* If the interviewee is positioned on the left hand side of the screen, the questioner must be the opposite side to them, for example in the Simpsons interview I watched, Matt Groening was always on the left hand side, looking at the interviewer on the right. (If the interviewer is on the left, the interviewee sits on the right.)
* The name of the person being interviewed is shown in a box underneath the person, towards the lower part of the screen. Again for example, Matt Groening's name was visable on the screen as he was being interviewed.
* Questions asked are not heard and are edited out. In the Jaws interview, the director included the question in his answer, so there was no confusion for the audience.
* Cutaways were filmed in relation to the questionee's answers in the interview. For example, the woman who plays Bart Simpson was shown recording part of a Simpsons episode whilst answerng the questions of the interview.
* Cutaways are edited into interviews for two reasons; to link the Mise En Scene to the interviewee, and to break up the interview and illustrate what the interviewee is talking about, and to avoid jump cuts when questions are edited out.
* The Mise En Scene was appropriate for the interview happening. For example, when the director of Jaws was being interviewed, a cardboard cut out of the shark was placed behind him.
* No light source is visable coming from behind the interviewee. If there was, the interviewee would appear on the screen as a black figure.
* The interviewee is always filmed in a medium shot, medium close up or a close up. The stars of The Simpsons appeared to be filmed in mostly medium shots.
* Framing follows the rules of thirds - eyeline is roughly a third way down the frame.
* Cutaways are; archive material and suggested by something said in the interview.
