Camera Techniques

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-amera
T-ripod
T-ape/card
M-icrophone
H-eadphones
P-ower
L-ights

• Shooting into a light source =silhouette



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

• On what object should you focus the camera?
on the nose of the person

*White Balance

• No tripod=BAD!


• Date and Time=never..display is a no go.


• SP/EP-SP- standard play...EP- Extended play

• Camera shoots in ____High Quality____________.

• Pre-Roll- rolls 3 to 5 seconds before interview


• Post-Roll- rolls 3 to 5 seconds after the inerview


CAMERA SHOTS:

***BACKGROUND: Dynamic=has some depth, not plain. interviewee is at least 6-8 feet from wall...they are the shot not a poster

• 1 Shot= middle of the chest to above the head. microphones are to be heard not seen.

• 1 Shot with graphic=middle of the chest to above the head just to the side...over the shoulder graphic

• 2 Shot= 2 people still middle of the chest to above the head

• CU-close up

• MS-medium shot most of the person

• LS-long shot all the body

• ECU-extreme close up...ELS-extreme long shot
we want to create a series of shots.
• Rule of thirds-imaginary lines that divide images into thirds. place the important elements on the rule of thirds.horizontal lines.


CAMERA MOVEMENTS:
• Tilt-up and down


• Pan-side to side


• Zoom-closer or farther away


• Dolly-camera on wheels

LIGHTS
• Key-main bright light that comes from the front light that we have in our camera bags


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


• Back-opposite of the key light separates the person from the backgroud


MICROPHONES:
• Unidirectional-picks up from one direction, boom mic

• Omnidirectional-picks up from all directions, mic on top of cameras, natural sound

• Cardiod- one direction shaped like a heart

• Lav/Lapel Microphone-clip on mics

• Boom Microphone-mic on a pole, unidirectional.

steps to writing a story

10 Steps to Writing a Story – Broadcast Journalism

1. Find a ______Topic______.
-Know your audience.
-news worthy...sports, theater, school issue
-Balance
2. Find an ___Angle________.
-determines questions
-change your angle
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3. Collect ___information_____________.
-Names, location, player schedules, practices
-price, money
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4. Conduct the __interview______________.
-who..3 experts on the topic
-ask at least 3 questions..written down before the interview
-ask open ended questions...why how what.
*soundbite-a piece of audio that can stand on it's own.
5. Shoot your reporter __standup_____________ _________.
-the one time the reporter appears on the camera...in the middle.
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6. Organize your __soundbites_____________.
-choose which interview you want to use
-order, location
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7. Write __segues(transitions)____________ in your story.
-when the reporter speaks
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8. Write the _ins_______________ and ____outs______________ of your story.
-what the anchor is gonna say going into your interview
-anchors write the scripts reporters help write the ins and outs.
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9. Collect __B-roll_________ to add to your story (throughout steps 4-9)
-all the video footage you use for your story
-5 senses
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*Steps 4-8 in your story are called the _A-Roll(all the audio in your story, do this first.) most important.

Notes 9/12/11

Define “Broadcast Journalism” in 1-3 sentences.
The reporting of current events that are news worthy through television, radio, or internet. 



List and describe the six criteria of newsworthiness.
TITLE DESCRIPTION EXAMPLE
1. significance-event that effects a lot of people...9/11, hurricanes

2. unusualness-fire, murder, wars...things that don't happen all the time

3. proximity- things that happen close to us

4. Prominence-peolpe

5. timeliness-current..sports, weather

6. Human interest-feel good story...new animal born at the zoo



What are the differences between print journalism and broadcast journalism?
1. broadcast is more current, it has the ability to go live at any moment

2. print allows you to choose what you want to read about

3. print is much more in depth


How is the Internet impacting broadcast journalism?
It is live, you can choose what you want to read it's print and broadcasting journalism combined together.