Camera Notes 9-14-11

Note-taking 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
Tri-pod
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? Persons nose (White Balance-light coming into camera {set Iris})


• No tripod= BAD


• Date and Time= Never (display)


• SP/EP= Standard play and Extended play

• Camera shoots in Standard play.

• Pre-Roll- 3-5 seconds before interview

• Post-Roll- 3-5 seconds after interview


CAMERA SHOTS:
DYNAMIC= has some depth, not plain
Interviewee is at least 6-8 feet away from wall
 Interviewee is the shot, not a poster
***BACKGROUND:

• 1 Shot= Middle of chest to above the head

• 1 Shot with graphic= 1 shot with graphic over shoulder

• 2 Shot= 1 shot with two people.

• CU- Close Up

• MS- Medium Shot

• LS- Long Shot

• ECU- Extreme Close Up
-create a series of shots
• Rule of thirds- Imaginary lines are drawn dividing the image into thirds both horizontally and vertically. Place important elements on Rule of Thirds.


CAMERA MOVEMENTS:
• Tilt- tilt camera up and down on tri-pod


• Pan- moving your camera left and right on tri-pod


• Zoom- getting closer or farther away from certain object


• Dolly- camera on wheels

LIGHTS
• Key- Main bright light that usually comes from the front on the side


• Fill- Lights that fill in the shadows created by the Key


• Back- opposite of the Key light. separates the background


MICROPHONES:
• Unidirectional- microphone that picks up from one direction

• Omnidirectional- microphone that comes from all directions. mics on cameras are all omnidirectional

• Cardiod- shaped like a heart, creates heart shaped sound area

• Lav/Lapel Microphone- the microphones that can clip onto the shirt

• Boom Microphone- usually unidirectional located on end of long rod