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on Tue, 05/04/2021 - 12:59
CommuniTV Interviste

In today's meeting we focused on how to best create a video interview, regardless of the tool used to shoot (webcam, smartphone or video camera), making the most of the equipment we have available. First of all, it is essential to establish the type of interview that you want to carry out (on the road, in the studio, focus, vox pop, survey, etc.) and based on this, choose the type of questions to be carried out, the type of shots and the duration, location and equipment to be used.

For example, we will have to choose whether to include the interviewer in the frame or whether to frame the interviewee only. We will also have to decide whether the latter will stand or be seated, we will have to decide where to carry out the interview (the context in which the narration takes place through the interviewee), the lights, etc.

An interview tells one or more points of view in particular, thus expressing a narrative in a specific context. Therefore, to make it more usable, it is necessary to provide for the alternation of multiple shots to prevent it from being static or monotonous (if the speaker is still, at least two shots are needed to give movement).

Providing more shots is useful not only to make viewing less boring for viewers but also to be able to insert cover images or hide any cuts. You can use different shots: for example a "close" will shoot the subject from head to shoulder; a "very tight" will resume, for example, on details of the face or hands; a "wide" shot will allow you to shoot the subject in the surrounding environment; while a "very wide" shot will allow you to take the background with everything that happens around the interviewee.

communitv interviste

To avoid distracting the viewers' gaze, it is important to place the subject in front of a neutral or fixed background. This focuses the attention of the viewer on the speaking subject who, in the absence of other things to look at, will not easily shift the gaze. It is necessary to try to blur the background, especially if it is not a single-color backdrop, so the viewer's attention will remain on the interviewee.
If you do not have a set of lights available to illuminate the environment and the interviewed subject, it will be necessary to pay close attention to how to exploit the ambient light or that of the location to the advantage of the room and ensure that it remains the same until the end of our resumed.

Good minimal photography requires several light sources:

• cut / key light: constitutes the main source of illumination of the subject and generates an intense shadow. It is projected directly towards the interviewee (a directional light) illuminating only a part of the frame.

• diffused light (filling): it is the general lighting of the frame. It does not generate very defined shadows and is used to contrast the effect of the cutting light, to prevent the latter from overshadowing a part of the subject.

• submodulating light: it is positioned behind the subject to generate a line of light that frames the subject and detaches it from the background. This type of lighting is essential when the background is uniform and single-colored.

So let's be careful to choose the location, the place in which to carry out the interview, choosing an environment that is functional to the type of video content to be created, avoiding spaces that are too noisy (away from sources of sudden noises and sources of constant noises) .

To summarize: when deciding the location of an interview, you need to pay attention to:

• audio, avoiding particularly noisy places;

• background, avoiding distracting elements behind the interviewee's back;

• brightness of the environment;