2-4-14 Camera Notes

2-4-14 Camera Notes

For reading time today: Steve Hartman/Les Rose Stories: http://www.cbsnews.com/search/steve-hartman/

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 = causes a silhouette  

Button to adjust = a back light button, makes the front of the person more lite.   


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


• On what object should you focus the camera?
The nose 

• No tripod= bad thing. 


• Date and Time= You don't want it to show because it is already on the camera. 


• SP/EP: standard play on tape, extended play on tape

• Camera shoots in S/P

• Pre-Roll- 2-3 seconds before you start your interview 


• Post-Roll- When the person is done speaking you let the camera roll for 2-3 seconds


CAMERA SHOTS: 

***BACKGROUND: dynamic: has some depth, not plain. Intervieww is at least 6-8 feet from wall

• 1 Shot= middle of the chest above the head

• 1 Shot with graphic= pan to the side to make room for graphic

• 2 Shot= both anchors 

• CU- close up 

• MS- medium shot

• LS- long shot

• ECU- extreme close up

• Rule of thirds-imaginary lines that you draw to divide your frame 


CAMERA MOVEMENTS:
• Tilt- up and down 


• Pan- left and right 


• Zoom- changing the focal light, pushing a button. 


• Dolly- moving the whole camera left and right

LIGHTS
• Key- main light


• Fill- opposite angle of the key light, fills in shadows  


• Back- separates the person from the background 


MICROPHONES:
• Unidirectional- getting sound from one direction

• Omnidirectional- all directions

• Cardiod- picking up sound from one direction 

• Lav/Lapel Microphone- unidirectional that you clip on your shirt 

• Boom Microphone- cariod microphone that is on a pole to hold it in a area to get sound