9-14-11 Camera Notes

INTERVIEWING:
• What seven items should you bring with you when you are shooting an interview?
1) Camera
2) Tripod
3) Tape (Memory Card)
4) Microphone
5) Headphones
6) Power
7) Light
"Clocks Tick Tock Making Heads Pound Lightly"

• Shooting into a light source = silhouette


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


• On what object should you focus the camera? the person's nose

• White Balance= sets the iris (amount of light coming into the camera), hold up a white sheet of paper, focus camera on it, and hit white balance button

• No tripod= BAD!


• Date and Time=  Never (display button; should never be shown in bottom corner)


• SP/EP- SP: standard play
             - EP: extended play


• Camera shoots in SP


• Pre-Roll- want camera to roll 3-5 seconds before interview


• Post-Roll- want camera to roll 3-5 seconds after interview


CAMERA SHOTS:

***BACKGROUND: should be dynamic-has some depth, not plain
                                                                 -interviewee is at least 6-8 feet from wall
                                                                 -interviewee IS the shot, not a poster

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

• 1 Shot with graphic= 1 Shot slide to the side allowing room for an over the shoulder graphic

• 2 Shot=  2 people side by side, only do it during anchor segment

• CU-  Close Up

• MS-  Medium Shot

• LS- Long Shot

• ECU-  Extreme Close Up


Want to create a series of shots! Shoot from different angles!

• Rule of thirds- imaginary lines are drawn dividing the image into thirds both horizontally and vertically
                       - place the important elements on these lines


CAMERA MOVEMENTS:
• Tilt- up and down


• Pan- side to side


• Zoom- getting closer or farther away from a subject


• Dolly- camera on wheels

LIGHTS:
• Key-the main, bright light that comes from the front, usually from the side


• Fill- light that fills in the shadows opposite of the key light


• Back-opposite of the key light, separates the subject from the background


MICROPHONES:
• Unidirectional- picks up from sound from ONE direction

• Omnidirectional- picks up sound from ALL directions, microphones on top of cameras

• Cardiod- a unidirectional mic that creates a heart of sound around subject

• Lav/Lapel Microphone- pack mic (clip on to shirt)

• Boom Microphone- unidirectional microphone that's on a poll, allows one to place the mic into a situation