Camera Technique Notes

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, Tape, Tripod, Microphone, Headphones, Power Source, Light Source
• Shooting into a light source = Silhouette
  Button to adjust =


• You always want the light _____________________.


• On what object should you focus the camera?


• No tripod= Bad


• Date and Time= This is permanently recorded on your tape, so NEVER do that.


• SP/EP: Standard play and Extended play. Camera always shoots in Standard play.

• Camera shoots in SP.
• Pre-Roll-2-3 seconds before you start your interview. Begin recording so we can edit without cutting off words.


• Post-Roll- 2-3 seconds after you end so you don't cut off words.


CAMERA SHOTS:

***BACKGROUND: Dynamic. At least 6-8 feet from the wall.

• Interview Shot= 2 Eyes and 1 Ear


1 Shot= Straight on shot-middle of the chest


• 1 Shot with graphic=


• 2 Shot=For a show only.


• Establishing Shot

• CU- Close up. Tight Shot.


• MS- Medium Shot.


• LS- Long Shot.


• ECU- Extreme close up

• Wide-Medium-Tight


• Rule of thirds- Imaginary vertical and horizontal lines. (square of 9...3 x 3). Eyes should be 1/3 of the way from the top, eyes are drawn to these lines. Frames shot.

• Shoot Matched Action


• Get Sequences



CAMERA MOVEMENTS:
• Tilt- Moving up and down.


• Pan- Moving left and right.


• Zoom-


• Dolly/Truck-

NATURAL SOUND:
• Nat Sound-

CLOSING SHOT:
* Closing Visual-