Final Edited Sequence
Interview as Scene
Single camera. Natural Light.
Canon C300 mark ii, Canon 35mm F2 IS
Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Nominated for three Emmys including Best Video Journalism.
Exterior, establishing
Entrance
Initial meeting
Environment / audience
Getting mic'd
Hussein profile listening, MCU
Cutaway, environment
Rukmini, Medium single
Hussein, MCU Portrait into lens
Rukmini, dirty OTS
ECU Insert, Detail
Hussein, back
OTS Medium Hussein, listening
Insert, detail / action
Insert, CU of hands
Insert, CU of writing notes
CU Hussein speaking (70-200)
ECU Hussein eyes (70 - 200)
Cutaway, atmosphere / audience
Low angle CU hands
Medium wide Hussein talking
ECU Eye talking (framing out mouth)
ECU detail, writing (70-200)
Cutaway, atmosphere
Head on hands CU
Exit
On the Fly Interview / Scene
Single camera. Natural Light.
Canon C300 mark i, Canon 35mm F2 IS
Istanbul, Turkey
Winner, News and Doc Emmy 2018 - Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story in a News Magazine
Final Edited Sequence
Entrance
MCU, two shot
MCU, single
Hands CU, insert
CU corro
CU, higher angle
Two-shot, action
CU, detail, cutaway
CU hand, action
Medium-wide
Raw Footage (occasionally sped up!)
Verite Coverage
Single Camera. Natural Light.
Zeiss CP3, Canon 70 - 200
Boston, MA
News and Doc Emmy 2021 Nominee - Outstanding Health or Medical Coverage
Establishing / opening (25mm)
MS, following (25mm)
Wide, Entrance / action (25mm)
OTS, action (25mm)
OTS, POV, rack focus to technician / screen (25mm)
Clean, Detail, tech POV (25mm)
CU screen, rack focus (25mm)
Hands CU, detail (25mm)
Screen CU (25mm)
Helen high angle CU (25mm)
Tech hand POV (25mm)
Clean single Tech (25mm)
Establishing / Helen Medium wide (25mm)
Wide shot / abstract (25mm)
Shoes CU (25mm)
Helen CU (70 - 200)
ECU screen, rack focus, soft focus, (70 - 200)
ECU Helen Eyes (70 - 200)
ECU Helen Eye / alternate (70 - 200)
ECU tech hands (70 - 200)
ECU screen alternate (70 - 200)
CU Helen (70 - 200)
Verite Scene
Raw vs Final
Single camera.
Arri Alexa Mini, Zeiss CP3 25mm, Canon 70 - 200
Cobargo, Australia
Raw
Final Scene
Entrance, establishing, rack focus
Tracking, rotating two-shot
Following two-shot, rack focus
Tracking, wide, through FG
Leading, MCU two -shot
Following, detail, hands
Following, detail, feet
Wide, establishing / entrance
MCU
POV
Exit, MCU, pan
Static, Extreme Wide, Establishing / closing
Following, detail, dog
MS Carol
MCU John
Wide, silhouette, two-shot
Wide, two -shot, head on
Insert, hands CU
Insert John hand CU
Profile two -shot, medium
70 - 200, POV burned house
70 - 200, Carols POV, closer
70 - 200 medium two shot
70 - 200, Carol, clean single CU
70 - 200, John CU single
70 - 200, Establishing
70 - 200, Establishing, closer
70 - 200, Carol, single, through FG
70 - 200, hands CU
70 - 200 Carol CU, portrait
70 - 200, John CU, portrait
70 - 200, John ECU
70 - 200 Carol portrait
*Everything*
Single Camera. Natural light + practicals
Arri Alexa Mini
Zeiss CP3 25mm, Canon 100mm Macro
News and Doc Emmy 2021 Nominee - Outstanding Documentary Cinematography
Final Sequence
Entrance, following hand CU
CU insert, h
Environment, Driver, MS
POV out the window
CU, detail, insert
Exit Shot
Following / detail
Entrance
Detail / establishing
Profile CU detail
CU, head on, detail
Environment, detail
Detail / two-shot
ECU
Following shot, hand
hand, CU
Static shot, action
Environment / establishing
Profile MCU
Long lens, MCU profile
ECU eyes
Insert. Hand CU
Environment / establishing
Movi / push in / tracking
Exit
B roll / detail. abstract
B roll. Detail
Tracking. Detail CU
Tracking MS
MCU
Movi. Environment / abstract
Movi. Environment. Push in
B Roll. Detail. Rack Focus
B Roll, scenic
B Roll, establishing
B Roll. Deail
Movi. Push out.
Establishing. Rack focus
Long Lens. MS
Long lens. Rack focus