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Codes and conventions of an interview

Codes and Conventions

We watched 2 parts of 2 documentaries and noted down the codes and conventions of the interviews in them. i have also researched an extra documentary that follows the codes and conventions noted in the first 2 documentaries. The 3 documentaries are linked above.

Camera work
-Interviewee positioned to the left of the right
-Interviwees are filmed in medium close up, mid shot or close-up
-Questions are edited out
-Mis-en-scene relates to the interviewee and reinforces content of the interview, it also provides more information about the interviewee
-Interviewee looks at the interviewer, not directly but at the camera
-Positioningofthe interviewer is important, if the interviewee ison the right that the interviewer must be on the left of the camera.
-The interviewer should sit or stand as close to the camera as possible.
-Framing follws rules of thirds (eyeline must be approximatly a 3rd down the screen)
-Interviews are never filmed with a light source behind the interviewee, for example infrom of a window.

Editing
Cutaways are edited into the interviews for 2 resons
-to break up interviews
-Or to illustrate what the interviewee is saying

Cutaways are either
-Archive material
-Footage filmed after the interview, after being suggested by the interviewees.
-Sometimes asspects of the interviews are filmed in extreme close up such as facial features or hands to show emotions.