ABSTRACT
Two of the biggest undertakings for documentary filmmaking teams are: acquiring great interviews with terrific sound bites and shooting illustrative B-roll. Both are integral to telling the production's story. As a principal in the production team, the archaeologist can most likely be called upon to: be interviewed, help draft some of the questions used in the numerous interviews, and offer expert advice on what archaeology-related B-roll should be shot during production for usage by the editor in post production. This chapter provides insight into attaining informative interviews and representative B-roll. Generally speaking, there are three types of camera configurations for an interview: the interviewee looks directly into the camera, the camera is positioned so that the interviewee appears to be conversing with a person to the left or right of the camera and the interviewer can be seen on camera along with the interviewee.
