Intro to Cameras and health and safety tutorial

During the lesson we learnt everything that we would need to film using the cameras plus all the health and safety requirements that we needed to know. We had to make sure we fully understood everything that was said and then sign to say we had undertaken the training.

The image above shows the form that we had to fill in for health and safety and the camera operation. As the cameras are expensive and we have had little chance to use them before, we had to make sure we knew exactly what we needed to do.

We firstly had to show to the teacher and media technicians that we were able to;

'Take the camera out of the bad'

'Check that the lock is off and the camera is set up for filming'

'Attach a battery'

'Inset a memory card'

'Place the camera securely on a tripod'

After we had successfully been able to do this, we then had to show that we understood the health and safety precautions that we had to bare in mind when we were going to film.

Each time we were taking the camera out of the college we had to;

'Tell the teacher the exact location of the filming'

'Leave contact details'

'Always film in a safe manner'

'Not to use mains electricity or equipment, always use batteries'

'Not to break the law, which includes the issue of trespass'

'Always ask for permission to film individuals and locations'

This was one of the most important things that we had to learn before we was allowed to take the camera out and film; it proved that we were mature and adult enough to look after expensive equipment.