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)
Camera
Tape
Tripod
Microphone
Headphones
Power
Light source

• Shooting into a light source = Silhoutte

Button to adjust = backlight


• Where do you want your light source?
behind the camera

• On what object should you focus the camera?


• No tripod= bad


• Date and Time= permanently recorded on your tape


• What's the difference between SP/EP? standard play, extended play(allows you to record more but reduces quality)

• Camera always shoots in standard play.

• Pre-Roll-2-3 seconds before you start your interview


• Post-Roll-2-3 seconds after interview keep recording


CAMERA SHOTS:

***BACKGROUND: dynamic=has some depth, not plain. 6-8 feet away from the wall

• 1 Shot= middle of the chest to above the head

• 1 Shot with graphic= middle of the chest to above the head but a little to the side to make room for the graphics

• 2 Shot= only when you have to anchors

• CU- zoomed in on a subject to show detail

• MS-medium shot

• LS- long shot

• ECU- extreme close up

• Rule of thirds- line up the focus of the shot on the lines


CAMERA MOVEMENTS:
• Tilt- up and down


• Pan- moving the camera left to right


• Zoom- changing the focal length of your lens

• Dolly- physically moving your camera usually on wheels

LIGHTS
• Key- at a 45 degree angle,strongest and brightest


• Fill- fills in the shadows from the other direction


• Back- seperates the subject from the background, opposite from the key light


MICROPHONES:
• Unidirectional- one direction

• Omnidirectional- all directions

• Cardiod-heart shaped, picks up only one sound

• Lav/Lapel Microphone- one that hooks onto your shirt

• Boom Microphone-on a stick that you can drop into a shot