Notetaking 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
Lights

• Shooting into a light source = silhouette


• Where do you want your light source?
the light source is meant to be behind the camera

• On what object should you focus the camera?
Focus on the persons nose
WHITE BALANCE on fancy manual cameras

• No tripod=BAD


• Date and Time=NEVER (keep display button off corner of camera)


• SP/EP
Standard play/extended play

• Camera shoots in __SP(which is highest quality)______________.

• Pre-Roll-3 to 5 seconds before interview


• Post-Roll-3 to 5 seconds after interview


CAMERA SHOTS:

***BACKGROUND:
 DYNAMIC:has some depth,not plain.
interviewee is at least 6-8 feet from the wall
interviewee is the shot,not the poster
• 1 Shot=middle of chest,above the head
microphones are to be heard not seen
• 1 Shot with graphic=OVER THE SHOULDER GRAPHIC

• 2 Shot=SHOW ONLY

• CU-CLOSE UP

• MS-MEDIUM SHOT

• LS-LONG SHOT

• ECU-EXTREME CLOSE UP
A SERIES OF SHOTS
• Rule of thirds-place the important elements on the rule of thirds

CAMERA MOVEMENTS:
• Tilt-tilting the camera up and down on tripod


• Pan-moving the camera left and right


• Zoom-getting closer or farther away from the subject


• Dolly-camera on wheels

LIGHTS
• Key-the main bright light,the one in our camera bags


• Fill-fills in the shadows opposite of the keylight


• Back-opposite of key light;separates subject from the background


MICROPHONES:
• Unidirectional-picks up from one direction

• Omnidirectional-comes from all directions

• Cardiod-shaped like heart,used when people sing/speak

• Lav/Lapel Microphone-a mic that clips onto your shirt

• Boom Microphone-unidirectional,if pointed in an area it picks up sound from only that area