Types of CCTV

At first, we wanted to use a real CCTV camera to capture the footage but after finding this too difficult we have decided to start researching into different types of CCTV to see how we could make a camera shot on a tripod look like genuine CCTV.

The first thing we noticed was that the shot would have to be taken from a high angle as most CCTV cameras are rigged high up walls. A second thing we noticed was that many CCTV cameras have a timer in the corner counting up in seconds with a date and sometimes a couple of letters to differentiate if there are lots of cameras e.g. C7, C8, C9...

Another thing we noticed was that the quality wasn't very good on a lot of the footage, which we can easily change once we have the shot by altering the exposure, brightness, contrast and saturation.

Lastly, we noticed that on many pictures of CCTV footage there are rings around what the viewer is meant to notice just incase they don't notice. We want to do this so we're all going to try and find way to do it because there is not an option to do it on the Mac's we are working on.