AD5805: Interview planning

Interviewing in film

• Must keep the interest

• Use multiple shots with different angles

• Don’t leave clips up for too long.

• Think of angle of view, not mm (medium, wide ,close up, extreme closeup)

• Choose a good background

• Watch edges of frame

• Be professional and tuck away any mic cords

• Need to make interviewee look good

• Think about focus, use zoom functions on camera and double check

• Think about depth of field if you have a busy backgrounds

• Avoid panning shots

Setting up for interview:

• Think about rule of thirds

• If you place the interviewee on the left then they should be facing right etc

• Tripod needs to be level with the interviewees face

• High camera looking down can shrink the interviewee and make them seem more vulnerable

• Set your subject at ease (tell then to ignore camera, stop if they are looking at camera, reshoot first 2 questions if needed, control expectations, tell them what’s happening)

• Pre interview, meet them beforehand., explain what it will be like, show questions or plan questions

• Use open questions (they need to be able to expand on what they’re saying)

• Ask them to say they’re name and spell it on audio so that you don’t spell name wrong

• If shooting 2 people, make sure you never cross 180 degrees