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
Tripod
Microphone
Headphones
Power
Light

• Shooting into a light source=
Silhouette

Button to adjust=
Backlight

• Where do you want your light source?
Light should always be behind the camera


• On what object should you focus the camera?
Nose

• No tripod=
BAD

• Date and Time=
Permanently recorded onto your tape
A NO-NO

• What's the difference between SP/EP?
Standard play/ Extended play

• Camera shoots in SP
• Pre-Roll-
2-3 seconds before you start your interview

• Post-Roll-
2-3 seconds after you finish your interview

CAMERA SHOTS:

***BACKGROUND: Dynamic=
Has some depth, not plain
Interviewee is at least 6-8 feet from wall
Interviewee IS the shot, not the poster

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

• 1 Shot with graphic=
One shot with space on the side to add a graphic

• 2 Shot=
(Show only) Two people framed in

• CU-
Close Up

• MS-
Medium Shot

• LS-
Long shot

• ECU-
Extreme Close Up

• Rule of thirds-
Split the screen into three horizontal boxes and three vertical boxes to create a nine box grid for layout

CAMERA MOVEMENTS:
• Tilt-
Physically moving the camera lens higher or lower

• Pan-
Physically moving the camera lens left or right

• Zoom-
Getting closer and farther away from your subject (changing the focal length)

• Dolly-
Physically moving the camera to follow live action

LIGHTS
• Key-
The brightest light that shines on the subject
• Fill-
Fills in shawdows

• Back-
Separates the subject from the background

MICROPHONES:
• Unidirectional-
Picks up from one direction

• Omnidirectional-
Every direction (Used in cameras)

• Cardiod-
Unidirectional with a little more width (studio microphones)

• Lav/Lapel Microphone-
Crips onto shirts

• Boom Microphone-
On a pole used to be dropped into an area to recieve sound (unidirectional/cardiod)