Notetaking on Camera Techniques

INTERVIEWING:
• What seven items should you bring with you when you are shooting an interview?

Camera
Tripod
CardMicrophone
Headphones
Power Source
Light Source

• Shooting into a light source =

Button to adjust =

• Where do you want your light source?

• On what object should you focus the camera?


• No tripod=
• Date and Time=
• SP/EP
• Camera shoots in ________________.
• Pre-Roll-
• Post-Roll-


CAMERA SHOTS:

***BACKGROUND:

• 1 Shot=
• 1 Shot with graphic=
• 2 Shot=
• CU-
• MS-
• LS-
• ECU-
• Rule of thirds-


CAMERA MOVEMENTS:
• Tilt- Pointing only the front of the camera (lens) vertically up or down while the dolly and tripod remain stationary.
• Pan- Moving only the camera to scan the set horizontally, while the dolly and tripod remain stationary
• Zoom- To simulate movement rapidly away from or toward a subject using a zoom lens.
• Dolly- Physically moving the camera, its tripod, and dolly perpendiculary toward or away from the set.

LIGHTS
• Key- the main light that illuminates the subject being photographed or filmed..
• Fill- The fill light is often softer and, by definition, less intense than the key light.
• Back- a light source placed behind an object, person, or scene to create a highlight that separates the subject from the background.


MICROPHONES:
• Unidirectional- A mic with a pick-up pattern that captures sound from primarily one direction.
• Omnidirectional- A mic with a pick up pattern that captures sound from nearly every direction equally well.
• Cardiod- Same as unidrectional
• Lav/Lapel Microphone- is a small electret or dynamic microphone
• Boom Microphone- an assistant of the production sound mixer.