Camera Notes

INTERVIEWING:

• What seven items should you bring with you when you are shooting an interview?
(Clocks Tick Tock Making Heads Pound Loudly)

Camera
Tape (saving device.)
Tripod
Microphone
Headphones
Power
Light Source

• Shooting into a light source = Silhouette.
Button to adjust = Backlight button. Putting light on foreground.
• Where do you want your light source?
Behind the camera.

• On what object should you focus the camera?
Person's nose.

• No tripod= BAD

• Date and Time= Permanent. Bad. Never.

• What's the difference between SP/EP?
Standard Play- Amount of time on a tape normally.
Extended Play- Records more, lower quality.
• Camera shoots in SP.

• Pre-Roll: 3-5 seconds before you start your interview to not cut anything off.
• Post-Roll: 3-5 seconds after you finish your interview to not cut anything off.


CAMERA SHOTS:
***BACKGROUND: DYNAMIC: Has some depth, not plain. Interviewee is at least 6-8 feet from wall.
• 1 Shot: Middle chest to above the head.
• 1 Shot with graphic: 1 shot with room left for a graphic.
• 2 Shot: 2 people framed. Only with anchors, never for an interview.

• CU - Close Up.
• MS - Medium Shot.
• LS - Large Shot.
• ECU - Extreme Close Up.

• Rule of thirds - Put item of interest where the invisible horizontal and vertical lines intersect.


CAMERA MOVEMENTS:
• Tilt - Moving camera lense higher or lower. Used to make some appear smaller or bigger, to follow movement/action.
• Pan - Moving left and right. Used to follow movementaction.
• Zoom - Getting closer or farther away from your subject matter. (changing focal length.) Used for series of shots.
• Dolly - Physically moving the camera on wheels. Used to follow action.

LIGHTS
• Key - The bright light that shines on the subject. (Provides most light.) About a 45 degree angle from subject.
• Fill - Fills in the shadows.
• Back - Comes from behind the subject. Seperates subject matter from the background. Point back towards key light.

MICROPHONES:
• Unidirectional - Picks audio up from one direction.
• Omnidirectional - Picks up audio from all directions.
• Cardiod - Heart shaped. Picks up most audio from one direction. Has more width. (Like most microphones in the studio)
• Lav/Lapel Microphone - Clip onto a shirt.
• Boom Microphone - On a pole that can be dropped into an area to pick up sound. (Unidirectional)