Shooting Video Interviews By Serena Carpenter http://serenacarpenter.com

Stance Tripod Camera Stance Care

Tripod

Camera Stance

Care

Cameras How to buy a camera: Zoom Mic Input Headphone Input Manual Focus Camera Kit Handicam Tripod Wireless Lavaliere Microphone Handheld XLR to Mini XLR to XLR Sony Cable Your own headphones

How to buy a camera:

Zoom

Mic Input

Headphone Input

Manual Focus

Camera Kit

Handicam

Tripod

Wireless Lavaliere Microphone

Handheld

XLR to Mini

XLR to XLR

Sony Cable

Your own headphones

Interview Chunk Sound Bite Emotion Opinion :06-:15

Sound Bite

Emotion

Opinion

:06-:15

Getting Good Bites Nervous People Childhood, hobbies Avoid topics strangers talk about Get facts beforehand Location matters Sit before stand

Nervous People

Childhood, hobbies

Avoid topics strangers talk about

Get facts beforehand

Location matters

Sit before stand

Shooting the Interview Eye-level with lens Spell and say name Sit close to lens Look at you, not camera Videographer invisible Don’t allow person to hold the mic Avoid talking during interview

Eye-level with lens

Spell and say name

Sit close to lens

Look at you, not camera

Videographer invisible

Don’t allow person to hold the mic

Avoid talking during interview

Framing the Interview Headroom Forehead shots okay Watch to make room for supers or titles Noseroom Distance between tip of nose and edge of video frame Except when talking to people Chin Depth

Headroom

Forehead shots okay

Watch to make room for supers or titles

Noseroom

Distance between tip of nose and edge of video frame

Except when talking to people

Chin

Depth

Lighting Your Subject Light source in front of subject Sun in eyes No windows Close blinds Shoot window out of frame Desk lights Light when possible

Light source in front of subject

Sun in eyes

No windows

Close blinds

Shoot window out of frame

Desk lights

Light when possible

Alt Resume Examples http://mediaontwitter.pbwiki.com/ http://twitter.com/themediaishirin http://twitter.com/media_pros http://www.slideshare.net/cbotwell/visual-resume-presentation http://www.flickr.com/photos/7855449@N02/3258568672/

http://mediaontwitter.pbwiki.com/

http://twitter.com/themediaishirin

http://twitter.com/media_pros

http://www.slideshare.net/cbotwell/visual-resume-presentation

http://www.flickr.com/photos/7855449@N02/3258568672/

Video Resumes http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=resume+tapes&search_type=&aq=f http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skCWT6Fo2_Y http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFr0xd12kx4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VPSu9g-L-g

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=resume+tapes&search_type=&aq=f

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skCWT6Fo2_Y

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFr0xd12kx4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VPSu9g-L-g

Good video resume Part of the social media resume http://www.visualcv.com/mikefoxphotojournalist Short Explains why you’re the best person What you believe Talk about your accomplishments Do a lot of takes

Part of the social media resume

http://www.visualcv.com/mikefoxphotojournalist

Short

Explains why you’re the best person

What you believe

Talk about your accomplishments

Do a lot of takes

Power Switch = film strip is video camera Quick on=Goes to sleep mode instead of turning off – saves battery Start/Stop = Record W/T = Zoom Hit Play bottom to see clips Car/Suitcase= movie settings (wb), sound = playback audio levels, photo settings > down arrow > flash mode > off Centers in the MIDDLE Option (bottom corner) = auto focus (focus on LCD screen) Inside Panel Nightshot = turn on when recording in dark places Display = LCD panel cues turn on/off

Power Switch = film strip is video camera

Quick on=Goes to sleep mode instead of turning off – saves battery

Start/Stop = Record

W/T = Zoom

Hit Play bottom to see clips

Car/Suitcase=

movie settings (wb),

sound = playback audio levels,

photo settings > down arrow > flash mode > off

Centers in the MIDDLE

Option (bottom corner) = auto focus (focus on LCD screen)

Inside Panel

Nightshot = turn on when recording in dark places

Display = LCD panel cues turn on/off

Shooting Interview Exercise Partner up You will need to do both a “Rule of Thirds” and “Looking into the Camera” interview about who you are, what you believe, what your accomplishments, and what you can contribute

Partner up

You will need to do both a

“Rule of Thirds” and “Looking into the Camera” interview about who you are, what you believe, what your accomplishments, and what you can contribute