With the presenter part the first thing we thought about was the mise en scene and wanted to make sure that it looked and felt like a professional news room. First of we had a backdrop of two curtain put together so that half of the screen was a white background and the other was a black background. We thought that this would add a bit more to the shot and make it more interesting. We then put a table and and chair in front of the curtain, placing the chair in the middle of the divide between the black and white background. We then placed some papers on the table to make it look like a active news table with loads of information. We place the presenter (Ruby) in the chair and started lighting her up. We used the mini portable light and used that to bring some light to Ruby and at the same time bring her out from the background.
After finishing the miss en scene we go the camera and placed it at eye level with Ruby and right in front of her. We sized up the shot to a wide shot of Ruby and the table for the opening shot then a mid close shot of her for the master shot. We went through the scene a few time to ensure a good shot. I learnt form this that the miss en scene is a very important aspect to filming, especially when doing a news room or set, because if it doesn't look like a news room then the piece won't look like it's meant to be a news show. I will take what I learned from this workshop with me in other projects.
After that scene we went to do the interview scene with Charlie as the interviewer and me as the interviewee. We again looked at the miss en scene and decided to to film the interview on platform seating area to make it an understanding that we were in a different place and a more comfortable place for the interview. Ruby took charge of the camera and did two take of the interview, the first was an over the shoulder shot of me charlie looking at me. The second was a single mid close up shot of charlie asking the question and doing some nobys.
From this part of the workshop I learnt that location is very important when filming a interview as if they are in a location which either doesn't match up with the story or they are in an awkward place where the interviewee doesn't feel comfortable will make the interview not good and feel rushed. Also I learnt that your choice in questions is important, not to ask question that are either too personal or that don't want to be discussed by the interviewee. This helps to make the interview more comfortable for the interviewee and help to create a good rapor with them.
Overall from the work shop I learnt that you need to do interview carefully and make sure that you have a good rapor with the interviewee, make sure your questions are appropriate to the subject matter and don't cross boundaries with the interviewee. Further more when shooting a interview make sure you get the vital three shots; a two shot of the interviewer and interviewee, an over the shoulder shot of the interviewer looking at the interviewee and a single shot of the interviewer asking the question and doing some nobys. With the shot sizes with interviews I learnt that you need to stay quite tight to both the interviewer and interviewee unless your doing an intro wide shot of both of them. Otherwise you should keep to a mid close up of the interviewee and interviewer when filming then, unless you need to show them either looking at something or someone.
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