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Demonstrate knowledge of a racing broadcasting camera, mountings,
and lens
Level
3
Credits
4
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to, for a racing broadcasting
camera: locate and describe parts; describe mountings that allow camera
movement during shots; describe features of camera lens; and describe the
relationship between f-stops and depth of field in television camera lenses.
Subfield
Equine
Domain
Racing Broadcasting
Status
Registered
Status date
15 January 2010
Date version published
15 January 2010
Planned review date
31 December 2013
Entry information
Open.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and
industry.
Standard setting body (SSB)
Primary Industry Training Organisation
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0018
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
Definition
Comms refers to communications.
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Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Locate and describe parts of a racing broadcasting camera.
Performance criteria
1.1
Zoom lens is located and described according to its functions and method of
operation.
Range
1.2
Iris is located and described according to its functions and methods of
operation.
Range
1.3
zoom ratio, automatic zoom, zoom angles from wide angle to
telephoto angle, front and back focus.
f-stops, automatic setting, manual setting.
Focus ring is located and described in terms of its functions and methods of
operation.
Range
auto focus, manual focus.
1.4
Focus is described in terms of its relationship to depth of field.
1.5
Comms level is located and described in terms of its functions and method of
operation.
1.6
Internal filters are described in terms of their uses, features, and suitability for
situations.
Range
3200k, 5000k, ND.
Element 2
Describe mountings that allow camera movement during shots for racing broadcasting.
Performance criteria
2.1
Mountings are described in terms of their use in achieving camera shots.
Range
mountings – tripod, head;
camera shots – wide shot (WS), mid close-up (MCU), extreme
close-up (ECU) through to close-up (CU) and mid-shot (MS), long
shot (LS).
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Element 3
Describe features of a camera lens used for racing broadcasting.
Performance criteria
3.1
Lenses are described in terms of their mechanical operation.
Range
3.2
normal, long, extender, back focus.
Lens attachments are described in terms of their uses.
Range
lens hood, filters, attachments for zoom, focus, iris, lens support.
Element 4
Describe the relationship between f-stops and depth of field in television camera lenses for
outside broadcasting.
Performance criteria
4.1
F-stops are described in terms of their relationship to depth of field.
Please note
Providers must be accredited by NZQA, or an inter-institutional body with delegated
authority for quality assurance, before they can report credits from assessment against
unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by NZQA before they can register
credits from assessment against unit standards.
Accredited providers and Industry Training Organisations assessing against unit standards
must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.
Accreditation requirements and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this
standard are outlined in the Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP). The
AMAP also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations
wishing to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for
tutors and assessors, and special resource requirements.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact the Primary Industry Training Organisation standards@primaryito.ac.nz if
you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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