Interviee _______________________________________

TASKS

• Your purpose is to document information, not necessarily to express your artistic sensibilities.
• Decide whether you will video alone or with a team.
• Calculate how many tapes you will require. Make sure you have enough.
• Hold the camera steady. If this is not possible, use a tripod.
• Check the sound for background noise or wind.
• Check for backlighting.
• Take a variety of shots. Begin with "wide-angle" shots that document as much of the setting as possible.
• Take a series of close-ups of people, if appropriate.
• Take extreme close-ups of objects.
• When shooting outdoors, remember to have the sun at your back.

CHECKLIST: Did you:

____ Bring along extra batteries and tapes?

____ Test the camera in advance to ensure that it is working properly?

____ Thoroughly look at the environment to evaluate what should be videotaped?

____ Videotape the setting of the interview?

____ Ask people for permission to videotape them?

____ Take close-ups of the people, if you have permission to do so?

____ Make sure that anyone being videoed has signed a Written Release Form?

____ Take close-ups of relevant objects and/or documents?

____ Shoot from a variety of angles?

____ Keep the sun to your back when outdoors,?

____ Label tapes, diskettes, and memory cards; and identify which log sheets they correspond to.

____ Complete Tape Log(s) and store them with the tapes?

____ Ask a media specialist or other expert for help if needed?

MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT

____ Video camera

____ Tripod

____ Extra batteries

____ Extra tapes

____ Tape Log(s)

____ Written Release Form