INTERVIEWING:

• What seven items should you bring with you when you are shooting an interview?
(Clocks Tick Tock Making Heads Pound Loudly)
Camera
Tapes
Tripod
Microphone (are not to be seen) should be a hand loose away
Headphones
Power source
Light source

• Shooting into a light source = shooting into a light source causes a SILHOUETTE

Button to adjust =back light button, flash

• Where do you want your light source?
light should always be behind the camera

• On what object should you focus the camera?

-the 1st thing a camera operator should focus on the noise

• No tripod=

• Date and Time=

this is permanently recorded on you tape

• SP/EP

SP = STANDARD PLAY on tape

EP = EXTENDED PLAY on tape

always shoot in SP

• Camera shoots in ________________.

• Pre-Roll - 2-3 sec before you start your interview

-begin recording so we can edit without cutting off words

-room to edit

• Post-Roll-

CAMERA SHOTS:

***BACKGROUND:

-DYNAMIC = has some depth, not plain

-interviewee is at least 6-8 ft from wall

-interviewee IS the background

• 1 shot = middle of the chest to above the heads

• 1 Shot with graphic = middle of the chest to above the head, to the side

• 2 Shot = is two people in middle of the chest to above the head, only if want to anchors

• CU - close up, shows detail

• MS- medium shot, showing a little more detail

• LS - long shot, sets the scene

• ECU - extreme close up. really show detail and expression

• Rule of thirds - imaginary lines are drawn dividing the image into thirds both horz. and vert. You place important elements of your composition where the lines are.

CAMERA MOVEMENTS :

• Tilt - moving the camera up and down

• Pan - moving the camera left and right

• Zoom - changing the focal lengh without moving camera (following action)

• Dolly - physical moving the camera on wheels

LIGHTS

• Key - most important light, the brightest light, behind the camera

• Fill - fill in the shadows that are caused by the key light

• Back - opposite to the key light, to provide depth from behind
MOST USED METHOD

MICROPHONES:

• Unidirectional - takes sound in one direction

• Omnidirectional - takes sound from all directions, cameras have this type of microphone

• Cardiod - heart shaped, focused on the person who's talking

• Lav/Lapel Microphone - the ones that clips to your shirt, picks up sound from one direction 

• • Boom Microphone - one that is on a pole, sound from one direction