Friday, October 15, 2010
Monday, October 4, 2010
Camera Notes
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
Light source
• Shooting into a light source = causes a silhouette
Button to adjust = backlight button
• Where do you want your light source?
behind the camera
• On what object should you focus the camera?
middle of the face, nose
• No tripod= bad
• Date and Time= permanently recorded on the tape
• What's the difference between SP/EP?
sp= standard play on tape
ep= extended play on tape
lp= long play on tape
• Camera shoots in _SP_.
• Pre-Roll- roll camera 3-5 seconds before you start interviewing
• Post-Roll- roll camera 3-5 seconds after your interview
CAMERA SHOTS:
***BACKGROUND: DYNAMIC= have some depth, not just plain but not ditracting
interviewee is atleast 6-8 feet away from the wall
interviewee IS the shot
• 1 Shot= middle of chest to above the head
• 1 Shot with graphic= middle of the chest to above the head with space to the side for a graphic
• 2 Shot= 2 people framed in. not with interviews
• CU- close up
• MS- medium shot
• LS- long shot
• ECU- extreme close up
• Rule of thirds- imaginary lines dividing the shot into 3 boxes (up and down and across)
CAMERA MOVEMENTS:
• Tilt- moving the camera lense higher or lower
• Pan- moving the camera left or right
• Zoom- changing the focal length of your camera without moving the camera
• Dolly- physically moving the camera on wheels
LIGHTS
• Key- shines on the subject, is the brightest and main light
• Fill- fills in the shadows
• Back- seperates the person from the background
MICROPHONES:
• Unidirectional- picks up sound from one direction
• Omnidirectional- picks up sounds from every direction. internal mics on cameras use omni
• Cardiod- picks up sound from subject but picks up some sound from around the subject (heart shaped)
• Lav/Lapel Microphone- slip on microphone
• Boom Microphone- on a pole, most are uni
• 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
Light source
• Shooting into a light source = causes a silhouette
Button to adjust = backlight button
• Where do you want your light source?
behind the camera
• On what object should you focus the camera?
middle of the face, nose
• No tripod= bad
• Date and Time= permanently recorded on the tape
• What's the difference between SP/EP?
sp= standard play on tape
ep= extended play on tape
lp= long play on tape
• Camera shoots in _SP_.
• Pre-Roll- roll camera 3-5 seconds before you start interviewing
• Post-Roll- roll camera 3-5 seconds after your interview
CAMERA SHOTS:
***BACKGROUND: DYNAMIC= have some depth, not just plain but not ditracting
interviewee is atleast 6-8 feet away from the wall
interviewee IS the shot
• 1 Shot= middle of chest to above the head
• 1 Shot with graphic= middle of the chest to above the head with space to the side for a graphic
• 2 Shot= 2 people framed in. not with interviews
• CU- close up
• MS- medium shot
• LS- long shot
• ECU- extreme close up
• Rule of thirds- imaginary lines dividing the shot into 3 boxes (up and down and across)
CAMERA MOVEMENTS:
• Tilt- moving the camera lense higher or lower
• Pan- moving the camera left or right
• Zoom- changing the focal length of your camera without moving the camera
• Dolly- physically moving the camera on wheels
LIGHTS
• Key- shines on the subject, is the brightest and main light
• Fill- fills in the shadows
• Back- seperates the person from the background
MICROPHONES:
• Unidirectional- picks up sound from one direction
• Omnidirectional- picks up sounds from every direction. internal mics on cameras use omni
• Cardiod- picks up sound from subject but picks up some sound from around the subject (heart shaped)
• Lav/Lapel Microphone- slip on microphone
• Boom Microphone- on a pole, most are uni
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