2. Camerawork
• Mid-shot
• Medium close-ups
• Eye level to camera
• Shot is stationary (tripod is used)
• Depth of field – focus on interview
• Off the cuff interview – handheld
• Framing follows the rule of third
• Big close-up (emotional scenes)
3. Mise-en-scene
• Always relevant to the subject of the interview or
the interviewee themselves. (e.g. shark
background – In the teeth of Jaws)
• Chromacy – blue / green screen used
4. Editing
• Cut is the most common edit
• All questions are edited out
• Cutaways used to avoid jump cuts
- Always relevant to what is being spoken about
5. Graphics
• Interviewees name (largest text)
• Subline in smaller text which anchors their relevance to
the topic
• Usually appear within the first few seconds