Notes 9/14/11

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)
C- Camera
T- Tri pod
T- Tape
M- Microphone
H- Head Phones
P- Power/Battery
L- 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?
the persons nose or iris,
 white balance the camera

• No tripod=
bad, always have a tri pod

• Date and Time=
display button turned off, we dont want the date and time

• SP/EP
standard play, extended play
• Camera shoots in _____SP___________.

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

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

CAMERA SHOTS:

***BACKGROUND:
make sure to have some depth and be away from the wall
• 1 Shot=  middle chest to above head, microphones are to be heard not seen

• 1 Shot with graphic=  over the shoulder graphic

• 2 Shot= with two people chest up

• CU- close up

• MS- medium shot, waist up

• LS-  long shot

• ECU- extreme close up
create series of shots, you want to have all those shots in your story, have all different shots so its interseting

• Rule of thirds-  imaginary lines of a shot, work on thirds


CAMERA MOVEMENTS:
• Tilt- tilt it up and down


• Pan- move left and right


• Zoom- getting closer or farther away from the subject


• Dolly- camera on wheels

LIGHTS
• Key- front light, main bright light, and we have one


• Fill-  fills in the shadow in t he shot


• Back-  separates the interviewer from the back light


MICROPHONES:
• Unidirectional-  picks up from one direction

• Omnidirectional-  picks up all directions, mic on top of camera is that

• Cardiod- heart shaped mic, makes a heart around them when there speaking into it

• Lav/Lapel Microphone- a mic that you can attach to your shirt with a clip

• Boom Microphone- a mic that is on the end of a pole, you point it in a area and it only picks up in unidirectional