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
Tape
Tripod
Microphones, heard not seen.
Headphones
Power source
Light Source

• Shooting into a light source = 
Shooting into the light source causes a SILHOUETTE or a poorly lit shot...
Button to adjust =


• Where do you want your light source? 
Behind your camera only.

• On what object should you focus the camera?
The nose of the subject

• No tripod=
A bad shot.

• Date and Time=
It's put on the tape permanently. Do NOT have this for a serious production.

• What's the difference between SP/EP?
SP= Standard Play on a tape
EP= Extended Play on a tape (High Quality)
• Camera shoots in ________________.
• Pre-Roll-
2-3 seconds before you start an interview to edit out later so you do not accidentally cut the beginning of a persons speech.

• Post-Roll-
2-3 seconds after you finish an interview to edit out later so you do not accidentally cut out the end of persons speech.

CAMERA SHOTS:

***BACKGROUND: 
Should be DYNAMIC = Depth, not plain. Interviewee is at least 6-8 feet from the wall. The Interviewee is the shot, not a random background item.
• 1 Shot=
Middle of the chest, bottom of the screen through the armpits, room between the top of the talents head and the top of the screen.
• 1 Shot with graphic=
On the outside shoulder, a graphic goes to their shoulder
• 2 Shot=
Try to avoid, but if required, zoom in on speaker. If both are speaking, keep both in.
• CU-
Keep all details while zooming in
• MS-
Upper Torso With Headroom
• LS-
Farther away, cut bottom off at knees. Headroom still needed but not too much.
• ECU-
Extreme Close-Up
• Rule of thirds-
Imaginary lines are drawn dividing the image into thirds both horizontally and vertically. Forms nine equal rectangles.

CAMERA MOVEMENTS:
• Tilt-
Moving the camera up/down

• Pan-
Moving the camera left/right

• Zoom-
Changing the focal length

• Dolly-
Physically moving the camera on wheels.
LIGHTS
• Key-
Light coming from the side to light up the talent.

• Fill-
Covers the shadows from the key light.

• Back-
Light coming from behind the camera to separate the talent from the background.

MICROPHONES:
• Unidirectional- A heart shaped mic that only picks up sound from one direction.
• Omnidirectional- The microphones that pick up sound in all directions.
• Cardiod- Another Word for Unidirectional
• Lav/Lapel Microphone- A cardiod microphone that you can clip on to your talent.
• Boom Microphone- A unidirectional mic attached to a pole.