ENG 329: Just Three Things and Interviews

Today’s Plan:

  • Pre-Surveys and Materials
  • Filming Interviews Practice Run

Pre Surveys and Materials

Here’s the materials for the various groups.

Social

Clean Space

Say “No” to Chips, Cookies, and Candy

Filming Interviews

Resources:

So:

  • Select a suitable location, if possible have the subject face natural light. Avoid too much background noise. Check lighting.
  • Set up tripod. Have the phone slightly below eye level. If you have a small tripod, then use books to prop it up.
  • Put your phone into flight mode so there isn’t an interruption.
  • Clean camera lens.
  • Attach microphone; tips on how to attach a microphone.
  • Make sure your phone has enough memory space for a video.
  • Line up your shot, look for crooked lines, remember the rule of thirds, double-check lighting.
  • Set up a second camera for B-Roll; make sure it is a different angle but on the same side/angle as the original. Or you can use a second/third camera to shoot the interviewer. OR you can set up the shoot so we see the interviewer.
  • Set up a medium shot for the majority of the interview. A second camera can adjust shots between questions.
  • Set exposure to manual. Tap and hold screen until you get AE lock mode, make adjustment.
  • DO A TEST RUN. Check sound levels. Playback.
  • Instruct your subject to look straight down the camera lens so they are talking to the viewer (and not directly to you).
  • Instruct your subject to leave a few seconds before they start answering questions to make it easier for you to edit.
  • Wait a few seconds before you end the video so that you have time for a fade out or other effect in post.
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