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
Tripod
Tape
Microphone
Headphones
Power
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?
                          Nose

-White Balance: It figures out how much light goes into a camera

• No tripod=  BAD


• Date and Time=  We Should Never (display button)


• SP/EP  Standard Play/ Extended Play

• Camera shoots in ________SP_______.

• Pre-Roll-  3-5 second


• Post-Roll-  3-5seconds


CAMERA SHOTS:

***BACKGROUND:


DYNAMIC = Has some depth, not plain
-interviewee is at least 6-8 feet from wall
-Interviewee IS the shot, not the spot

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

• 1 Shot with graphic=  middle of the chest to above the head but to the side

• 2 Shot=   middle of the chest t top of the head with two people. only used for anchors in show.

• CU-  Close Up

• MS-  Medium Shot

• LS-  Long Shot

• ECU-  Extreme Close Up
**want to create a series of shots**

• Rule of thirds-  Imaginary lines are drawn dividing the images into thirds.  place the important things on the rule of thirds.


CAMERA MOVEMENTS:
• Tilt- tilt as camera up and down


• Pan- moving camera left and right


• Zoom- getting closer or farther away from the subject


• Dolly-  a camera on wheels

LIGHTS
• Key-Main bright light. An example is the little light you can put on your camera


• Fill-  Fills in the shadows opposite of the Key light.


• Back- Separates the person from the background.


MICROPHONES:
• Unidirectional- picks up from one direction

• Omnidirectional- all directions. the one on your camera

• Cardiod- one direction shaped like a heart. Also unidirectional

• Lav/Lapel Microphone-  clip on to you shirt.

• Boom Microphone- microphone on a pole.  usually unidirectional.