some functions of the small rocker arm (for example, locking the inclined side of the track to complete the lifting shooting). It is a short film weapon with small investment and good effect.

4, about accurate follow-up focus: big screen+manual focus, follow-up focus.

For video shooting, manual focusing is often more practical than automatic focusing. However, if manual focusing is used, because the display screen of the camera/camcorder itself is basically small, it is difficult for us to judge whether the focusing is successful only by the display screen of the fuselage, and it is often prone to misjudgment.

Through the camera's own wireless control and * control functions, it is also convenient to realize manual focusing by connecting the large-screen mobile phone * control.

Focus? Therefore, one of the solutions is that we need a large camera with wireless control function, which can be easily used for manual focusing; If there is no professional electronic controller for autofocus, it will cause sudden changes in the picture. Of course, the most convenient way is to buy a follow focus to control the focal length of the lens in real time, which is smoother and more accurate than screwing the lens by hand.

Summary: The threshold of short video technology is decreasing, the hardware and network speed of users' mobile devices are improving, and the content of short video is rapidly popularized in the market. Many people who eat melons don't know much about shooting short videos. Some people think that it is a small fight, and some people think that the threshold is high. But empty talk is useless. Only real practitioners can seize the good opportunity of short video development.