INTERVIEWING:
• What seven items should you bring with you when you are shooting an interview?
(Clocks Tick Tock Making Heads Pound Loudly)
C amera
T ape
T ripod (no tripod = bad)
M icrophone
H eadphones
P ower source
L ight source

• Shooting into a light source = silhouette

Button to adjust = backlight


• Where do you want your light source?
Behind the camera

• On what object should you focus the camera?
the middle of the face

• No tripod= bad


• Date and Time= NEVER


• What's the difference between SP/EP? Standard Play/Extended Play

• Camera shoots in SP.

• Pre-Roll- 3-5 seconds before the interview


• Post-Roll- 3-5 seconds after the interview


CAMERA SHOTS:

***BACKGROUND: Has some depth, not plain; interviewee is at 6-8 feet from the wall; interviewee is, the shot not the backgroud

• 1 Shot= middle of the chest to above the head

• 1 Shot with graphic= + panned to the side + graphics

• 2 Shot= two people framed in one second

• CU- close up

• MS- medium shot

• LS- long shot

• ECU- extreme close up

• Rule of thirds- imagine a 3x3 grid in the camera


CAMERA MOVEMENTS:
• Tilt- moving it up and down


• Pan- move the camera left and right


• Zoom- changing the focal length of the camera


• Dolly- physically moving the camera on wheels

LIGHTS
• Key- provides the most light; shined on the subject


• Fill- fills in the shadows


• Back- seperates the person from the background


MICROPHONES:
• Unidirectional- picks up sound from one direction

• Omnidirectional- picks up sounds from all directions; used in home camcorders

• Cardiod- a little more than unidirectional

• Lav/Lapel Microphone- the one clipped onto a shirt

• Boom Microphone- unidirectional, the big fluffy one