X-Message-Number: 24921 Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 06:56:04 -0700 (PDT) From: Randall S <> Subject: re: Imminst Film Documentary Also, Bruce, I think you need to consider using a standard sequence of shots for your interview subjects. What I mean is that you might want need more than one type of shot, more than one distance from the camera to the interviewee. For example, as an introduction to an interview with a subject, e.g,. David Kekich, you might show a short clip of Kekich from that opening sequence of Kekich talking at a podium while you do an introductory voiceover for kekich, "David Kekich is a ....who wants to.... etc" Then show the subject sitting down using medium distance "establishing shot". Then you can zoom in a little bit on the suject's face. Further closeups can be used for dramatic effect. You can go back to medium length distance shot as a short of transition to different subject matter topics or for a changeup or for a beginning to an end of the interview. Of course all this changing of shot distance is a big hassle, and one thing you might want to consider is using the crop and pan video feature of your software to let you zoom in and out from medium distance to closeup and back to medium. I have not yet tried doing that on my software at home, but I have heard it can be done for just a small zoom (I mean not zooming in too much, as that creates a noticeable blurring). BTW, we talked previously about using Adobe Premiere editing software, which you say you were working with. Well, I gave up on using Premiere, as it was too damn complicated, and began using Vegas Video 5, which is a highly thought of package. Although it is not yet more popular than Premiere, many pros rank it above Premiere and rank it at the top with Final Cut and Avid Express. It is much more intuitive than Premiere. -Randy Smith _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! http://vote.yahoo.com Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=24921