In this assignment we had to compare two cameras, the Canon 77D and the C100. It was important from the start to shoot in a technical environment so it was good we were using the editing studio’s as they had ample lighting without requiring the use of a kit and it made the review come off as more technical which was good for viewers. George chose to present and I was on sound instead of camera for this task which I really enjoyed as I usually struggle with it as I had in Year 1. This involved using lav mics to record the audio and I had to occasionally halt shooting when there was too much distortion coming from moving around with the mic, so giving advice on how to present without disturbing the audio was a factor. 

We did not have much prep time for shooting this so we had to be quick with coming up with a shooting order, we did this by using the boards in the editing suite and as a group agreeing on what the best way to shoot the review was. From this we got ideas of how to describe the camera’s and their uses that George was able to utilize for his presenting regarding their different utilities as both professional and basic. We knew these cameras well from using them, especially the 77D having used it for our first year so we knew from the start that it was a beginners or more simple camera best suited for photography with a bit of video usage, and from using the C100 at the start of this 2nd year we could confidently state that it was heavily more on the professional side and purely for video production work, this made for a better review when knowing how to actually market camera’s we had experience with.

Reviewing things we knew made it a lot easier and far more comfortable during shooting and editing, as these were products we had used for the course, I myself learned in retrospect what is best suited for what and how to be practical with both cameras and that you can get the best results without having a big camera. It was a good experience to focus on learning the lav mics as well as I had only really used the shotgun microphones previously.