9-14-11 Camera Notes

For reading time today: Steve Hartman/Les Rose Stories: http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/assignment_america/main500617.shtml

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
Tripod
Tape
Microphone
Headphones
Power
Lights

• Shooting into a light source = Silhouette


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

• On what object should you focus the camera?
Focus on their nose to be center.
Should do white balance on manual cameras that sets the iris.

• No tripod= bad because it will look shaky


• Date and Time= never put date and time (on display button)


• SP/EP
SP is is standard play
and EP is extended play
SP is better quality but less fit and EP is lower quality but fits more.

• Camera shoots in SP

• Pre-Roll- roll before interview for 3-5sec


• Post-Roll- let it roll for  3-5 sec after the interview for transition editing


CAMERA SHOTS:

***BACKGROUND: Dynamic that has depth not plain. Interviewee  6-8 feet from the wall
Interviewee should get focused not the background stuff behind them.

• 1 Shot= middle of the chest; above the head
microphones are to be heard not seen

• 1 Shot with graphic= same as 1 shot but slid to the side and put graphics

• 2 Shot= same as 1 shot but with 2 people by each other like anchors

• CU- Close up shots

• MS- Medium shot; waist to above the head

• LS- Long shot; whole body view

• ECU- extreme close up
-serious of shot; varies on CU, MS, LS,ECU, and other different area 

• Rule of thirds-  place the important rules of the 3rd
Eyes on rules of third on horizontal


CAMERA MOVEMENTS:
• Tilt- tilt the camera up and down


• Pan- slightly move left and right


• Zoom- getting closer or far away from the subject


• Dolly- the cameras on wheels

LIGHTS
• Key-its the main bright light that comes to the front, usually the side of the interviewee


• Fill- fill light is the opposite of key light to fill in the shadow area


• Back- its separates of the interviewee


MICROPHONES:
• Unidirectional- it picks up from one direction

• Omnidirectional- omni- is all
microphone that is on the camera and it will get all sounds around the camera

• Cardiod- it shapes like a heart, so when people sing/speak, they speak to the cardiod

• Lav/Lapel Microphone- its a mic that clips onto a shirt

• Boom Microphone- microphone on a pole/stand. It will get a uni directional