Camera Stabiliser - Update (PLANNING)

As an update on a previous post regarding the availability of a friend's camera stabiliser, we have organised a date and time to meet Marlon (the friend) to recieved a tutorial from him. Although the whole group may not be able to attend, we only need one member to be able to work it and pass the skill one to the others.

Evidence is displayed below:

UPDATE:

Over the last couple of days (after this conversation), there has been a great deal of discussion between me, our teacher, the technicians, and Marlon. On the 12th I asked about the availability of the DSLR as opposed to the JVC camera, which our media department has a lot of, and asked about things such as the difference in appearance, weight, and compatibility with the camera stabiliser. The technicians suggested that the JVC may work, and it would be available more often (and therefore restrict less our filming timetable), and may or may not go with the stabiliser - however, we agreed it would be unwise to use two different cameras for filming as the difference in footage (due to depth of frame, etc) would be obvious. I then went to Marlon to discuss whether or not the JVC could be used with the stabiliser:

The answer was very much clear; our DSLR would work with the camera stabiliser, which was good news, but the JVC would not. This presented us with a dillemma; do we use the stabiliser but be restricted in terms of DSLR availability, or ditch the idea and film with the standard fig rig. I made the executive decision that we would prefer a more professional video with a restricted timetable than to sacrifice the appearance of the project to make it easier. Our teacher, Louisa, then presented us with what we needed to do:

We plan on testing shots this afternoon (Thursday) to make sure we want to DSLR. Then we will over Friday and Monday discuss with Fergus our timetable, which by then would be ready due to our pitch almost being complete. By Tuesday, we should have a clear timetable and be ready to use the DSLR for filming on Thursday and in OR after half-term.