Blog post: Filming techniques

Part 1

While looking at some of the sources I found several helpful ideas. From “10 Steps for Shooting Your First DIY Interview”, I learned that you need to have some background information before starting a interview. Next, you can explore the lighting to find a great place to do your interview. After that, use the rule of thirds to get the best shot of the person being interviewed. Make the person feel comfortable in front of the camera. And finally, ask the person if they would like to add anything. After all of these steps, you can edit the interview to make it more professional.

    Next I looked at “Video 101: Shooting Basics”. What I learned is that you always need a spare battery, have your subject face the light source, use different angles in your shots, and for a good angle use a tripod. These are tips that you can use to make it easier to videotape.

Lastly I looked at “How to Shoot B-Roll”. I learned  that you can use the camera to move around to watch the person you are filming walk in or out of an area. You need to have good backgrounds in some of your shots. If there are “never to do again” shots you might want to catch those before the opportunity is gone. This is important because some of the greatest ideas can come when you least expect it and you want to be sure to catch it on film.

After watching these videos, I learned how to conduct a great interview. I plan to use these tips in future interviews. These tips will help me to make a great interview.

Part 2

The story that my team is trying to uncover is dispatch cuts in Vermont. For the past few weeks we have used a lot of evidence in our work while trying to understand the reasons behind dispatching cuts here in Vermont. The evidence that we have used has come from blogs, newspapers, and people themselves. We have used the evidence that we found in our research. We use the evidence in our research to help us find the right people to interview. Without doing this research we would still be at step 1.

We used research to help us in our search to find the answers. The research that we do helps in answering the problem of dispatch cuts in Vermont. The research we have found came from people on both sides of the discussion.

Another important piece of evidence we have encountered are quotes. We have used many quotes in our project. Quotes are very important because without them we will not have direct references or first-hand comments.