BBC - My Friend Camera 3

This is my new friend (Camera 3)!!!

Over the last week I've spent a lot of time with this little fella, he's the camera that I have been training with while working on the East Midlands Today shows which go out live daily between 6.30-7pm on regional TV. Camera 3 is generally the camera used for shots that look across the body of the female presenter (Ann) and close ups of the male presenter (Dominic). Friday was a big day for me because Eddie (My trainer) left me to operate the camera on my own. Eddie looked on over my shoulder eagerly through the Politics show and EMT just incase I needed any help but thankfully I was ok. The politics show is something I've not seen before so I was unfamiliar with the shots but managed to pick them up in time for the recording of the show which goes out in the East Midlands region on Sunday lunchtimes. I spent 2-7pm in the studio on Friday not only operating a studio camera but also working as part of a team to alter the set from EMT to Politics and back to EMT.

There are 3 studio camera's in operation during the shows and so far I have had a practice on all of them but have only used 3 and 1 while filming. Camera 2 is the biggie, its the same camera as the others but it the camera that is responsible for the majority of the moves during live broadcasts so theres no room for errors. I'm hopefully building up for a go on camera 2 so watch out for that juddering crab shot!!!