Week2

TIPCUP:

timeless

impact

proximity

conflict

unusualness

prominence



A-roll: interviews (main majority of the story)

B-roll: video


Shooting Great B-Roll

  • sequencing is your friend and will. save you in the edit - do not wide shot to wide shot w/o a 30-degree change in your position

  • the same position, grab a medium shot


  • use the same system for action and ppl

  • start wide, go medium and end up on a tight shot

  • look for reactions and be sure ti film the cause of the reaction (it goes both ways)

  • Looks. for inserts. these are items that stand alone and explain or add significant contributions to your story (usually medium to tight shot)


Your distance and position to the camera says something


Try the rule of thirds

  • positions key points of interest on or near the vertical or horizontal



back light (low intensity) must use diffusion

fill light (med, intensity) 50 - 75% of key light

key light (brightest) 45 angle to camera

camera (position about eye level)


Types of interviews:

Structured, unstructured, semi, individual, group, face-to-face, mediated, and focus groups

Structured - using a list of questions, great for multiple ppl. not as flexible as unstructured, may not probe or ask follow up questions


Unstructured - more flexible/organic. Uses an interview guide (interest points vs. specific questions). may not ask everything (forget question).

Semi-structured - somewhere in-between and probably used by you for reporting.


Opening Qs: permission, build rapport, experience (open-ended), factual (what and how)

Generative Qs: non-threatening, non-directive

Directive Qs: elicit specific info, add structure and guide w/ more of a heavy-hand, close-ended.