Video Shooting Preparation and Equipment

According to the post before, I've learnt to do some ground work preparation for prop. s and location of the video shooting. The next important thing to study is the equipment. As the storytelling is using first-person POV to present different angle of the story, the video will not be planned in a third person POV and build the ideal camera angle. To make the experience of viewing from the character's eyes, the best way is to shoot the video by placing the camera at the eye level of the actor/actress.

When I research about the head-mounted camera, the keyword bring me to many virtual reality head-mounted camera. Therefore, I change my keyword search to Head Mounted DSLR so that the search result will be leading towards the photography or videography approach.

After getting an overall idea of what kind of equipment I will be needed, I used social media to ask around friends if they have any head-mounted DSLR. 

From then I learn that there's a better option for first person POV video shooting, GoPRo camera. I seen this is many websites during my head mounted camera research, but I did not go into deep research about GoPro. Since the timeline is so pack and I've secured the shooting date with all actor and actresses, I need to get the shooting done within the limited time that I have. 

With the help of friends, I manage to borrow a GoPro set with a D.I.Y head mount helmet.