Sona Patel

Mark Hiland, senior director of digital operations for The Arizona Republic, held a session today on video storytelling.

I’ve learned a lot in the last year about how to shoot online video, but Mark had some great tips that should be used as guiding principles for shooting an interview:

S: Setting/quiet location

M: Microphone (keep it about four inches away from your subject)

A: Audio levels

C: Composition (have something in the foreground of your frame)

K: Keep monitoring audio levels. Wear headphones!