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Unit 2: Communication Skills:

I have explore three websites to research the equipment that I might buy.

Camera Equipment- Page 2
Lighting Equipment- Page 3
Sound Equipment- Page 4
Editing Equipment- Page 5

Task One-
Websites used to buy equipment:
http://cvp.com/
http://www.videogear.co.uk/
http://www.prokit.co.uk/















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Camera Equipment (Prokit)

I found this website easy and clear to use. The top of the page gives these options:


By clicking on products it didnt give me a drop down box with more options, instead lead me
straight to a page which displayed a list of products available from this website; which means I could
easily select what I was looking for. However, when I clicked on camera it lead me to another page
which displayed several different cameras, meaning I would have to keep referring back to other
websites or my checklist to know exactly which cameras I needed to find. I have bought 3 extremely
high quality cameras for filming, all three from Prokit.
This is so that the quality is kept to high standard while ensuring there are minimal continuity errors,
and so that scenes can be filmed more quickly and efficiently by using multiple cameras. I bought
three different cameras so that depending on the shot, I will hopefully be able to shoot it well.
The first is Sony PMW-400K Camcorder for 14,100.00 including VAT. This camera is extremely
professional and high quality. This is my shoulder camera and is purpose made to be comfortable
and manageable for the camera person as well as having high sensitivity full HD sensors, being able
to support all and memory cards, noise reduction, high resolution and a powerful and high quality
zoom.
The second camera I have bought is the Sony PMW-300K2 Camcorder for 10,704.00 including VAT.
I have decided to buy two of these (costing 21,408.00 including VAT) This camera includes Three
1/2-inch type Exmor CMOS Full HD sensorsand low-light 3DNR technology for a wide range of
shooting conditions, Interchangeable lens system with 16x Fujinon HD lens package option (PMW-
300K2) and much more. Other camera equipment I have bought is two Miller Arrow 55 tripods for
4,118.40 including VAT each and a Marshall 7 Inch ORCHID Stereoscopic 3D Monitor for 7,506.00
including VAT









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Lighting Equipment (Prokit)

I have bought two lighting sets.
Lowel DV Creator 55 Kit for 1,774.80 including VAT. This package includes:
1 Rifa-lite 55 (LC-55),1 500w, 240v lamp (JCV),1 Pro-light (P2-10),1 Pro-light 4-way Barndoors (iP-
20),1 235w, 240v lamp (GLF),1 Omni-light (O1-10),1 Omni-light 4-way Barndoors (O1-20),1 500w,
240v lamp (JCD500),1 Tota-light (T1-10),1 800w, 240v lamp (EME),3 Uni TO Stands (UN-55),1 KS Jr.
Stand (DT-33),1 Tota-frame (T1-20),1 Assorted Gels (T1-78),1 Pro & i Gel Frame (iP40),1 iP Assorted
Gels (iP-78) ,1 Flexi-shaft pkg (2) (T1-50) ,1 Tota-flag (T1-52),1 Tota-brella (T1-25) ,1 T/O Lampak (TO-
61),1 DP/Tota Lampak (DT-61).
The second package I have bought is an LED set of lights, Ikan IFB1024 3-Point Light Kit for 3,168.00
including VAT. This package contains:
3 X Diffusers
3 X IFB1024 Lights
3 X Power Supply
3 X Yokes
3 X V-Lock Battery Plates















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Sound Equipment

Microphones (x6) Rode Lavalier Microphone 156.00 each
Headphones (x6) Sennheiser HD 26 PRO Headphones 216.00 each
Radios (3) Sennheiser Evolution 112 P G3 Radio Mic Kit. 522.00 each
Boom poles (x3) Boom Buddy 60.00 each
Sound mixer Sound Devices 664 Field Mixer 4,044.00
Wind shield kit (x2) Rycote Full Windshield Kit 364.80



































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Editing Equipment

2 apple mac book pro 15-inch: 2.3GHz with Retina display 2,199.00 each
Adobe Premiere Pro software (2) 469 each