How to Interview on Video
February 4th, 2010When you do an interview, there should be at least three people involved. The person interviewed, you, the interviewer and camera work. It can be argued – I would say so – that one more person for the sound card is a great advantage, but it is a policy of perfection.
Interview for the video is a skill that with practice can be achieved. The key to success is research interviews, research and more research.
Before an interviewtopic you should know a lot about how the person you are interviewing possible.
And you should read everything that anyone has ever written on the subject.
This is what the Internet is for. Typically contains everything that is written in the last period.
The information can be obtained, more research is done, the better the interview go.
They say it is important that you, the interviewer has to ask questions and know when to shut up.
The problem isOften you find yourself knowing more about a subject that the person you are interviewing, temptation, and then to show your knowledge.
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The display is not interested in your opinion. This is the person who interviewed – the interviewee – that should be the focus of attention. And before you ask, yes, it's a big problem for me. I can not keep his mouth was.
Preparing for interviews, that float and those that are a bit 'scruffy. Threeexamples.
I had an hour's interview with Bill Gates in Sydney for Australian television. My questions were well prepared. He listen to the questions that remain silent for a moment and then give a coherent answer grammar. Awesome. In an interview, he went like a dream.
On the other hand, I had a lot wrong. The interview with the late Tony Hancock, perhaps the greatest English comic of his time, was held at the Sebel Townhouse in Sydney. It started as a band because I do notenough homework. E 'ironed out after a while,' and, finally, has worked very well. When this happened was the last interview with Tony Hancock.
I have seen a series of interviews with members of my family do not. I stay shooting and let them wander alone on what they thought their brothers and sisters. It was exciting stuff. If you were a member of the family.
Write your questions and give an answer, good answer questions further the cause is pending.Avoid questions that invite the single word answer is "yes" or "no".
If you ask: "Are you in favor of premarital sex?" There will probably be a one-word answer, is not the idea.
Questions phrase in order to induce the person interviewed to give their views to expand. "Her book suggests that it is against premarital sex. What is your opinion on this?" Are much more likely to lead to a full and fair comment as the first question.
To prevent a "yes" or"no" response by using tried and true technique of the journalist to ask who, what, why, how and when questions.
None of these can be resolved with a straight "yes" or "no".
Before the interview, you meet the subject and interviewer to establish some sort of relationship. There are interviewers, a couple can go to the cold and get a good result. But they are few and far between.
The chat is preliminary because it was a part of your search. With it the Western powersthe person interviewed to talk, to express themselves, to answer questions. It is possible that this initial conversation, you'll be in the final assembly of some of your questions.
In your initial conversation avoid putting specific questions will be asked during the interview.
Instead indicate the general areas of interest. If you have specific questions about the interview will be filmed a feeling that is felt show.
Before you start the conversation was the keyapplications referred ready. You must have some flexibility, but most of the time you'll realize that your first thought and logic, or the issue is much better than it is compiled, while flying it.
There are two ways to handle an interview.
The first, when the matter had not heard the question, and not then. Instead, you get answers that are clearly aimed at a stroke in person.
A series of reactions like these can be edited together byis a person or a couple, the effect of an ongoing conversation.
In this kind of conversation, he asked the question, and then keep your mouth great. As a kind of response is necessary nod or shake his head vigorously or encouraging smile. If you speak you have to be amended retrospectively. It is not always easy.
This technique can be seen with great effect when used in the movie "When Harry Met Sally", which consists of a series of interviews with theseCouples describing their life together. Magic.
The second form of food is the place where you are both on the screen the way a normal conversation. This type of maintenance can be easy with a camera not included.
Shoot the interviewee answer, and then shoot the interviewer to ask where is the meeting, asking the same questions. In the end there are a number of black terns', which can be used for an insert.
The key to making such maintenancethe person relaxed. Trying to film themselves in a familiar environment so they do not feel threatened. Keep the camera work and lighting as unobtrusive as possible.
The first question should be a healthy level of supervision and to be completely innocent.
Beginning of the interview very gently in a chat mode and always move from soft to hard questions imperceptibly.
Begins like no time busting or not to ask, bends or at worst exhausted. Happens.
Onend of the interview I always ask: "There's a couple of questions you want asked is that I lost?"
This allows you to extend the argument to a point or an area they feel has been skipped. It 'really amazing how often you have a good and useful answer will be given after the last question.
Start with a long shot the person that interviews where the interviewer. Back interviewer shows that a three-dimensional look to the shot andGiven the scene in a suitable context for the viewer. Jump shot size, in line with the questions. New issues, new context.
Another form of video interviews and vox pop – from the vox populi, Latin for voice of the people – are interviews with people fast on the streets to demonstrate public opinion on a topic.
What you end up with a series of statements that can be quickly cut together and ultimately provide a clear indication of the current situation in asubject.
To make the interview more interesting shot size to change when a new issue is raised. That is, to link an increase of, say, half recovery to close, and then resume filming again.
Use of different backgrounds and eyeliner.
To find out how many interviews you want, and then shoot that number with a margin of safety, perhaps 50 percent. Do not go shooting after that point. It may be useful material for a second phase, instead of wasting your time. In VOXModeration is the key pop.
Note carefully that individuals can move forward or backward when there is a point to make and maybe even wave their arms in the air, and you should be ready for this, so they are always in shot. Not the camera does not cut parts of their bodies. Armless respondents polled can be harmless, but is not the point of operation.
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