Learn about the controls of a standard BBC studio camera from this 1982 in-house training video. Part 2 is here • Camera Operations 2 | ... Part 3 is here • Camera Operations 3 | ...
Having being in VT at the BBC in the 80s, this gives an insight into the quality of the training everyone got as staff . All chucked away in the Birt era...
Wonderful to see this. I always dreamed of working as a BBC cameraman (didn’t happen sadly) but never lost the thirst to know everything about tv production and cameras in particular. The artistry the camera operators achieved with these huge units in the 70’s and 80’s never ceases to amaze me. Sadly a lost skill these days.
thanks for posting these videos - I imagine the BBC and other people have more technical and training videos just gathering dust - I wish they'd show them here!
You realise that one of Alan's colleagues is using what's probably an identical camera to film _him._ You can see all the types of shot being discussed actually in practice.
Can anybody bring insight into the unique coloured burn-in artefacts on overexposed or bright objects? In this training video I see a bright blue, but I've also seen other footage that was either magenta or green?
Wood Norton Studio A had 3 x Link 110s in 1982 (I was there in '81) though there was one EMI 2001 used for line up practice which I believe is still there as a museum piece@@AdamWood