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
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?
Focus on a persons nose
(White balance- hold a white sheet of paper and press white balance)

• No tripod=  Bad


• Date and Time= Never
(Display button)

• SP/EP- Standard play/ Extended Play

• Camera shoots in ______SP_____.

• Pre-Roll- Record 3 to 5 seconds BEFORE interview(so you don't cut off part of the interview)


• Post-Roll- Record 3 to 5 seconds AFTER interview


CAMERA SHOTS:

***BACKGROUND:
-Dynamic- has some depth, not plain
-interviewee is at least 6-8 feet from wall
-interviewee is the shot, not the poster
• 1 Shot= middle of the chest to above the head; microphones are to be herd not seen

• 1 Shot with graphic= one shot to the side to allow graphic,Over the shoulder graphic

• 2 Shot= two people in one shot (only for anchors)

• CU- Close up

• MS- Medium shot

• LS- Long shot

• ECU- Extreme close up
(create a series of shots)

• Rule of thirds-  Imaginary lines are drawn dividing the image into thirds both horizontal and vertically


CAMERA MOVEMENTS:
• Tilt- tilt the camera up and down


• Pan- turning the camera left and right


• Zoom- getting closer or farther away of the subject


• Dolly- camera on wheels

LIGHTS
• Key- the main bright light( the light on the camera)


• Fill- fills in the shadows opposite of the key light


• Back- opposites to the key light and is separates the subject from the background


MICROPHONES:
• Unidirectional- microphone that pics up from one direction

• Omnidirectional- comes from all direction( microphone on top of cameras are omnidirectional)

• Cardiod- shaped like a heart

• Lav/Lapel Microphone- microphones that you can clip on to your shirt

• Boom Microphone- microphone on a pole( usually unidirectional)