Note-taking on Camera Techniques
INTERVIEWING:
• What seven items should you bring with you when you are shooting an interview?
(Clocks Tick Tock Making Heads Pound Loudly)
Camera
Tripod
Tape
Microphone
Headphones
Power
Light
• Shooting into a light source = Silhouette
• Where do you want your light source?
Behind the camera.
• On what object should you focus the camera?
Zoom in on the nose.
• No tripod = BAD! (shaky camera footage)
• Date and Time = Never...Display button will have the option to have or not have it.
• SP/EP- Standard play, and Extended play.
• Camera shoots in..........Standard play!
• Pre-Roll-
• Post-Roll-Roll camera for 5 seconds before you interview, and 3-5 seconds after you interview.
CAMERA SHOTS:
***BACKGROUND: Dynamic- has some depth, not plain.
Interviewee should be 6-8 feet from the wall. and the interviewee IS the shot, not the interviewer.
Microphones are to be heard NOT SEEN.
• 1 Shot = Middle of chest to above the head.
• 1 Shot with graphic = Middle of the chest above the head. ( could have slip to the right for an o.t.s. shot)
• 2 Shot = For the show ONLY.
• CU- Close up
• MS- Medium Shot
• LS- Long Shot
• ECU- Extreme Close Up
Series of shots makes for overall a better video.
• Rule of thirds- Imagenary lines are drawn dividing images into thirds, and place important elements on the rule of thirds.
CAMERA MOVEMENTS:
• Tilt - Up and down.
• Pan - Side to side
• Zoom - Getting closer or farther away from the subject.
• Dolly - Camera on wheels.
LIGHTS
• Key - Main bright light in front, but mainly shot from the side.
• Fill -Fills in the shadows opposite of the key light.
• Back -What separates the interviewee from the background.
MICROPHONES:
• Unidirectional- Microphone that picks up from one direction.
• Omnidirectional- Comes from all directions. ( microphone on top of the camera)
• Cardiod- Shaped like a heart.
• Lav/Lapel Microphone- Microphones that you can clip to your shirt.
• Boom Microphone- A microphone on a pole.(usually unidirectional)
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