Today’s Plan:
- Organizing the LAC Interview
- Shooting an Interview
- Working with Sound
Organizing the LAC Interviews
First, we need to break into groups.
Here is our current list of interview participants:
- Prof. Peterson, Phil 100 Trip, Leona, Ben
- Prof. Finan, ASLS 160 Elijah, Easton, Braeden
- Prof. Weber, ASLS 160
- Prof. Romulo, ENST 100 Lauren, Juilanne, Jonathan
- Prof. Denny, Writing Center Tiffany, Anna, David
- Prof. Kraver, 262
- Prof. Bailey, 225
- Prof. Kraver and Bailey, Revised EED Major Abby, Katherine, Keelie, Sofia, Sydney
- Prof. DeWitt Carl, Austin (Pending), Gideon
Here is a link to a workspace.
Shooting an Interview
Let’s review some interview basics (especially “repeat the question”).
Let’s quickly gloss some resources on camera angles and framing shots:
- B2C, Best Camera Angles
- WP Media, Picking A Frame for Your Interview
- James Keating, Interview Framing Techniques
Upload your framed shot to this Slideshow.
Working With Sound
Because we are interviewing faculty for this project, I’m going to decide against using a lavalier mic, if only because using one can be awkward. But when you shoot your interviews, I am going to ask for you to use two smartphones. The first will be used to capture video (duh), the second should be used to capture audio. Place this second phone as close to the subject as you can while keeping it out of the shot. Be sure to use a “clap” to aid in syncing up audio later.
Let’s try an example now and upload the audio and video files to our collective google drive.
Now let’s try a sync. Here is a video tutorial that has a really quick way and a really precise way to sync audio.
If we have time left in class today, I’d also like to work on adjusting the audio volume of sound again.
- Let’s make sure our phone volume is maxed out and our mic is clear
- Let’s check the quality setting for our voice memos
