If you're very close to the interviewer's eyeline, there's a risk that the interviewer shifting will block the subject. In his pre-Interrotron films (e.g. The

If you're very close to the interviewer's eyeline, there's a risk that the interviewer shifting will block the subject. In his pre-Interrotron films (e.g. The Thin Blue Line), he put the camera fairly close to his head, so it's not direct address, but close.