Two Camera Interviews How to make them look Cinematic

In this video I go over why you should be filming your interviews with two or more cameras and how to set them up so they can look as good and work as well as they did in Documentary films like Micheal Jordans “The Last Dance”
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[@CJDuckett]

This video is amazing!! You literally touched on EVERYTHING I’ve been wanting to know in terms of shooting docs and interviews and where to place my cameras. THANK YOU! I really appreciate you brotha.

[@auteurstudios]

Awesome video Brian, love it.

[@traviswilliams248]

This is the best video I’ve seen in this topic, well done! Thanks for the tips. Was extremely helpful.

[@BrianHunt]

Thanks Travis!

[@punctdaniel]

Awesome value, thanks so much!

[@kermitshamburger774]

Great Video. Extremely helpful. Thank you.

[@saketgautam4417]

Thanku so much. Great help..❤️❤️

[@dafnaflieg]

awesome info here! This is going to help me a lot with my work thank you for it!

[@Enonimesh]

Thanks for sharing such a valuable info 🙏🏻

[@shanesilba9423]

Very good tip man thank you

[@jaymartinson]

Thanks so much. Great content. Very practical and helpful advice with good examples.

[@lightbright8888]

Great video with a wealth of knowledge.

[@Disasterina]

Great advice! Thanks so much!

[@ChrisPodcasting]

This was fire bro

[@aquelay]

Very helpful!

[@kayliathequeen9612]

This was helpful and makes sense

[@OutstandnBrandon]

Phenomenal video famo. Thank you

[@hairypixel]

Great vid, very informative and well made. Top marks and thanks for sharing.

[@blairreynolds]

I was looking for this exact thing (specifically about angles with multiple cameras). But couldn't find it anywhere. Thanks for breaking it down and making it make sense

[@BrianHunt]

My pleasure, glad you found it helpful

[@DavidWangstoryteller]

Great to the point reminder video. Thank you.

[@BrianHunt]

Thank David

[@GXYMXN]

Thanks alot for this.

[@charlieross-BRM]

Just today I was scrubbing through footage from over two months ago and I'd completely overlooked that I brought along my tiny HD camcorder "just because, why not" and it had some alternate views that will add a lot of interest visually to the main camera shot in 4K. It wasn't planned that way because this was a sculptor who turns the work frequently and I can't predict or interrupt what he's going to do. He won't know ahead either. It's art.

[@jacksonfalon5323]

Super helpful video!

[@robertoliver9164]

Excellent! Thank You!

[@BrianHunt]

You are welcome!

[@ZaccheusMukahiwa]

Really appreciate this video Brain!! Definitely going to use this style!

[@BrianHunt]

Thanks Zentaro! Glad you found it helpful!

[@tomiwahassantommyv8350]

Great Job

[@brittanymeadows8990]

awesome!

[@ReinerAlpizar]

Real good info thanks a lot

[@folksongpreacher2255]

Great tips man. Thank you! Will def try to apply them with my videos.

[@BrianHunt]

Glad it was helpful!

[@DavidStella]

This is incredibly helpful. Thank you!

[@BrianHunt]

You're Welcome!

[@livinginlabuga]

Crazy!!! I have an interview to shoot today and I jus found this vid, great content

[@amadhd]

awesome content !

[@erikconn]

Good Stuff Thanks...

[@BEYONDIMAGES-AI]

Nice one I will try in 2 weeks. Good Video.

[@monroeranderson]

I think this was very helpful

[@Aljalil]

Thanks for this

[@LightWorkNYC]

love the tip on the Eye Direct!!!

[@BrianHunt]

Glad it was helpful!

[@LarryDennisfilms]

Wow very direct and easily explain you just increase my stock a lot I appreciate you

[@somaticconsent510]

very helpful, thank you

[@smallaxes]

thk you it really interssting !

[@JaredRibic]

I've been shooting with two cameras for a while now. What I need to work on is planning who is going to be on which side of the frame, so I don't have everyone on the same side of the frame all the time. All the documentaries I really like have a great balance of interviewees on the left side and the right side of the frame.

[@TheFaustianMan]

Give me some examples bro. I need to up my game.

[@nickpavlou5023]

What a great point

[@leonspinks]

Brian, nice video. This all makes sense and thanks for breaking it down and making it so simple to understand. My question is how all this gets complicated if you have two people and three cameras. Now, where is everyone supposed to look so you aren't crossing lines and what is the best way to compose the shots? You've got one wide and two closer shots, but which side of the closeups is the long side, and which side is the short side?

[@ANDRITHORMEDIA]

Very helpful video. Thank you :)

[@ionbusman2086]

Goldmine of info

[@davidwafulake]

Great stuff

[@JohannBauermeister]

Nice one!

[@Benwa22]

Great video. Thanks!

[@BrianHunt]

Glad you liked it!

[@portersblackboard]

This is the video that I have been looking for. I do online tutorials and like the idea of a second camera to break up the segments when I am talking a lot. It kind of looks like you are just zooming in but because of the change it the background blur it feels much more sophisticated without being jarring. I like the subtly of this technique much more than just zooming in or the side angle shot.

[@kennethochoa7550]

good stuff

[@jomiongoo]

Spot on bro

[@BrianHunt]

Much appreciated

[@lightchild]

Love it ! The only recommendation I would make is to have at least a 30degree difference in the camera set up. If they just stand next to each other it just looks like you just zoomed in. Which you can do as well if you film in 4k but delivered in 1080p. You can zoom in and create that ‘2nd’ focal length digitally. If you are using 2 cameras, have at least a 30degree difference between them :) that way it really shows that there was a second camera and you did not just zoom in

[@BrianHunt]

Great advice Lightchild, We use to do the zoom-in method but are doing more and more 4k finishes now.. maybe we need to get the new URSA Pro 12K hahaha!

[@loudandclearmedia]

@@BrianHunt A pair of Pocket 6Ks are fantastic for this. You can do zooms, key frame motion ect and still have plenty of resolution for a 4K delivery. It's literally like having 4 cameras for ~$5K

[@BrianHunt]

@@loudandclearmedia That is great! I had a 6K and 4k pocket, have gone all over to sony now but the benefit of the extra resolution on the 6K is really great.

[@FenderLewis]

I would beg to differ a little bit on that. If you use a second camera right next to the main one and use a faster lens, you are getting different compression in the background that makes it not looked just punched in

[@Joe99]

The angles of the 2 cams on the Last Dance are so close it seems. The main difference is the bokeh.

[@gemini9775]

very usefull thanks ^^

[@ThinkEagles]

Great Video Hunter!!

[@BrianHunt]

Thanks!

[@gemini9775]

good tips thank ^^

[@Views360]

thanks for sharing such a usefull video

[@FullMoon7]

Great informations

[@Ansonandco]

I like the 3rd camera tip for emotions. GREAT tip.

[@BrianHunt]

Thanks Anson & Co.!

[@charlieross-BRM]

Those emotion reveals can aid some stories. Some guests feel embarrassed if they paused and made a face and want to do it again but those are tell tales of being genuine so I think it makes the audience connection. I'm just talking about some little mouth twist or eyes up to the ceiling for a second while they are searching for words; not exploiting someone's emotions.

[@loudandclearmedia]

Me too, though unless you know your subject is going to be wringing their hands you'd need another crew member to capture it.

[@fuckyomamafuckyosisterfuck6136]

yes, we will try,, i think my MEVO will make a PERFECT #2 camera, just under my primary.!

[@weddingprotips4606]

Well this just helped me decide, was going to upgrade my Panasonic S1 to the S1h, but for the same $$ I can keep my S1 and add the new S5 for 2 camera interviews! Also I just got a Redrock Micro 1 man crew director and it has given my interviews a really high end feel!

[@BrianHunt]

Awesome glad to help! The Redrock 1 man crew looks like a great piece of kit too!

[@rpgroome]

Very helpful

[@BrianHunt]

Thank you glad you enjoyed it

[@SuperCalmCrew]

lit!

[@therealsquidward1089]

00:03 How to make two camera interviews look cinematic 01:08 Tips for achieving a cinematic look in two-camera interviews 02:00 Two camera interviews tips for a cinematic look 02:44 The video discusses how to make two camera interviews look cinematic. 03:35 Tips for creating cinematic two camera interviews 04:18 Creating cinematic interviews with two cameras 05:04 Benefits of having more conversation during an interview 05:57 The video discusses how to make two camera interviews look cinematic

[@misurebanks1538]

Thanks......I like you 😊

[@FerdIsaacs]

dope!

[@BrianHunt]

Thanks!

[@adsertheblade]

Brian, thanks for the great video. I've been noticing that it feels a bit strange when a person is talking directly to the camera but is positioned on the third. The lack of symmetry and empty space (even if filled with props) doesn't quite work for me. I find that composition works better when the B camera is at an angle, and the subject is not looking directly into it. As a sort of compromise, you also get the portrait style composition where you have the subject pointing away from the camera, but looking into it. The trouble with that one for me is that nobody actually talks like that, it's an unnatural position. I guess my conclusion is: centre shot when looking into the camera, and in the third when looking past the camera, probably at a closer focal length. Am I talking nonsense, or does it make sense? Thanks

[@_BrianFitz]

Great information. I have at 2 cam shoot tomorrow.

[@BrianHunt]

Thanks Brian, hope the shoot went well!

[@beatprocess]

thanks Brian. im trying to make beat videos so im trying to do a 2 camera setup

[@isequalto_klasses]

🎉🎉

[@FenderLewis]

Love this! Great explanation. What two cameras did you use to shoot this?

[@sergioguerrero7750]

Great video, thanks for sharing. Do you have any advise on shooting a two person interview?

[@jessedameron7985]

Ok. So, if I only have 1 camera that can shoot 4K and I want to fake 2 cameras. Should I have the person look directly into the camera and then use post-production to punch in and punch out? I ask because at the end of this video, you mentioned getting the cameras as tightly together as possible. But in the the beginning of this video, you said to film from 2 different angles.

[@HaroldEscalona]

👏👏👏👏👏

[@BrianHunt]

Thanks Harold

[@rakeshdharan1571]

Hi, which camera do u prefer to put closer to the person asking the question (the wide or close range). Is there an ideal position for wide and close cameras in a 2 camera interview set up so that it feels smoother in edit.?

[@lifestyle3000]

Great video. Thank you for this valuable content. I have a question: how would you film an interview with 3 guests sitting next to each other at a table?

[@ShamrockParticle]

Why not just one and have the camera focus on the persons speaking? Isn't it less distracting with less angle swaps or those close-ups that feel like a slap?

[@DonteT]

Thanks! You shoot with lighting on either side depending on the mood. There’s no way of “properly lighting “ a documentary. Narrative is a different matter

[@chasekeibler2802]

What editing software do you use to make sure both are lined up and using the correct sound? (Sound is the easy part) but I’m looking for a seamless editing platform where can I lay on and easily cut back and forth. Thank you!

[@antonytalia]

It has to be atleast a 30 degree difference in camera position + different focal length to avoid it looking like a jump cut.

[@antone9751]

FYI, That Micheal Jordan interview in The Last Dance was shot with at least five cameras!

[@speakerscoach]

do both cameras have to be the same type?

[@fsb5370]

I know this video is old... If you had to choose between a 50mm and 35mm two and 50mm and 24mm, what would you choose?

[@fuckyomamafuckyosisterfuck6136]

what software or APP, do you recomend for post? - On a budget -

[@Thatoneguykid]

1:30 was that jump cut on purpose? Lol

[@jordanh5834]

What video of yours is 1:09 from?

[@BrianHunt]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/fJ2yaaCVqq6hoNk

[@253emiliano]

Pudget Sound Pizza

[@TCKPROINC]

Stacking cameras always feels a little strange

[@95Ldunc]

I have been using three cameras in my interviews. It’s a lot more work however, it’s nice to have a third angle. One wide angle 24mm, one tight shot 135mm and one 35mm on the side of the subject sitting on a slider that is parallax around the subject.

[@BrianHunt]

That's an awesome method!

[@95Ldunc]

@@BrianHunt this is the video I shot using an 85mm, 35mm and a 50mm working on a slider. I shot it all simultaneously and edited the multi camera angles in Premiere Pro. Check it out: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gYGxiJihi95jm6M

[@olumay21]

I wonder if I can use a camera and a phone 😅

[@MrPfifeDawg]

You ever get an answer to this? I have a nice camera but don’t have an additional one! Lol

[@CayeDaws]

All this does is make things more distracting and try hard as if you are not confident in your material so you use the different camera angles to compensate

[@greggh]

Sorry. Those cuts look pretty jumpy. Would be much better, and come across as more authentic without them. But thank you for this video. It definitely helps beginning videographers learn what not to do.