Filming: Equipment

In terms of equipment, I will need a minimal amount of props and tools, as my video is very personal and minimal in its scale. The main piece of equipment required is, of course, the camera. I have decided that the camera I will use for the majority of my filming will be that of an iPhone 6S. On the popular camera quality measurement website DxOMark.com, this camera was awarded a score of 84, ranking it 13th on their table of all phone cameras (as of 2017). However unconventional it may seem to use a mobile phone for principal photography, I can have no doubts about the image quality, and using a phone means that I constant access to my camera to shoot footage whenever the need be.
In terms of props, one of the key factors will be in costume. The protagonist will wear 'woodland', autumnal colours of brown, beige and green. This is in order to create a visual palette which gives the video a distinct 'look', and is also in homage to the album cover for Rubber Soul (1965), which utilises a similar colour palette. I will of course also be using a tripod for my filming. The tripod allows the camera to be stable during shots, and the handle allows for panning, which can be useful for establishing shots. As the iPhone does not have a built in tripod mount, so I will have to use a mount. In anticipation of this, I have acquired such a device from Amazon, the 'Universal Smartphone Tripod Adapter' by Mudder. This was not an expensive purchase, and provides a great and necessary tool for my production. The particular tripod I will be using was the AmazonBasics 60-inch Lightweight Tripod.