Equipment

Fujifilm FinePix HS10

10 Megapixel BS1 CMOS sensor with 3 inch tilting LCD and 30 x optical zoom 28mm - 720 wide angle lens

Triple Image Stabilisation with up to ISO 6400

High Definition Image capture at 16:9 and Video capture with stereo sound at 1080p with HDMI output

Multi modes including high speed continuous shooting, Pro low light, Motion Panorama Mode and Motion Remover Mode.

 Manual photographic controlsThis is the camera which we will be using to film our opening two minutes with. It is my personal camera which I use a lot of the time to capture different events and it has never disappointed me. I thought this camera will work well for our opening two minutes because I know roughly all of the settings available and how to monitor it. It films in full HD, which should make the image quality look decent. The zoom is very good, meaning we would be able to shoot from a distance and still have the picture at a good quality. Despite the camera being rather heavy, it is still manageable.
Adobe Premiere Elements
Adobe Premiere Elements is a video editing software application for nonlinear video editing, published by Adobe Systems. It is a scaled-down version of the professional-level Adobe Premiere Pro, and is tailored to new editors. The entry screen offers clip organization, editing and auto-movie generation options. Premiere Pro project files are not compatible with Premiere Pro projects.
The main use of it for our group is the cutting and the split clip devices however we haven’t
 ventured through the other facilities because of the genre we have chosen, thriller doesn’t use many effect because their normally supposed to be realistic and the use of effects normally make a film less realistic. Many of the transitions available aren’t suitable for movies because they are too extravagant this also takes the realism away from the film. The cutting tool is used to crop clips to the length you desire , the split clip tool basically does what it says on the tin , it splits your clips so you can use parts of one video at different parts throughout the film ,these tools have been used at all times throughout the editing stage.

Tri-pod
A tri-pod is used to hold a camera in place, the camera is fastened on to the top and able to move using a lever. The tri-pod can stand up to about 1.5 meters high which is brilliant because it means it works at the perfect height. The lever is used to move the camera from side to side and up and down, this enables us to do all the different shot types we desire from high angle to low angle. The different heights means we are able to different shot types too. However the lever has been quite stiff which means we haven’t been able to move the camera very swiftly causing the camera to jolt and get stuck. This has meant we have had to do the same shot more often than we expected because it didn’t look how we wanted it.