In class we watched videos about good ways to conduct an interview. Some of these tips were make sure that everybody in the room has their cell phones turned off to avoid distractions. You should also help coach your subject through the interview by telling them what to expect and that they'll cut out anything that isn't very good. You also have to make sure that both the interviewer and the subject are shot on the same level. You want to avoid 1-2 word answers so whenever they do, ask them to elaborate on what they just said. At the end of the interview you need to ask them the most important question is there anything else you want to add. This gives the subject the ability to say something that you didn't explicitly ask. You also need to frame your subject using the rule of 3rds, give your subject head room, and make sure that your subject is not looking at the camera. You also need to frame your subject in such a way that their whole face is in frame, and don't have your subject look off camera. Body language is also very important. Often your subject will be leaning back looking relaxed, but you need them to be straight looking where you want them to. Overall I learned a lot of things that I never thought about before, and I think I am more prepared to conduct a real interview than I was before.
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In Broadcast Tech we made a video based of a 6 word story we wrote. The story I wrote was High Five, Down Low, Too Slow. I liked this assignment because we had a lot more creative control with our video. Before we had a list of very specific shots that we had to edit together in a very specific order, but this time we were more or less allowed to do whatever we wanted. This led to me enjoying this a whole lot more. Filming was fun and pretty easy even with my partner not wearing the same clothes we shot the first half of the movie in, making us restart. Editing was more complicated this time because we didn't have an exact template we needed to follow. I liked this though, because I enjoy editing so that was a good thing. Over all I really liked this assignment, and I hope that we do something similar later in the year. You can watch my Six Word Story here.
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