Codes and conventions In filming and Editing interviews

Interviewees filmed in medium shot, medium close up or a regular close up
Framed to left or right of the screen- if their is more than one interview positioning alternates as as to create variety.
Framing follows the rules the rule of thirds - eyeline is roughly a third of the way down the frame
Interviewee looks at the interviewer not directly into the camera
Positioning of interviewer is therefore important: If the interviewee is on the RIGHT side of the frame, the interviewer should be positioned on the LEFT side of the camera. If the interviewee is on the LEFT side of the frame, the interviewer is positioned on the RIGHT side of the camera.
In either case,the interviewer should sit or stand as close to the camera as possible.
Miese-en-scene: background reinforces the content of the interview or is relevant to the interviewee providing more information about them in terms of occupation or personal environment.
Interviews are never filmed with a light source behind them i.e. infromt of a window or with the sun behind them; the light is always in front of them.
Questions are edited out.
Cutaways are edited into in interviews for 2 reasons:
- to break up interviews and illustrate what the interviewee is talking about
- to avoid jump cuts when questions are edited out
Cutaways are either
- archive material
- suggested by something said in the interview and therefore filmed after the interview