Codes and Conventions of filming and editing interviews

- Interviewees filmed; medium shot, medium close up or close up.
for example; Steven Speilberg- medium close up.

- Framed to left/right of screen. Alternate these positions to add variety and to show that it is a new person.

- Framing follows the rule of 3rds- eyeline is roughly a 3rd of the way down the frame.

- Interviewee- looking at the interviewer not the camera

- If the interviewee os on the lefthand side, the interviewer must be diagonally on the right hand side and vice versa.

- Mis-en-scene- background reinforces the context.

- No light source behind the interviewee (for example; not infront of a window)

- Questions are edited, cut. Tell the interviewee to use the words from teh question in their answer