Week 3: Audio / Interview Techniques /Lighting

Interview

prepare your interview, think what you want to know and why„always introduce the interviewee„tell why he/she is there or why you want to interview him/her„start questions with: what , who , where, when, why.„avoid questions that can be answered with a simple ‘Yes’ or ‘No’„you can use as well ‘Tell me about… ‘ „make contact with the interviewee before, do talk about the interview , but ingeneral terms„if interviewee is nervous, say that we can always do it again„you can also organise a ‘rehearsal’ that is recorded , in order to have morematerial„ask interviewee not to look to the camera but to look at the interviewerShots„do not forget ‘listening shots’. They are really difficult, try to catch someone whenhe/she is really listening.„listening shots can be close-ups or medium shots but also over -the- shoulder twoshots„shoot cutaway questions„it makes editing easier if you record cutaways on a different tape

DISCUSSION ON READING:

Graphic Design: The Basics

Point, Line, Plane: Point + Point + Point + … =Line

Line + Line + Line + … = Plane

Takes forms as a dot graphically

-insignificant fleck of matter

concentrated locus of power

Balance and Rhythm:

Anchors and activates elements in space

Visual balance- when weight of one or more things is distributed evenly or proportionately in space

Large objects vs Smaller objects

Dark objects VS Brighter Objects

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Strong regular repeated pattern

construct single image

duration and sequence

punctuated with change and variation

Task 3: Interview indoors