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)
1.Cameras
2.Tape
3. Tripod
4.Micophoone dont't give interviewee Microphone (Hang loose)
5. Head Phones make sure mic works everything you hear will be recorded
6.power source AC adaoator or battery
7.light source camera lights floor lights natural lights.
• Shooting into a light source = causes a sillouette or poorly lit shot Button to adjust =


• You always want the light behind the camera.

• On what object should you focus the camera?
zoom and then focus

• No tripod=bad


• Date and Time=this is permanently recorded on your tape
when would we want the date and time permanantly?
I say never


• SP/EP
Standard play
extended play worse quality (crappy mode)

• Camera shoots in SP.

• Pre-Roll- 2 ta 3 seconds before interview for editing purpose


• Post-Roll-2 ta 3 seconds after interview for editing purpose


CAMERA SHOTS:

***BACKGROUND:
Dynamic=has some depth, not plain
Interviewee is at least 6-8 feet from the wall
Interviewee is the shot not the poster
• Interview Shot= 2 Eyes and 1 Ear
more dynamic


1 Shot=middle of chest to just above the head.

• 1 Shot with graphic.Off center to fit graphic 


• 2 Shot=show only when you have converastion back and forth.


• Establishing Shot

• CU-closs up


• MS- middle shot


• LS-
long shot

• ECU-extra close up

• Wide-Medium-Tight


• Rule of thirds- stuff on the lines

• Shoot Matched Action


• Get Sequences



CAMERA MOVEMENTS:
• Tilt- up and down move ment


• Pan- left and right movement to follow action


• Zoom-magnifying your image and also magnifys movment


• Dolly/Truck-

NATURAL SOUND:
• Nat Sound-

CLOSING SHOT:
* Closing Visual-