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Recording video for your story
- Before you set out with your video camera, think about the
story you want to tell. What pictures and sounds do you need
to help you tell your story? Do you need a shot of a specific
location or building? Of one person or a group of people? Of
specific things mentioned in your story? The more video you have,
the more you will have to work with when you're writing and editing
your stories.
- If you're doing an interview
with a person in a busy place, make sure the person's voice won't
be drowned out by background noise. Sometimes it's best to take
the person aside to a more quiet spot. The same is true for action
that's happening behind the person during the interview -- sometimes
it can be distracting for the audience if there's too much going
on around the person.
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- When you are doing an interview,
try to frame the person's head and shoulders in your shot so
you can see his or her face clearly. Don't stand back six feet
and have her whole body in the shot if it means you can't see
her face. This is also important if your microphone is in the
camera (instead of a separate microphone attached with a cord)
because you need to be close to the person in order to record
his voice clearly.
- When you record video of an
event or place, be sure to shoot some pictures standing still,
as well as some where the camera moves across the scene. You
may need one or the other -- or both -- when you write your story.
Plus, video recorded in one place can be used to make a photograph
for the web. You can simply stop the video tape at the right
spot, freeze the image and turn into a graphic file. (The SNN
Web master can help you create photos from video.)
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