Interview Clinic

Learn a fundamental skill every cinematographer should know:

Setting up and lighting

a talking head interview

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I'm JJ and I'm formerly the Director of Photography for Twitter.

I'll be breaking down

everything about my approach to lighting an interview.

Producing a talking head interview is a fundamental skill for any cinematographer to have as it's the foundation for corporate, product, and testimonial videos.

In other words, on-camera interviews are needed all the time.

And they pay.

You’ll learn the following:

Where to position lights and reflectors

The decisions that go into location scouting

How to to conduct interviews to get the right sound bite

The biggest mistakes that go into setting up lights and microphones for interview capture

This is me ensuring Alicia Keys looks and feels great right before a roll.

This is just one of the tips you'll pick up.

If you want to make money in producing video, interviews is a fundamental skill to have in the bag.

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About JJ

I’m JJ Jumoc-Casas and I’m a portrait photographer and director of photography based out of South San Francisco. I’ve worked with and for Apple, Twitter, Facebook, eBay, DoorDash, Stanford and Steph Curry’s SC30.

I’ve photographed CEOs and VIPs on stage, backstage, in their offices, and at their homes and filmed Alicia Keys, the late Kobe, and the President.

When I don't have a camera in my hand, you'll find me with a spoon eating ice cream with my wife and our daughter.

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