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If interviewing a group, they may talk amongst themselves during the interview. This can give useful footage, and more honest opinions than might be achieved from a direct question. | If interviewing a group, they may talk amongst themselves during the interview. This can give useful footage, and more honest opinions than might be achieved from a direct question. | ||
More tips from a training session. Probably one given by Anna Bucks's mum: | |||
* Find a good background for interviews | |||
* Good shots/pans fro narrating over, ie a GV; General View | |||
* Sound bites, sum up a lot of views quickly | |||
* Piece to camera at end of report to conclude | |||
* 'Vox Pop' = Voice of Population. IE people in the street, no particular authority | |||
* 'Nat Sot' = Natural Sound. Used for a pause to separate sections | |||
* For editting, including an emotive interviewee is more interesting than bland factuals one. Can fill in facts by narraitng etc. | |||
* 'Sequences', eg camera focuses on an arbitrary moving thing to caprue the setting. | |||
* Talk to interviewee before interviewing, makes them comfortable, arrange what direction/course they interview takes. | |||
* Make sure interviewee rephrases your question in their answer. (IE not a answer such as 'yes', but one such as 'yes, the sky is blue') | |||
* Have camera at eyelevel of interviewee | |||
* If interviewer also in shot then both at same level, eg sit down | |||
* Alternatively interviewer next to camera for best direction of their eyes relative to camera | |||
* Short answers from interviewees are easir to edit and follow | |||
* After conductinf an interview, film cutaways etc. Shots of them in a natural pose, activity etc. | |||
* Don't open with familiar, cmmon shots, start with something new and attention grabbing. | |||
* Pieve to camera in the middle of a report means emotive interview could be used to end the report. | |||
* "How do you feel about..." can get good emotive response, but don't include the question in the edit. | |||
