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00:00Having multiple camera angles in your interview can make your film feel way more dynamic and
00:04more importantly, it could save your ass.
00:07But the question is, how do you effectively film multiple camera angles with only one
00:13camera?
00:14And that is the secret that I'm going to share with you guys today.
00:16I'm going to help you guys make your interviews feel way more dynamic and help your editor
00:20out as well.
00:23The trick to shooting these interviews with only one camera and actually pulling it off
00:26effectively is to make sure that you're extremely organized and prepared for your shoot.
00:31Believe it or not, the first step to being able to pull off a multi-camera interview with
00:35only one camera starts before you even touch your camera and that is by properly planning
00:40out your interview questions.
00:41And what I mean by this is separating your questions by the different feelings and moods
00:46that you're trying to convey in this interview.
00:48And then once I have all of these questions separated, I'll then write a note of what angle
00:53I want for each particular question.
00:55So for example, what I'll do is for the more emotional and intimate questions, I'll make
01:00a note that I want a tight shot.
01:02And then for questions that are a little bit lighter that I want to feel a little bit less
01:07intense and dramatic, I'll make a note that I want something that's a little bit wider.
01:14When I get to my location, I typically take my camera and I start to find a few possible
01:18spots that I want to shoot my interview in.
01:20I usually choose my interview spot based off of a few different things.
01:24The first thing I'm always looking for is if that space is quiet enough to capture good,
01:29clean audio.
01:30And then the second thing I'm looking for is a background that I can easily manipulate.
01:33And then the third thing that I'm looking for, and this might be a little bit nitpicky,
01:36but is there symmetry in the background?
01:39Is there something that I can create some sort of balance in my framing and in my composition?
01:45Because the last thing that you want is a background that's too busy and takes away from the focus
01:49of your main character.
01:50You also want to make sure that your location reflects the theme of the interview.
01:54So if you're shooting an interview that's really light and happy, maybe you want to choose
01:59a location with a lot of windows and natural lighting.
02:01And of course, if you're shooting something like a true crime documentary, then maybe you
02:05want to shoot something a little bit darker and a little bit moodier.
02:08Now, once I choose my location, I am now ready to frame up my shot.
02:13I think it's extremely important before you start the interview, I like to let my subject
02:17know exactly what the deal is.
02:19I let them know that I'm trying to get a multi-camera interview with only one camera.
02:23And I'd be completely honest with them.
02:24I say to them, Hey, look, I'm going to shoot a couple of these questions a few times to make
02:30sure that I can capture it from a couple of different angles to make this interview a little
02:33bit better and more dynamic.
02:35It's very important that you let them know this because if you ask them the same question
02:39more than once, they might start to feel like either A, you don't know what you're doing
02:44and you've already asked that question or B, they might think that their response wasn't
02:47good enough.
02:48And then they start to get a little bit nervous or they start to feel a little bit anxious
02:52while they're answering that interview question.
02:54But you just let them know straight up, like I'm going to ask that question a couple of times.
02:59Maybe you give me a different answer.
03:01Maybe you don't.
03:02But most importantly, you let them know that you're trying to make the best possible interview
03:05that you can.
03:06Now, once I know that they're comfortable and they're ready to start the interview,
03:09I set up my first camera angle.
03:11The first angle that I get is my master shot.
03:14And the master shot is going to go through the entire interview from start to finish.
03:17And this is going to be the only camera that does this.
03:20Typically for my master shot, I like to shoot something wide with a good amount of headroom
03:24that can be flexible for all the different kinds of emotions that our subject is going to
03:28experience as we go through this interview.
03:30After I'm confident with the angle of my master shot, I then start setting up lighting.
03:35Now my first step to lighting is shut off any house lights in the location that you're
03:39in.
03:40And that's mainly because these lights are typically cheap and they're tungsten lights
03:44that never really look good on skin.
03:46Now in this particular location, there is a ton of natural light coming in from the windows
03:50in almost every single direction.
03:52But in order to properly light our subject without blowing out the windows, we're going to use
03:56six stops of ND to properly expose for the outside windows.
04:00But in order to light our subject, we're going to need a really strong, powerful light source.
04:05That is why on most of my interviews, I use this GVM650B.
04:09This is a bi-colored light that can go from 2700 Kelvin all the way up to 6800 Kelvin and
04:15provides 21,600 lux.
04:18Basically this light is extremely powerful.
04:21There are many different ways to light a scene, but typically I tend to put my key light
04:25at about a 45 degree angle away from my subject and then I add a hair light behind my subject
04:30on the opposite side of my key light.
04:32And depending on the interview, I might add some negative fill on the opposite side of
04:35my key light just to add a little bit more shadow and depth to my subject's face.
04:39Now I might add some additional lights to the background just to bring up the exposure
04:42levels of the room, but this is highly dependent on the style that you're trying to achieve
04:47for your interview.
04:48Now before you finish placing your lights, I highly suggest that you take your camera and
04:52you just kind of float around the area in some different possible camera angles that
04:56you might want to use and see if the lights are interfering with those camera angles.
05:01If they are, then I would try to adjust your lighting according to the second, third and
05:04fourth camera angle that you're trying to achieve.
05:07Once you have your lighting set, it is now officially time to set up your audio.
05:13Audio is without a doubt one of the most important aspects of the interview process.
05:17I usually like to have two sources of audio being recorded on two separate audio devices.
05:22For example, I like to have my lav mic set up on an external audio recorder like a Zoom
05:26or a Tascam and then I'll run my shotgun microphone straight into my camera.
05:30That way I have two separate audio recordings and if anything goes wrong with either one
05:35of them, I have a backup just in case.
05:37Now a good rule of thumb to set up your shotgun microphone is to have it placed about three
05:41to five feet away from your subject, obviously out of frame.
05:45You want the angle of the shotgun microphone to be pointing at your subject's mouth.
05:49After I have my audio set up, I make sure that I test both audio devices and make sure that
05:53the volume is set appropriately and then I'll just ask my subject a few different questions
05:57just to properly set the audio levels.
05:58A good rule of thumb is to make sure that your audio is peaking between negative six and negative
06:02three dB.
06:03If your audio is below negative six dB, then you might want to turn it up.
06:07If it's above negative three dB, then you definitely want to turn it down.
06:10That sweet spot in the middle will allow you to have the best possible audio recording.
06:17Once you go through the entire interview with your master shot, it is now time to set up
06:21for the second, third, and fourth camera angle.
06:24It's very important that before you move on from your master shot, you make sure that you
06:29get every single question on that list and you also make sure that their answers are actually
06:33good and usable.
06:34Typically for my second camera angle, I'll usually choose something that's a little bit tighter
06:38on my subject's face so that way I can really hone in on that character's emotion and I
06:43have something nice to cut to from a wide to a close up.
06:47Usually for the second camera angle, I tend to use like a 50mm or even an 85mm just to
06:53make the two camera angles feel different.
06:55And then for my third camera angle, I like to have a camera that has a little bit of movement
06:59so I might go ahead and fire off a few questions just while I'm going handheld and my goal is
07:04to give a little bit of camera movement but also capture things like hands and any other
07:09interesting shot that I might see while I'm going handheld.
07:12This might mean that I'm moving in a little bit closer or standing a little bit further
07:16away and I might even dirty up the frame a little bit by putting something in the foreground
07:20while I'm interviewing him and moving in and out of focus.
07:23Now this is definitely more of a creative look and a stylistic approach but I always find
07:28that even if you just use this one or two times in your interview, it can really give
07:32an impact into your film that definitely draws the viewer in.
07:36From my fourth camera angle, I usually like to get something that's extremely close up with
07:39a really shallow depth of field.
07:41That way, if I have something in an interview that needs to cut to something really intense
07:45and dramatic, I have the option for that.
07:48Now, like I said in the beginning of this video guys, the most important aspect to all of this
07:55is making sure that you're extremely organized.
07:58It's also really important that your master shot is done very well because if all else fails
08:04and you don't capture really good content on the second, third, and fourth camera angle,
08:09you're going to rely heavily on that master shot.
08:11So everything that you shoot there has to not only go through every single one of these
08:16questions but make sure that you go through every single one of those questions really well.
08:20And most importantly, you're happy with the responses that you captured on your master shot.
08:25I think with the second, third, and fourth camera angle, you could start to become a little
08:28bit more lenient because those are camera angles that are kind of nice to haves.
08:33But that master shot needs to be perfect.
08:35Now for the last couple of years, we've been putting together a documentary course that
08:39takes you through every step of the filmmaking process from idea to final edit and even pitching
08:44your film to major streaming platforms.
08:46And if you guys are interested in knowing more about that course, I'll leave a link right
08:49up here or in the description down below.
08:51And you guys can check that out.
08:52Sign up for the email list and you guys will be notified as soon as that course drops, hopefully
08:56by the end of this year.
08:57So I'd like to thank you guys for watching.
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09:01And I'll see you guys in the next one.
09:03Deuces.