Certificate in Camera Operator
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Dr. Chinu Bohidar
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Certificate in Camera Operator
Course Objectives
- This course teaches the technical skills and creative principles
required for single camera ('film style') video field shooting and production - The student will gain experience in planning and shooting
- Entertainment- and/or information-based video projects
- The course will provide hands-on skills in audio, video recording technology, composition, lighting and production
Learning Outcomes
- Improve skills in contemporary video technology and operation of cameras, audio, lighting and other television production equipment
- Achieve critical appreciation for the aesthetics of sound and image production
- Improve literacy in film and video, including shot composition and projects
- Develop or improve skills in digital nonlinear post-production
Course Syllabus
Module: I
Introduction to Camera, how a camera works
Role of a Camera Operator in different field
Camera Settings, setting a DSLR, Setting a camcorder
Module: II
Camera Aesthetics
Introduction to Photography Compositions, Good and Bad composition
Single and Multi-camera Set Up
Module: III
Dynamics of Videography
Lens Management, uses and features of lenses
Types of Basic Shots and their uses
Camera Angles and its impact and effects
Camera Basic Movements and creative shots
Type of Lenses: Zoom, Telephoto, Micro and prime lenses
Module: IV
Photography Design
Introduction to Lighting
Basic of light, Three Point Lighting
Every Photographer must know
Use of artificial and natural light for your Photography Camera filters and colour Temperature
Project Lists
1.Video Documentary
2. Short Film
3.Video Project
4.Feature story
References
Chris Gatcum: The Beginner's Photography Guide
Harris Watts: On Camera How to Produce Film and Video
J.Kris Malkiewicz: Talks with Hollywood's Cinematographers and Gaffers Film Lighting
Vishal Diwan: Click You
David Johnston: Landscape Photography Handbook
Session Plan
Session: 1
How a camera works
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHr_gSVjC6o&feature=youtu.be
Session: 2
Practice: Camera Techniques and videography
Session: 3
Settings of a Video Camera for videography
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHr_gSVjC6o&feature=youtu.be
Session:4
What is camera lens and their uses
Session: 5
Practice: Camera handling Techniques
Session: 6
Camera Gain and photography
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHCK3uvBS28&feature=youtu.be
Session: 7
Practice: Camera Gain and its effects
Session: 8
Camera White Balance for better photography
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8_pml2237k&feature=youtu.be
Session: 9
Practice: White Balance Practice
Session: 10
Camera Black Balance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAuZgZMUOfE&feature=youtu.be
Session: 11
Practice: Black Balance Practice
Session: 12
Camera Focus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfBcto3uqJk&feature=youtu.be
Session: 13
Practice: Practice with Outdoor Shooting
Session: 14
Camera Aesthetic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQyNDEJx3gc&feature=youtu.be
Practice: Camera Techniques
Session: 15
Photography Composition and good photography
Session 16
Practice: Good and Bad Composition in photography
Session: 17
Camera Aperture
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GmMZiD9Hio&t=54s
Practice: Camera shot with the different aperture value
Session: 18
Shutter Speed
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfLeZEl7mIU
Session: 19
Practice: Fast and Slow Shutter Speed and its effects
Session: 20
Types of Basic Shots
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYf6jssaiVM&feature=youtu.be
Session: 21
Practice: Rough Camera Shots
Session: 22
Camera Angle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxtlgsjre5w
Session: 23
Practice: Different Camera Angle and their importance
Session: 24
Camera Movement
Session: 25
Practice: Different Camera Movement for creative shot
Session: 26
Camera shot: Zoom In and Zoom Out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsWNXsvZLGk&feature=youtu.be
Session: 27
Practice: Zoom In and Zoom Out Practice with Camera. Smooth transition
Session: 28
Basics of Lighting
Session:29
Practice: Setting up your Studio Light, how to set your stage
Session: 30
Lit up a scene. The importance of light
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKMELqbFjAc&feature=youtu.be
Session: 31
Practice: Light Setting of One Subject indoor
Session: 32
Practice: Light Setting indoor with cool light
Session: 33
Practice: Light Setting with one and multiple subject
Session: 34
Types of Light
Session: 35
Practice: Single Key Light Setting
Camera Filters and Colors
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJEDzu0W6KI&feature=youtu.be
Session: 36
Practice: Two Light Setting indoor
Session: 37
Colour Balance
Session: 38
Reflector and Diffuser
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2NWnYY5fIE&t=23s
Session: 39
Practice: Use of Reflector and a Diffuser Indoor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2NWnYY5fIE
Session: 40
Practice: Use of Reflector and a Diffuser Outdoor
Session: 41
Three-Point Lighting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiSxgkGjPro
Session: 42
Practice: Three-Point Light Setting Inside Studio
Session: 43
Practice: Setting up Light for Serious Scene
Session: 44
Practice: Setting up Light for Entertainment Program
Practice: Outdoor Shooting Practice in Day Light
Session: 45
Practice: Setting the Camera in Both Indoor and Outdoor Shooting
Session: 46
How to shoot using your mobile phone
https://studio.youtube.com/video/3EyS2l9WEvM/edit
Session: 47
Practice: Shadow Reduction during day light
Session: 48
Practice: Shadow Reduction while shooting in day light
Session: 50
Practice: Noise Reduction in Light Setting in day and night time
References
Chris Gatcum: The Beginner's Photography Guide
Harris Watts: On Camera How to Produce Film and Video
J.Kris Malkiewicz: Talks with Hollywood's Cinematographers and Gaffers Film Lighting
Vishal Diwan: Click You
David Johnston: Landscape Photography Handbook
Session Plan
Session: 1
How a camera works
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHr_gSVjC6o&feature=youtu.be
Session: 2
Practice: Camera Techniques
Session: 3
Settings of a Video Camera
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHr_gSVjC6o&feature=youtu.be
Session:4
What is camera lens
Session: 5
Practice: Camera Techniques
Session: 6
Camera Gain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHCK3uvBS28&feature=youtu.be
Session: 7
Practice: Camera Gain and its effects
Session: 8
Camera White Balance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8_pml2237k&feature=youtu.be
Session: 9
Practice: White Balance Practice
Session: 10
Camera Black Balance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAuZgZMUOfE&feature=youtu.be
Session: 11
Practice: Black Balance Practice
Session: 12
Camera Focus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfBcto3uqJk&feature=youtu.be
Session: 13
Practice: Practice with Outdoor Shooting
Session: 14
Camera Aesthetic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQyNDEJx3gc&feature=youtu.be
Practice: Camera Techniques
Session: 15
Photography Composition
Session 16
Practice: Good and Bad Composition
Session: 17
Camera Aperture
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GmMZiD9Hio&t=54s
Practice: Camera shot with the different aperture value
Session: 18
Shutter Speed
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfLeZEl7mIU
Session: 19
Practice: Fast and Slow Shutter Speed and its effects
Session: 20
Types of Basic Shots
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYf6jssaiVM&feature=youtu.be
Session: 21
Practice: Rough Camera Shots
Session: 22
Camera Angle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxtlgsjre5w
Session: 23
Practice: Different Camera Angle
Session: 24
Camera Movement
Session: 25
Practice: Different Camera Movement
Session: 26
Camera shot: Zoom In and Zoom Out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsWNXsvZLGk&feature=youtu.be
Session: 27
Practice: Zoom In and Zoom Out Practice with Camera
Session: 28
Basics of Lighting
Session:29
Practice: Setting up your Studio Light
Session: 30
Lit up a scene
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKMELqbFjAc&feature=youtu.be
Session: 31
Practice: Light Setting of One Subject
Session: 32
Practice: Light Setting
Session: 33
Practice: Light Setting
Session: 34
Types of Light
Session: 35
Practice: Single Key Light Setting
Camera Filters and Colors
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJEDzu0W6KI&feature=youtu.be
Session: 36
Practice: Two Light Setting
Session: 37
Colour Balance
Session: 38
Reflector and Diffuser
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2NWnYY5fIE&t=23s
Session: 39
Practice: Use of Reflector and a Diffuser Indoor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2NWnYY5fIE
Session: 40
Practice: Use of Reflector and a Diffuser Outdoor
Session: 41
Three-Point Lighting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiSxgkGjPro
Session: 42
Practice: Three-Point Light Setting Inside Studio
Session: 43
Practice: Setting up Light for Serious Scene
Session: 44
Practice: Setting up Light for Entertainment Program
Practice: Outdoor Shooting Practice in Day Light
Session: 45
Practice: Setting the Camera in Both Indoor and Outdoor Shooting
Session: 46
Practice: Camera Setting with Artificial Light
Session: 47
Practice: Shadow Reduction
Session: 48
Practice: Shadow Reduction
Session: 50
Practice: Noise Reduction in Light Setting
References
Chris Gatcum: The Beginner's Photography Guide
Harris Watts: On Camera How to Produce Film and Video
J.Kris Malkiewicz: Talks with Hollywood's Cinematographers and Gaffers Film Lighting
Vishal Diwan: Click You
David Johnston: Landscape Photography Handbook
Session Plan
Session: 1
How a camera works
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHr_gSVjC6o&feature=youtu.be
Session: 2
Practice: Camera Techniques
Session: 3
Settings of a Video Camera
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHr_gSVjC6o&feature=youtu.be
Session:4
What is camera lens
Session: 5
Practice: Camera Techniques
Session: 6
Camera Gain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHCK3uvBS28&feature=youtu.be
Session: 7
Practice: Camera Gain and its effects
Session: 8
Camera White Balance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8_pml2237k&feature=youtu.be
Session: 9
Practice: White Balance Practice
Session: 10
Camera Black Balance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAuZgZMUOfE&feature=youtu.be
Session: 11
Practice: Black Balance Practice
Session: 12
Camera Focus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfBcto3uqJk&feature=youtu.be
Session: 13
Practice: Practice with Outdoor Shooting
Session: 14
Camera Aesthetic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQyNDEJx3gc&feature=youtu.be
Practice: Camera Techniques
Session: 15
Photography Composition
Session 16
Practice: Good and Bad Composition
Session: 17
Camera Aperture
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GmMZiD9Hio&t=54s
Practice: Camera shot with the different aperture value
Session: 18
Shutter Speed
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfLeZEl7mIU
Session: 19
Practice: Fast and Slow Shutter Speed and its effects
Session: 20
Types of Basic Shots
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYf6jssaiVM&feature=youtu.be
Session: 21
Practice: Rough Camera Shots
Session: 22
Camera Angle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxtlgsjre5w
Session: 23
Practice: Different Camera Angle
Session: 24
Camera Movement
Session: 25
Practice: Different Camera Movement
Session: 26
Camera shot: Zoom In and Zoom Out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsWNXsvZLGk&feature=youtu.be
Session: 27
Practice: Zoom In and Zoom Out Practice with Camera
Session: 28
Basics of Lighting
Session:29
Practice: Setting up your Studio Light
Session: 30
Lit up a scene
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKMELqbFjAc&feature=youtu.be
Session: 31
Practice: Light Setting of One Subject
Session: 32
Practice: Light Setting
Session: 33
Practice: Light Setting
Session: 34
Types of Light
Session: 35
Practice: Single Key Light Setting
Camera Filters and Colors
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJEDzu0W6KI&feature=youtu.be
Session: 36
Practice: Two Light Setting
Session: 37
Colour Balance
Session: 38
Reflector and Diffuser
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2NWnYY5fIE&t=23s
Session: 39
Practice: Use of Reflector and a Diffuser Indoor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2NWnYY5fIE
Session: 40
Practice: Use of Reflector and a Diffuser Outdoor
Session: 41
Three-Point Lighting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiSxgkGjPro
Session: 42
Practice: Three-Point Light Setting Inside Studio
Session: 43
Practice: Setting up Light for Serious Scene
Session: 44
Practice: Setting up Light for Entertainment Program
Practice: Outdoor Shooting Practice in Day Light
Session: 45
Practice: Setting the Camera in Both Indoor and Outdoor Shooting
Session: 46
Practice: Camera Setting with Artificial Light
Session: 47
Practice: Shadow Reduction
Session: 48
Practice: Shadow Reduction
Session: 50
Practice: Noise Reduction in Light Setting
References
Chris Gatcum: The Beginner's Photography Guide
Harris Watts: On Camera How to Produce Film and Video
J.Kris Malkiewicz: Talks with Hollywood's Cinematographers and Gaffers Film Lighting
Vishal Diwan: Click You
David Johnston: Landscape Photography Handbook
Session Plan
Session: 1
How a camera works
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHr_gSVjC6o&feature=youtu.be
Session: 2
Practice: Camera Techniques
Session: 3
Settings of a Video Camera
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHr_gSVjC6o&feature=youtu.be
Session:4
What is camera lens
Session: 5
Practice: Camera Techniques
Session: 6
Camera Gain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHCK3uvBS28&feature=youtu.be
Session: 7
Practice: Camera Gain and its effects
Session: 8
Camera White Balance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8_pml2237k&feature=youtu.be
Session: 9
Practice: White Balance Practice
Session: 10
Camera Black Balance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAuZgZMUOfE&feature=youtu.be
Session: 11
Practice: Black Balance Practice
Session: 12
Camera Focus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfBcto3uqJk&feature=youtu.be
Session: 13
Practice: Practice with Outdoor Shooting
Session: 14
Camera Aesthetic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQyNDEJx3gc&feature=youtu.be
Practice: Camera Techniques
Session: 15
Photography Composition
Session 16
Practice: Good and Bad Composition
Session: 17
Camera Aperture
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GmMZiD9Hio&t=54s
Practice: Camera shot with the different aperture value
Session: 18
Shutter Speed
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfLeZEl7mIU
Session: 19
Practice: Fast and Slow Shutter Speed and its effects
Session: 20
Types of Basic Shots
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYf6jssaiVM&feature=youtu.be
Session: 21
Practice: Rough Camera Shots
Session: 22
Camera Angle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxtlgsjre5w
Session: 23
Practice: Different Camera Angle
Session: 24
Camera Movement
Session: 25
Practice: Different Camera Movement
Session: 26
Camera shot: Zoom In and Zoom Out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsWNXsvZLGk&feature=youtu.be
Session: 27
Practice: Zoom In and Zoom Out Practice with Camera
Session: 28
Basics of Lighting
Session:29
Practice: Setting up your Studio Light
Session: 30
Lit up a scene
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKMELqbFjAc&feature=youtu.be
Session: 31
Practice: Light Setting of One Subject
Session: 32
Practice: Light Setting
Session: 33
Practice: Light Setting
Session: 34
Types of Light
Session: 35
Practice: Single Key Light Setting
Camera Filters and Colors
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJEDzu0W6KI&feature=youtu.be
Session: 36
Practice: Two Light Setting
Session: 37
Colour Balance
Session: 38
Reflector and Diffuser
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2NWnYY5fIE&t=23s
Session: 39
Practice: Use of Reflector and a Diffuser Indoor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2NWnYY5fIE
Session: 40
Practice: Use of Reflector and a Diffuser Outdoor
Session: 41
Three-Point Lighting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiSxgkGjPro
Session: 42
Practice: Three-Point Light Setting Inside Studio
Session: 43
Practice: Setting up Light for Serious Scene
Session: 44
Practice: Setting up Light for Entertainment Program
Practice: Outdoor Shooting Practice in Day Light
Session: 45
Practice: Setting the Camera in Both Indoor and Outdoor Shooting
Session: 46
Practice: Camera Setting with Artificial Light
Session: 47
Practice: Shadow Reduction
Session: 48
Practice: Shadow Reduction
Session: 50
Practice: Noise Reduction in Light Setting
Case Studies
Case Studies
Our Main Teachers
Ms. Chinu Bohidar, Assistant Professor, School of Media and Communication presently pursuing Ph.D in Journalism and Mass Communication from Berhampur University ( Already submitted the thesis). She has more than 5 years of experience in the field of TV Journalism. She has worked as field reporter, Bulletin Producer and as news Anchor in the leading […]