9-14-11 Camera Notes

9-14-11 Camera Notes

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 - Tripod
T - Tape
M - Microphone
H - Headphones
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?
The persons nose, white balance

• No tripod = Bad


• Date and Time = Never
Display

• SP/EP
Standard Play, Extended Play
• Camera shoots in Standard play, SP.

• Pre-Roll - Let camera roll for 3 - 5 seconds before interview


• Post-Roll - Let camera roll for 3 - 5 seconds after interview


CAMERA SHOTS:

***BACKGROUND:
Bring person being interviewed away from wall, 6 - 8 ft.
Person is shot not background

• 1 Shot = Middle chest to above the head
Microphones are to be heard not seen

• 1 Shot with graphic = Over the shoulder graphic

• 2 Shot = 2 people, still middle chest to above head

• CU - Close up

• MS - Medium shot

• LS - Long shot

• ECU - Extreme close up


Use multiple shot, and shoot from many different spots

• Rule of thirds - Imaginary linse are drawn dividing the image into thirds both horizontally and vertically. Put important elements onto the horizontal lines


CAMERA MOVEMENTS:
• Tilt - Moving camera up and down


• Pan - Moving camera left and right


• Zoom - Getting closer or farther away to the subject


• Dolly - A camera on wheels

LIGHTS
• Key - Maine bright light, comes from front


• Fill - Fills in shadows opposite of key light


• Back -Separates the interviewer from the back light


MICROPHONES:
• Unidirectional - Only picks up from one direction

• Omnidirectional - All directions, the microphone on top of cameras are omnidirectional

• Cardiod - Shaped like a heart

• Lav/Lapel Microphone - Clips on to your shirt

• Boom Microphone - A microphone on a pole, unidirectional, allows you to place it into a situation