5/4 HVR-Z1E 6/4 Filming

5/4
Today I began delving into tips and the manual on the Sony HVR-Z1E and recording on DV tape. This will be my first time recording on DV tape, I understand the rough logic behind recording on tape, however via a friend I came across a technique called "Black Burst". This involves recording over the tape to create a black signal and recording over it again.

Whilst watching a particular Japanese animation I noticed an creative element that was very interesting. The animation is called Hajime no Ippo: Rising (2013). The story revolves around the rise of a boy who gets bullied and his rise to champion as a boxer. The episode that will act as my focal point is episode 22. The episode begins with the coach and the coach's friend reminiscing on the their days of being young. The audience is dragged into a flashback of their old days, what the audience is shown is a gradual build up to a hypodermic propaganda that causes the audience to sympathise and empathise with the Japanese fighters and country. The American boxer who connotes the western world, ill treats the Japanese boxers and civilians by beating them up to near-death and then patronising the audience by throwing sweets and candy assortments a like after matches. Later on in the episode, the audience bear witness to the American boxer pursuing the only apparent Japanese woman who refused to acquiesce on sweets that land near her feet. Following these heinous actions the American boxer commits, the woman is then shown in later episodes to be suffering from a disease she has received as a result of living in Hiroshima. This is an interesting way to implement a country's history into a creative format whilst keeping the narrative's continuity. This is clearly post-war perspective of WWII.

6/4
Today I used to the HVR-Z1E to record the challenges I do as a hobby. This provided me with an active production experience with the camera and have come to appreciate the Canon XF100 and DSLRs even more. Not only does the size and weight camera seem unnecessary, the transporting of footage is another possible issue. Both cards and tapes are sensitive, however a capture deck is required to capture from tape, with card this process is avoided. The camera offers a recording resolution of 1080i, from previous issues with progressive and interlaced. Progressive produces better  image quality. 50i can be conformed to 25p, however it first lead myself to believe that 50i and 50p were on similar image quality. Luckily through my research into the camera, I found a setting that allows the camera to simulate a 25p shooting mode. I only hope that between today and tomorrow the footage isn't wiped from my tape via a phone signal. I experimented with the shooting format to record in HD as I only had normal DV tapes, however I came across a lot of discussion around recording on normal DV tapes