Camera Notes 2-4-14

Tuesday, February 4, 2014

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

LIGHT LOCATION

•Shooting into a light source = Silhouette•Button to adjust = "Back light button"

•Where do you want your light source?

  Behind the camera

-On what object should you focus the camera?

  Their nose

-No tripod = BAD

-Date and Time = PERMANENT stamp; NEVER on camera for class

-SP/EP: Standard Play/Extended Pay

-Camera shoots in SP.

-Pre-Roll- 2-3 Seconds before you start your interview

-Post-Roll- 2-5 seconds after interview

               -Don't cut off what they say and room for editing
CAMERA SHOTS:

*BACKGROUND*:-Dynamic: some depth  -Interviewee is at least 6-8 feet from wall  

                           -Interviewee is the shot, not a poster behind them

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

• 1 Shot with graphic= 1 Shot panned to one side for a graphic on the other side

• 2 Shot= Not for interview; both anchors

• CU- Close-up= lots of detail

• MS- Medium shot=waist

• LS- Long shot

• ECU- Extreme close-up

• Rule of thirds- eyes stay on top third line; focus of nature shot on upper and mid 


CAMERA MOVEMENTS:

• Tilt- up and down

• Pan- left and right

• Zoom- button to change focal length (in and out)

• Dolly- moving entire camera

• Pedestal: moving entire camera up and down (eye-level)


LIGHTS

• Key- main, brightest, most important


• Fill- fills shadows


• Back- behind, separates subject from background


MICROPHONES:

• Unidirectional- only picks up sound from one direction

• Omnidirectional- picks up sound from all directions (camera mics)

• Cardiod-  picks up sound in a heart shape (more close to mic than away from mic)

• Lav/Lapel Microphone- clip-on; unidirectional (interviews)

• Boom Microphone- on a rod; unidirectional (movies)