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, MICROPHONE, HEADPHONES, POWER SOURCE, LIGHT SOURCE
• Shooting into a light source = Silhouette
Button to adjust =


• You always want the light _____________________.


• On what object should you focus the camera?


• No tripod= BAD


• Date and Time= I say NEVER do this, they are permanently stamped on the video


• SP/EP: Standard play, Extended play.

• Camera shoots in SP.
• Pre-Roll- 2-3 seconds before you start your interview. Begin recording so we can edit without cutting off words.


• Post-Roll- 2-3 minutes after


CAMERA SHOTS:

***BACKGROUND: Dynamic

• Interview Shot= 2 Eyes and 1 Ear


1 Shot= straight on shot- middle of the chest


• 1 Shot with graphic=


• 2 Shot=


• Establishing Shot

• CU-


• MS-


• LS-


• ECU-

• Wide-Medium-Tight


• Rule of thirds-

• Shoot Matched Action


• Get Sequences



CAMERA MOVEMENTS:
• Tilt-


• Pan-


• Zoom-


• Dolly/Truck-

NATURAL SOUND:
• Nat Sound-

CLOSING SHOT:
* Closing Visual-