Attachment_G_Interview_Cinematography_Standards.docx

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Department of the Interior National Park Service

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This document provides cinematography standards for filming interviews. It outlines best practices for utilizing lighting, including using large, natural-looking light sources; soft lighting on skin tones without pronounced nose shadows; lighting that shows varying brightness levels throughout the frame and prevents windows from clipping; catch lights reflected in the subject's eyes to create modeling and depth; key lighting from up stage; framing subjects based on the rule of thirds; and using appropriate aperture speeds to separate the subject from the background.

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Attachment G – Interview Cinematography Standards This document is designed as a reference for interview cinematography standards. When approaching the cinematography for interviews adhere to these best practices:

· Utilization of large sources of light in a manner which renders on screen as natural and motivated. A symptom of “sourcy” light is where the lighting source becomes reflective on the skin of the individual being filmed.

· Utilization of soft light on skin tones where the nose shadow of the talent does not appear overly pronounced and falls on (or beneath the nasolabial folds).

· Utilization of lighting in a way that shows both light and darkness in the same frame with varying IRE levels scatted throughout.

· Utilization of lighting that seeks to hold windows from clipping (if appropriate) by raising the ambient light levels inside.

· Utilization of “catch light” reflected in the eye of the on-screen individual and use of light and shadow to create modeling on subjects–––known as “shooting into the shadows.”

· Utilization of lighting where the key light is coming from up stage.

· Framing the composition in a way that demonstrates the “principle of thirds” where the focal point of the frame appears in one third of the frame. For stylistic choices, deviating from this and centering the talent may be approved by COR.

· Utilization of the entire room, where the subject of the interview has physical separation from the background in order to create depth.

· Utilization of appropriate lens aperture speed to create separation between the talent and the background.

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