The document provides guidelines for filming and editing interviews. It recommends framing the interviewee to one side of the frame and using a close-up, mid-close up, or sometimes mid-shot. It suggests following the rule of thirds for eye placement and keeping the background out of focus. For editing, it advises using simple cuts without fancy effects, and including graphics with the interviewee's name and relevance at the start.

1. CODES AND CONVENTIONS
OF AN INTERVIEW

2. CAMERAWORK
• INTERVIEWEE IS FRAMED TO LEFT OR RIGHT OF CENTRE. INTERVIEWEE ADDRESSES
THE INTERVIEWER AND DOES NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THE CAMERA. THEY LOOK OFF
SCREEN TO THE OPPOSITE SIDE.
• SHOT IS USUALLY A CLOSE-UP, A MID CLOSE-UP OR SOMETIMES A MID-SHOT. A BIG
CLOSE-UP CAN BE USED TO SHOW A PARTICULAR EMOTION ON THE INTERVIEWEES
FACE. INTERVIEWEE AND INTERVIEWER ARE ON THE SAME LEVEL AS THE CAMERA IS
POSITIONED AT EYE LEVEL. A TRIPOD IS USED SO THE SHOT IS STATIONARY AND
THERE IS NO CAMERA MOVEMENT.
• THE FRAMING OF THE SHOTS FOLLOWS THE RULE OF THIRDS SO THAT THE EYES ARE
ON THE GOLDEN POINTS WHICH IS WHERE THE HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL LINES
CROSS.
• DEPTH OF FIELD IS USED SO THAT THE CAMERAS FOCUS IS ON THE INTERVIEWEE
AND THE BACKGROUND IS OUT OF FOCUS.

3. MISE EN SCENE
• THE MISE EN SCENE IS ALWAYS RELEVANT TO THE SUBJECT OF THE INTERVIEW
OR THE INTERVIEWEE THEMSELVES.
• CHROMA KEY (BLUE/GREEN SCREEN) IS SOMETIMES USED TO CREATE A
PARTICULAR BACKGROUND.

4. EDITING
• CUT IS THE MOST COMMON EDIT.
• NO FANCY EDITING IS USED BECAUSE IT WILL DISTRACT THE VIEWER.
• GRAPHICS ARE USED TO TELL THE AUDIENCE WHO THE INTERVIEWEE IS. THE
INTERVIEWEE’S NAME IS IN THE LARGEST TEXT AND THE SUBLINE IS IN A SMALL
SIZE TEXT WHICH ANCHORS THEIR RELEVANCE TO THE TOPIC. GRAPHICS
USUALLY APPEAR IN THE FIRST FEW SECONDS.
• ALL THE QUESTIONS ARE EDITED OUT.
• CUTAWAYS ARE USED TO FILL THE GAPS BETWEEN INTERVIEWS TO AVOID JUMP
CUTS. THEY ARE ALWAYS RELEVANT TO WHAT IS BEING SPOKEN ABOUT.