Thursday, August 12, 2010

Genre analysis - codes and conventions of filming and editing interviews

1. Interviewee positioned to left or right of frame.

2. Interviewees are filmed in medium close up,mid shot or close up.

3. Questions are edited out.

4. The mis en scene of interviews is relevant and shows content of the interview providing more information.

5. Graphics are used to anchor who the person is on screen and their relevance of them to the documentry.

6. Interviewee doesnt look straight at camera but interviewee.

7. Positioning of the interviewer is important if the interviewer is right of the frame then the interviewee is left of the frame and vice versa.

8. The interviewer should stand/sit as close to camera as possible.

9. Framing follows the rule of the thirds eyeline of interviewee is roughly a third of the way down the screen.

10. Interviews are never filmed with a light source being behind the interviewee.

11. Cut aways are edited into interviews for different reasons including the breaking up of interviews and to avoid jumps.

12. All interviews are sat down for consisent filming.

13. Extreme close up of eyes mouth and hands.

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