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-podT-tapeM-microphone
H-head phones
P-power
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?
Person's nose
white balance
• No tripod=bad


• Date and Time=never


• SP/EP standard play/extended play

• Camera shoots in ________________.

• Pre-Roll- a few seconds to let the cam start


• Post-Roll- a few seconds before turning cam off


CAMERA SHOTS:

***BACKGROUND: dynamic- has some dept in shot; pull person away from wall. interviewee is the shot not the background.

• 1 Shot= middle of the chest to above the head; mics are to be heard not seen

• 1 Shot with graphic= middle of the chest to above the top of the head with an over the shoulder graphic

• 2 Shot= two people; zoom into one person; anchors

• CU- close up

• MS-medium shot

• LS- long shot

• ECU- extreme close up

• ELS- extreme long shot

• Rule of thirds- place the the important elements on the horizontal lines


CAMERA MOVEMENTS:
• Tilt- up and down


• Pan- side to side


• Zoom- going closer or farther away


• Dolly- camera on wheels

LIGHTS
• Key- 


• Fill-


• Back-


MICROPHONES:
• Unidirectional-

• Omnidirectional

• Cardiod

• Lav/Lapel Microphone

• Boom Microphone