Interview codes and conventions
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The document discusses conventions for filming interviews, including framing the interviewee on one side of the screen following the rule of thirds, having their eye line look off screen, and using relevant background dcor like a Jaws poster when interviewing the film's producer. It also notes that close-up and medium close-up shots are commonly used during interviews, and that graphics identify the interviewee. Cutaways between interviews (A-roll) and relevant footage (B-roll) help avoid jump cuts in editing.
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Interview codes and conventions
- 1. INTERVIEW CODES AND CONVENTIONS By: Karolina Kocaj
- 2. IN THE TEETH OF JAWS The interview set up uses the rule of thirds, where the interviewee is framed on either the right or the left side of the screen, therefore following the conventions. Also the eye-line of the interviewee is looking off to the side of the screen. The mise en scene is relevant to the topic of the interview or anchors their positioned relevance to the topic. Just like here the poster from the movie Jaws is used as the background when interviewing the producer. The questions that are being asked during the interview are later edited out.
- 3. IN THE TEETH OF JAWS The camera shots that are usually used during interviews is a close-up, medium close-up and sometimes even and extreme close-up. There are graphics on the screen with the name of the interviewee and their relevance to the topic. Cutaways are used to avoid jump cuts. With the use of A-roll to B-roll footage. For example A-roll footage would be the interview and B-roll footage would be the cutaway which is relevant to what the interviewee is saying, which allows to smoothly avoid jump cuts.