Shoot - Camera Operator

Today our group decided what task each member of our group will have during the shoots. The jobs we have given out to ourselves were the director, camera operator, and music-operator/gaffer. For our groups music video shoot I will be mainly working as the camera operator. A camera operator is responsible for correctly setting up the filming equipment, planning, preparing and rehearsing scenes/shots, working effectively with the lightning team, and creatively framing and capturing action. As I have had some experience in this field our group decided to appoint me as the man for the job.  This task is furthermore physically demanding as shoots commonly last for hours. Throughout our shoots I will set up the dolly, tripod and phantom camera which I will be assisted in doing by a phantom flex operator to ensure that I use the piece of equipment correctly during the shoot. Continuing for each static shot I will set up the camera and rehearse the scene to see weather I have chosen the right place for the camera or whether I should move the equipment to a different area. One minus of using paint in our shoot will be that I will be limited to rehearsing without thee paint, which will be more difficult to visualise and therefore achieve a satisfactory effect.  Finally I will use the rule of thirds in combination with my knowledge of composition form art to correctly compose shots. Furthermore due to my experience in being a DOP I will utilize the correct camera lenses depending on the type of effect our team will want to achieve. In general I have faith in the fact that I can carry out this job accurately and purposely over the course of the two shoots.