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How to Shoot

How to Shoot. Start with an establishing shot, wide shots, go to medium shots, tight shots Use a tripod Critical focus on your subject Zoom in on eyes, set focus, pull out set up shot Cutaways from action. Establishing Shot. KBMT-TV Beaumont, Texas. Tips.

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How to Shoot

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  1. How to Shoot • Start with an establishing shot, wide shots, go to medium shots, tight shots • Use a tripod • Critical focus on your subject • Zoom in on eyes, set focus, pull out set up shot • Cutaways from action

  2. Establishing Shot KBMT-TV Beaumont, Texas

  3. Tips • What it looks like when heads are dirty • Use a fill light • How to white balance • Balance to 3200K(Kelvin) Tungsten or 5600K Daylight

  4. Example CLAS Production Unit – Angela Looney 2011

  5. Use Natural Sound • Always be thinking of how to tell your story with sound • Check your audio settings on camera • Internal (INT) for nats • External for Interviews/Stand-ups

  6. Use Natural Sound Always be thinking of how to tell your story with sound. KVUE-TV Austin, Texas

  7. Example of Shooting Rally • Shoot appropriate cutaways • Think of ways to tell your story using sound • Always shoot a stand-up

  8. Example of Shooting Rally • Shoot appropriate cutaways • Record natural sound • Shoot a stand-up KGAN-TV Cedar Rapids, Iowa

  9. Hide Identity • First identify the person you need to hide. • Shoot with other objects has main focus. • Use blur effect. • Use mosaic effect. • Alter audio if needed. • Shoot silhouette.

  10. KVUE-TV Austin, Texas

  11. Shooting Stand-ups • Ask for help • Select external microphone on side of camera • Use a light if necessary • Use wireless microphone • Use a tripod • Motivated reason for not using tripod

  12. Think creative storytelling KGAN-TV, Cedar Rapids, Iowa KVUE-TV Austin, Texas

  13. Lighting & Audio • Avoid backlight • Keep subject in light • Use proper audio selection on camera • Notice the difference between onboard camera microphone and external microphone selection • Shoot Audio w/Channel 1 (INT) Channel 2 Ext • In Post – Unlink Audio and discard nats from interview and stand-up clips. Discard external microphone clips from nats clips.

  14. Lighting & Audio Examples Daily Iowan TV 2011

  15. IRIS • The amount of light the IRIS stops from getting into the lens the f/stop admits as much light is capable. • Each f-stop cuts in half the amount admitted by the previous f-stop • F-stop numbers based off two base numbers f/1.0 and f/1.4 • Each f/stop number is seen by doubling the previous number. 1.0/2.0/4.0/8.0/16 and 1.4/2.8/5.6/11/22 • Useful link A Tedious Explanation of the f/stop by Matthew Cole http://www.uscoles.com/fstop.htm The DVX100 Book How to get the most from the revolutionary DVX100, DVX100A, and DVX100B cameras BY Barry W Green

  16. Depth of Field • Depth of field is the area 1/3 in front of the subject and 2/3 area behind the subject • To maximize depth of field use wide angle lens-stop down iris as much as you can, back away from the subject use small aperture f/16 • Minimize depth of field zoom in as far as you can get close to subject, open iris f/2.8 (shallow) The DVX100 Book How to get the most from the revolutionary DVX100, DVX100A, and DVX100B cameras BY Barry W Green

  17. Shallow Depth of Field KTBC-TV Austin, Texas KVUE-TV Austin, Texas

  18. Sequence • Shoot your story thinking sequencing • Establishing, Wide, medium, tight, super tight, reversal, cutaway from action • Edit using natural sound

  19. Sequencing TV News Workshop 019:134:001 University of Iowa 2011

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