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Staging a video interview

Staging a video interview

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Staging a video interview

(upbeat music) - So this week we're going to be talking about on camera interview tips and we're joined by one of my professional colleagues, Amy DeLouise who is a director producer. Amy we're talking about the actual interview itself and I think one of the things that people miss is positioning yourself to the subject. So we're going to be interviewing a subject here in a board room and they're across the table from us but I'm going to be running camera, you're going to be running the interview. Where the heck do we go? - Okay so one of the things I like to be sure is there's not a lot between me and the person I'm interviewing. So I wouldn't want to put the table between myself and the interview subject for starters. So it's great to have the camera behind the table but the interview subject and I will both be on the same side of that table and I usually want to be on the key side of the camera where the largest light is. So I can ask the questions and their eyeline is going to be…

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