Note taking 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)
C: Camera
T: Tripod

T: Tape
M: Microphone
H: Headphones
P: Power source
L: Light source 

• Shooting into a light source = silhouette 

Button to adjust = Back light 


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

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

• No tripod= Bad shot


• Date and Time= NO


• SP/EP = Standard play and Extended play

• Camera shoots in ________________.

• Pre-Roll- wait 3 to 5 seconds before you shoot to let everything run smoothly 


• Post-Roll- wait 3 to 5 seconds after you shoot to let everything run smoothly


CAMERA SHOTS:

***BACKGROUND: 

• 1 Shot= middle chest to above head

• 1 Shot with graphic=same as one shot but to the side

• 2 Shot= both people are middle chest to above the head 

• CU-close up

• MS-medium shot

• LS-long shot

• ECU-extreme long shot or close up

• Rule of thirds- keep most important thing on third line


CAMERA MOVEMENTS:
• Tilt- moving camera up and down


• Pan- moving camera left and right


• Zoom- closing in or out


• Dolly- moving a camera on wheels

LIGHTS
• Key- lots of light on the object


• Fill- fills in shadows 


• Back- creates depth


MICROPHONES:
• Unidirectional- one direction

• Omnidirectional- all directions

• Cardiod- shape like a heart

• Lav/Lapel Microphone- attaches to a shirt

• Boom Microphone- put it on a boom or a pole