Camera notes

INTERVIEWING:
• What seven items should you bring with you when you are shooting an interview?
(Clocks Tick Tock Making Heads Pound Loudly)
C: Camera
T: Tripod
T: Tape
M: Microphone
H: Headphones
P: Power
L: 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? A person's noise

White Balance: Sets the iris in a fantasy camera 

• No tripod= Bad


• Date and Time= Never Never use the display button


• SP/EP=  Stander play and extend play

• Camera shoots in _______SP_________.

• Pre-Roll- 3 to 5 seconds before you start you interview


• Post-Roll- 3 to 5 seconds after interview


CAMERA SHOTS:  

***BACKGROUND: Dynamic- needs to have depth 6 to 8 feet away from a wall. focus on person not wall behind

• 1 Shot= Middle of chest to about the head microphones are to be heard not seen

• 1 Shot with graphic= Over the shoulder or down lower

• 2 Shot= Shows two people But focus on only one person

• CU- Close up

• MS- Medium shot

• LS- Long shot

• ECU- Extreme close up

 You want each one of these every time you shot.

• Rule of thirds- Place rules of elements in rule of thirds


CAMERA MOVEMENTS:
• Tilt- Used to follow moment up and down


• Pan- Used to watch side to side moment


• Zoom- getting closer or father way


• Dolly- Camera on wheels

LIGHTS
• Key- Main front light most use


• Fill- Fill lights fills in the shadows left by the key light


• Back- Separates the interview 


MICROPHONES:
• Unidirectional- Picks up from one direction

• Omnidirectional- all directions microphone on top of camera is this

• Cardiod- One direction shaped like a heart

• Lav/Lapel Microphone- A microphone that clips to a shirt used on the interview

• Boom Microphone- Long mic on a stick unidirectional used with multiple people