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

We chose the Canon 70D because it is a powerful camera, it is capable of shooting in Full HD (1920x1080) at 30 frames per second (FPS). The camera has a lot of features which were very useful when filming, an example of this is the auto focus tracking, a high ISO range which allowed us to record in better quality and made it easier for us to shoot.

The K&F Concept Cardioid Microphone was attached to the top of the Canon, and connected to the mic input on the side of the camera. Using an external mic was better than using the cameras built in mic as the external mics quality was a lot better than the built in one. When we were choosing which microphone to buy, we had to choose between a cardioid and omnidirectional microphone. Cardioid microphones only pick up sound from directly in front and will reject any sounds that are coming from behind. An omnidirectional mic however will pick up sound from all around in every direction and this is more efficient for capturing more ambient sounds.

When filming we swapped around the camera from the stabilizer and the tripod. The reason for this was the stabilizer was used for running scenes so that the camera was not shaking significantly and the tripod was used for still shots and where less movement was required for the shot.