Notetaking on Camera Techniques

INTERVIEWING:
• What seven items should you bring with you when you are shooting an interview?
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Camera
Tripod
Tape
Microphone
Head phones
Power
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• Shooting into a light source = silhouette

• Where do you want your light source?
you want the light source behind what you are shooting.

• On what object should you focus the camera?
you want to focus on the persons nose. 
-white balance: sets the iris.lights have different color temperatures.hold up a white sheet of paper and hit the white balance button.

• No tripod=BADbadbadbadbadbadbad


• Date and Time=never. never put the date and time. display button- off


• SP/EP sp- standard play. ep- extended play

• Camera shoots in SP

• Pre-Roll- record 3-5 seconds before the interview


• Post-Roll- record 3-5 seconds after the interview


CAMERA SHOTS:

***BACKGROUND: has some depth. 6-8 feet away from wall.

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

• 1 Shot with graphic= middle of chest to above the head but over the shoulder .

• 2 Shot= still middle of chest to above the head.

• CU- close up

• MS- medium shot

• LS- long shot

• ECU- extreme close up
 you want to create a serious of shots. shot from different spots. shoot all different types of shots.

• Rule of thirds- imagine lines are drawn dividing the image into thirds both horizontal and vertically. you place important elements on the rule of thirds.


CAMERA MOVEMENTS:
• Tilt- tilt the camera up and down.

• Pan- moving left and right.


• Zoom- getting closer or farther away.


• Dolly- a camera on wheels.

LIGHTS
• Key- main bright light usually on the light


• Fill- fill in the shadows opposite of the key light


• Back- opposite of the key light and separates the background from the interviewy


MICROPHONES:
• Unidirectional- microphone that picks from one direction

• Omnidirectional-picks up audio from all directions.mic ontop of camera

• Cardiod- shaped like a heart.... unicdirectional

• Lav/Lapel Microphone- clip on mics

• Boom Microphone- mic on a pole