Filming Equipment

The equipment we used for our film were:

          Canon EOS 70D with a Canon EF-S Zoom - 18-135mm lens
          K&F Concept Cardioid Microphone
          FOTOWELT Glide-Cam Stabilizer
          Tripod

Here is what our set-up looked like on the day of filming

We chose the Canon EOS 70D because it is a powerful camera, capable of shooting in Full HD, 1920x1080, at 30 frames per second. The camera has great features such as auto focus tracking, a high ISO range which allowed us to record in a better quality and make it easier for us to shoot.

The K&F Concept cardioid microphone was attached to the top of the camera and connected to the mic input on the side of the camera. Getting an external mic for a camera is a lot better that using the built in mic. The built in mics quality is a lot worse that the external mic. When we chose which microphone to purchase, there were two different types of microphones - cardioid and omnidirectional microphones. Cardioid mics only pick up sound from in front and rejects any sounds from behind. An omnidirection mic will mick up sound from all around the mic, and this is good for scenes where you are trying to capture more ambient sound.

When filming, we kept switching between the tripod and the camera stabilizer as some shots that had more action required the stabilizer and still shots required the tripod. When filming action shots, the camera/camera operator have to move around a lot, and the glide-cam stabilizer significantly reduces any shake by counter balancing the movement.