Equipment information

Billy Parker

Equipment used in video:

iPhone

iPhone stand

Light

For our video we decided to use an iPhone. This is because of the ease of access we had to it and how we could carry and set it up easily in different small locations, for example on a dashboard. The camera quality is also very good and so really we saw no downside to using an iPhone. One of the only problems we encountered whilst filming is that we ran out of memory space on the phone as there were a lot of clips which we were using, but it was easy to sort out and make some space and so it didn't hinder our work particularly. 

We also decided to use an iPhone stand for some of our shots. The stand allowed us to safely hold a camera in one position in places like the bathroom. Overall we didn't use it for many shots because it's quite big and takes up a lot of room anywhere we were trying to film, which is why so much of our clip is filmed by hand. I personally prefer filming by hand because it can give the video a more of a realistic feel and can maybe make the audience feel more involved in the story line.

For some shots we had to use a light in order to make sure the camera could see everything in shot, as the camera was not very good in situations that are not lit very well.