Camera 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 - to be heard, but not seen
Headphones
Power Source
Lightsource 

• Shooting into a light source = Silhouette

Button to adjust = Backlight Button


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

• On what object should you focus the camera?
The person talking.

• No tripod= Bad shot


• Date and Time= Not for Blaze Weekly


• What's the difference between SP/EP?
Standard Play vs. Extended Play
• Camera shoots in ________________.
the highest possible setting
• Pre-Roll- Two to three seconds rolling before you interview


• Post-Roll- Two to three seconds rolling after the interview


CAMERA SHOTS:

***BACKGROUND: Dynamic, needs to have depth.

• 1 Shot=Middle of the chest and head room.

• 1 Shot with graphic=across the shoulder

• 2 Shot= 

• CU-Close Up

• MS-Medium Shot

• LS-Long Shot

• ECU-Extreme Close-up

• Rule of thirds-Imaginary lines to draw your frame into thirds


CAMERA MOVEMENTS:
• Tilt-Moving up or down


• Pan-Moving left and right


• Zoom-Changing focal length


• Dolly-Moving camera on wheels

LIGHTS
• Key-Main light, from side


• Fill-Fills shadows


• Back-Seperates the person from the background


MICROPHONES:
• Unidirectional-One Directional
• Omnidirectional-All Directional
• Cardiod-Clip on Shirt
• Lav/Lapel Microphone-
• Boom Microphone-Point at subject