2. Framing
• Interviewees are framed to the left or right of
the screen and the rule of thirds should be
used.
• The rule of thirds involves the interviewees
eye-line being a third down from the top of
the screen or either a third in from the left or
the right.
3. Mise-en-scene
• The mise-en-scene of the interview associates
with the subject or the topic and can be
applied by chroma-key or posters to do with
the subject or even the setting relevant to the
topic.
4. Graphics
• The name and relevance of interviewees is the
most common graphic and this done to
explain who the interviewees are and to
anchor their relevance to the topic of the
documentary.
• Other graphics will be the title and usually the
date and location will appear on screen to
inform the audience what is happening,
however, the narrator can often do explain.
5. Cutaways
• Cutaways are what are put into interviews in
editing to break up the interview and give it
an even flow.
• They will be filmed separately or along with
the interview and be relevant to what the
interviewee is talking about and be edited into
the interview afterwards.
6. Editing
• Questions will be edited out of interviews
because more than often the interviewee will
repeat the question in their answer and most
questions are open.
• Cutaways are also edited into the interviews
and the less important and closed questions
will be edited out completely.
