Interview Codes and Conventions
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The document discusses conventions for positioning and filming interviews. It notes that interviewees are typically placed off-center and face the interviewer rather than the camera. Graphic animations or backgrounds related to the topic are often included. Cutaways between interviews (A-roll) and supplemental footage (B-roll) allow for seamless transitions and prevent obvious jump cuts.
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Interview Codes and Conventions
- 1. INTERVIEW CODES AND CONVENTIONS Lauryn Poutama
- 2. Usually, due to the rule of thirds, the interviewee is never positioned in the centre of the screen. He/she us conventionally sat to the side of the screen during the interview. There is usually graphic animation incorporated into the interview that is relevant to the topic. For this documentary during the interviews animated backgrounds are included of oceans which relate to the subject being discussed. This allows the interview to follow the Mis En Scene
- 3. During an interview there is no direct mode of address towards the camera. The interviewee is discussing/answering questions facing the interviewer. This is a convention. The questions are usually edited out for the final product. The use of A-roll and B-roll is usually incorporated into interviews when making cuts to allow the flow of the clip to be seamless and jump cuts cant be seen visually. For example the A-roll footage would be the interview and then it would cutaway into B-roll footage like an animation of some sort.