Workshop Shooting Guide

Judy Rieige

We need footage of Judy presenting for a variety of video projects.

This workshop is a great opportunity to capture Judy doing what she does best.

If shooting with two cameras, please start and stop both simultaneously.

Please mic Judy with a lav mic for audio quality.

Footage we’d like:

Judy presenting to the room
Audience reaction
Table interaction
B-roll variety (outside, break room, different backgrounds)

File format

Please shoot everything in 4K. Low bitrate is fine.

25p All of Judy’s other content is in PAL (not NTSC). Please shoot 25p if you can, but not deal-breaker if it’s 30p.

Ideally 1/50 shutter minimum, but minimising light flicker is the priority.

No Picture Profile. Don’t need log footage. REC709 is fine.

If you happen to be shooting on Sony, please use these settings for shooting mode, frame rate, and profile. Obviously white balance and other settings will change according to the room.

Judy presenting:

Unbroken long footage of Judy delivering content and working with the group. We want to use content Judy delivers to the room for a speaker reel. This means making sure we capture long (10+ minutes) unbroken well-framed shots.

Judy can advise which sections will be best for this.

Ideally we’d have two camera running, one tight and one wide.

Lighting-wise, workshops are often terrible. Backlit and inconsistent. Just do the best you can with the room you’re given!

WIDE camera.

Have the tripod as high as possible. Frame Judy’s chest on the top-third line as per the example below. Please AVOID a lot of ceiling above her.

Tripod as high as possible. Presenter chest on top-third line. (Don’t show too much ceiling). Include the slides if it suits, but they are NOT A PRIORITY. Don’t frame high to include slides if it means taking Judy’s chest of the top-third line.

NARROW camera

Have the camera at eye-height if possible. Frame Judy’s chin on the top-third line as per the example below. Track her centre shot. For framing purposes IGNORE the slides.

Presenter chin on top-third line. DON’T frame the shot to include the slides. We don’t care about slides in this shot AT ALL.

TABLE INTERACTION

All shots TEN SECONDS minumum. No problem if they’re a whole minute. Find a good framing and just let it roll roll roll. PLEASE don’t move the camera lots or shoot 4 second clips. Long steady shots are GREAT. (Apologies if this sounds ranty, you can probably tell I’ve been burnt by unusably short clips before!)

Please get shots of Judy interacting with tables.

Over-the-shoulder of Judy to the person she’s talking to is great too.

AUDIENCE REACTION

Laughter and noddies and engagement during presentations. Please choose a section to ignore what Judy is doing on stage, and get shots of audience faces only (ie NO JUDY), so they can be used flexibly.

Again, find a person and linger on them. You never know when the smile or laugh is coming. Long long long and steady shots are fine.

LOCATION VARIETY

Please get shots outside the workshop room, in the break area, outside, ANYWHERE to give as much variety as possible. Any good b-roll of Judy with people is welcome.

INTERVIEW FRAMING

If we’re lucky we might get some interviews, check with Judy for this.

~50mm - Eyeline narrowly off barrel to opposite side looking at interviewer

Outside eye on top third lines. Shoot wide-ish i can crop later if they move.

I use a directional stage mic for these, if you’re using lavs, please try to minimise background noise. Could be difficult!