Interview Techniques
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Interview tips for journalists
1: Never give an interviewee questions in advance. It’s fine to give a general idea about the interview themes, but being too specific may limit what you can ask in the interview. It also risks being overtaken by events and allows the interviewee to rehearse answers.
2: Be on time. There’s nothing worse than keeping someone.
3: Always check that your equipment is working and that you have enough batteries, tapes, discs etc before you leave the office.
4: Treat the interviewee with respect. A warm but not over-enthusiastic greeting is a good start. The interviewee deserves respect whether they are a president or a man or woman in the street.
5: Take control of the location. It’s your interview. You need to choose a place that isn't too noisy and where there are not too many distractions.
6: You are not the centre of attention. You are there to get the perspective of the interviewee, not give your own.
7: Do the research you need to, but don’t try to cram it all into your questions. Put yourself in the shoes of a member of your audience before you start the interview. If they were here, what would they ask?
8: Ask the most important question first. The more pressed the interviewee is, the less time they will have and the more likely that they will cut the interview short.
9: The interview is a conversation. It is not a confrontation. You are not there to make the interviewee look stupid.
10: Try to avoid looking at notes. If you look at your notes, the interviewee may be distracted. And it’s difficult for you to read and listen at the same time.
11: Maintain eye contact at all times. Keep your body language in check. If you nod your head, your subject may take this to mean that you agree with them and so there is no need to explain further. You may miss the chance to discover more. If you shake your head, or recoil with a shocked facial expression, you risk making your subject clam up. You will have shown them that you find their views offensive and so they are likely to stop short of saying even more in the same vein.
12: Try to ask a maximum of three or four questions. An interview is not a fishing expedition. If you can’t get to the essence of what you want the interviewee to say in three or four questions, change the questions.
13: There are only six basic questions. Who? What? Where? When? How? Why?
14: Shorter questions are better than longer ones. Never ask more than one question at a time, combining questions makes it easy for the interviewee to avoid answering one altogether but without seeming to. Be as direct as you can without being rude.
15: Be sure of your facts. There’s nothing worse than being told you are wrong by an interviewee – especially when it’s live.
16: Listen. The interviewee might want to use your interview to say something important that you were not expecting.
17: If the interviewee’s not happy with the way they answered a particular question, don’t give in to appeals for them to do it again – unless there is a factual error in the answer or there is a risk of serious confusion.
18: At the end of the interview, no matter how difficult the interviewee has been, always say thank you
19: Always check the interview has been recorded before the interviewee leaves. It’s much harder to re-do the interview if there’s been a technical fault.
20: When you’re editing, don’t take answers out of context. That’s dishonest.
http://www.mediahelpingmedia.org/training-resources/journalism-basics/475-20-interviewing-tips-for-journalists
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1. Find a good location.
Try to interview in a place that has some relevance to the story or your subject. Then you’ll gain a further sense of context; also the interviewee will be more comfortable, and open when they’re in a familiar place or what feels like “their territory.”
Ask to meet at your subject’s house, work, or the location of an incident relevant to the story.
2. Prepare your goals ahead of time.
Know what questions you’re going to ask and why you’re going to ask them.
You should already be thinking about what you want your piece to look like and what you need from this interview to get your article closer to that end result.
3. Write down your questions.
Be sure and bring prepared questions with you.
4. Work on your flow.
You want to strike a balance between a conversation (which helps make your subject feel comfortable and aids candor) and getting the job done. As your subject is answering your question, be thinking about what you’ll ask next and why.
The flow of questions needs to seem natural and conversational — don’t spin your subject off on a completely different topic just because that’s the next question on your list. Think about segues and transitions. This way your subject doesn’t feel forced to give you sound bites and may open up a little.
5. Think about the medium.
If you’re interviewing for audio or video, you want to ask two-part questions, which encourages subjects to talk for longer blocks of time.
When you’re interviewing for print, try and break questions up so you can get shorter and more concise answers. You can be more conversational with interviews for print — you can use hesitations. Not doing this is one of the biggest challenges when you’re interviewing for audio. Nodding and smiling accomplishes the same sort of conversational encouragement and keeps your tape clean.
Another great trick for audio interviews is to have your subject re-enact the story. It makes for good sound and helps you avoid having too much of your own narration later on.
6. Bring a buddy.
Having a second person as a notetaker and extra set of ears can be very useful. It can be a lifesaver to have that second set of notes to check your quotes and information.
7. Avoid obsessing.
As you’re interviewing, you should be able to discern the gems from the chatter — focus on the quotes and info you know you’re going to use and make sure you get that right!
8. Be a little annoying.
Don’t be afraid to relentlessly revisit a question or topic that you feel hasn’t been properly addressed by the interviewee. Sometimes people need time to warm up to you or a topic, or will respond better if your question is worded differently.
9. Be a little sneaky.
Continue taking notes even after the interview is officially over. Sometimes people say the most revealing or intimate things when they feel they’re out of the “hot seat.
10. Empower your subject.
A great question to ask if you don’t fully understand the perspective of your interviewee is, “What is your ideal solution/resolution?” Obviously this only works in certain circumstances, but when appropriate it can help clarify a person’s point of view or opinion.
11. Work them up.
Another great question is, “Why do you care about this issue?” This can be an effective way to get a strong and emotional quote about why the topic you’re covering is so important.
You can also ask for the turning point in a story, the moment when everything changed or catalyzed. This can help you shape the narrative of your story as well.
12. Endure awkward silences.
Keep chattering and asking questions to keep people feeling comfortable, but sometimes, especially when you’re dealing with sensitive subjects, you need to keep quiet and wait.
Ask your question, let them give you the rehearsed and generic answer, then sit there quietly and see what comes next. This technique may give powerful results.
13. Ask for what you need.
You can say, “Listen, I really need a quote from you encapsulating your feelings on this issue,” or, “I really need you to walk me through the chronology of this,” or even, “I really need you to take me to a location that is relevant to this issue so I can set a scene.”
For the most part people want to be helpful, and you just need to tell them how they can.
https://matadornetwork.com/bnt/13-simple-journalist-techniques-for-effective-interviews/
Interviewing is a method of eliciting information and is perhaps the oldest of all the social science methodologies. It is a “conversation between people in which one person has the role of the researcher” (Arksey and Knight 1999, cited under General Overviews; p. 2). Interviews can be carried out face to face, over the telephone and Internet, or in a group setting. They are often aided by an interview guide, schedule, or aide memoire that contains topics, themes, or issues to be covered during the course of the interview rather than a sequence of standardized questions. The intention is that the interviewer remains flexible and responsive throughout the interview so that the sequence of questions can change, their content can evolve, and the interviewer can probe more deeply into initial responses to gain a more detailed or “in-depth” answer to the question.
Types of interviewing
1. Informational Interviews
reveal facts or opinions.The crucial words to use when asking questions are: who, what, where, why, when and how.
2. Interpretive Interviews
The subject of the interview needs to interpret some facts which are already known.
3. Emotional Interviews
In an emotional interview, a certain amount of silence is very important, as the subject pauses to gather his or her thoughts.
Good reporting covers all of human emotional experiences;happiness, anxiety or anger.
4. Talk Show
These are referred to as “soft” interviews that usually focus on the personality of the person or command, rather than on hard news issues.
The interviewee must be aware that new questions may arise tied to current events in the news.
5. Remote
This is similar to the general interview but involves the interviewee in one location and the interviewer in a television studio asking questions. There may also be a third party linked by another remote location or in the television studio. The interviewee has an earplug to hear the questions. It may cause the distraction and confusion in the audio feedback, in the earplug. This technical problem makes the interviewee more nervous and thus interferes with the ability to do the best interview possible.
7. Edited
This type of an interview is the interview that has been edited after the actual conversation took place. The best advice about this interview is that you know the people you are dealing with so you will not take things out of the context.
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Most popular interviewers:
Johnny Carson - The Tonight Show.
His popularity with the late-night audience became so great, and the income from advertising on his show so profitable that, in 1967, NBC had to lure Johnny back to The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) after a walkout with a three-year contract guaranteeing him a minimum of $4 million. In the early 1970s, TV Guide reported that Carson was earning $2 million a year, making him the highest paid TV entertainer ever. Carson created a sense of intimacy with his guests and audiences that made him the unvanquished "King of Nighttime TV". Aside from his loyal audience, Carson was beloved by his guests and the legions of young comics whose careers were launched on "The Tonight Show", colloquially known as "The Johnny Carson Show".
Madonna had her very first talk show interview on Carson’s show in 1987. Diane Lane, in 1983, talked about her mother being playmate of the year in 1957. This is proof that Carson was able to casually draw out answers from many guests.
James Lipton- Inside the Actor’s Studio
Born on September 19, 1926, in Detroit, Michigan. Inside The Actors Studio has become a forum
for Lipton's highly candid, up-close-and-personal interviews with more than 250 actors, screenwriters
and directors, with an audience of drama students participating in their own Q&A session at the end
of every episode.
He has interviewed many people including: Paul Newman, Barbara Walters, Billy Crystal, Martin
Sheen and more. Lipton’s famous ten questions are: “What is your least favorite word? What turns
you on? What turns you off? What sound or noise do you love? What sound or noise do you hate?
What is your favorite curse word? What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
What profession would you not like to do?” Finally; “If heaven exists, what would you like to hear God
say when you arrive at the pearly gates?”
Jimmy Fallon- The Tonight Show
Born on September 19, 1974, in Brooklyn, New York. In 1998, Fallon joined the cast of Saturday
Night Live. He then left the show in 2004. Five years later, he launched his own successful program,
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. In April 2013, it was announced that Fallon will take over for Jay Leno
as host of The Tonight Show. He debuted as the new host of the Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
on February 17, 2014. His boyish charm and quirky spoofs and stunts won over audiences. In
addition to interviews and monologues, Fallon has done comedy segments, including playing games
with guests and making humorous videos.
Fallon is able to have his guests engage in some hilarious activities. This allows the viewer to see
another side of these celebrity stars. Fallon has arm wrestled Jason Statham and Hugh Jackman,
played charades with Scarlett Johansson and Drake. He also played Faceketball with Bradley Cooper.
These outrageous examples are what helps define Jimmy Fallon as an influential celebrity
interviewer. He also interviewed many modern stars such as Lady Gaga, Miley Cyrus or Daniel
Radcliffe. He prepares funny games such as: Would You Rather, The Whisper Challenge, Best
Friends Challenge, Slapjack, Wheel of Impressions, Box of Lies and many more.
Ellen- The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Born on January 26, 1958, in Metairie, Louisiana. She was a stand-up comedian before
starring on her own sitcom, Ellen. At the age of 23, DeGeneres began performing at a local
coffeehouse. She got her big debut in 1986 when, acting on a tip from Jay Leno, The Tonight
Show starring Johnny Carson sent a booking agent to catch her act at the Improv in
Hollywood. In 1997, she came out as gay, and became a staunch advocate of LGBT rights.
She has been the host of her own award-winning talk show, The Ellen DeGeneres Show,
since 2003. A unique combination of kind and funny, Ellen DeGeneres became a popular
choice to host major awards telecasts. She was tapped to host the Grammys in 1996 and
1997; the Primetime Emmys in 2001 and 2005; and the Academy Awards in 2007 and 2014.
By May of 2009, Ellen had hosted her 1000th episode and interviewed Oprah Winfrey, Paris
Hilton and Justin Timberlake, among others.
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The interview framing
(some of the screenshots used from our footage)
“Keep an eye on headroom; don’t position your interviewee too high or low in the frame”
Jason Baney
I need to make sure that i do not cut too much of the head of the interviewee, and that I do
not leave too much space eaither. It would make the frame feel very uncofortable to watch
later.
The only expectation can be if in the background is something that needs to be shown.
With this shot, we decided to place Clare closer to the middle of the shot, because we
needed to show both M&S and N4J logos. We left a little bit of the head room, however,
now looking at it I think having a litle bit less of it would be a better choice.
We wanted the documentary to have some kind of modern reseblence within it. We wanted
it too look slightly more creative. We wanted to achive that, because the topic was based on
young people and it meant to inspire the local employers. Something simple and that has
been before would not be intersting or inspiring.
“When shooting an interview on two cameras, you need to double check each angle to
ensure the shots cut into each other well. This makes it easier in editing to cut around the
interview and jump between angles, especially if you don’t have the opportunity to film
cutaways”, says Jason.
That is why we used two cameras. The main one, which mostly showed what is presented on
the screenshot above, and the second one, that was much more zoomed in to the face of the
interviewee, so we could use that shot when they would talk about something very important
or emotional.
This shot has a perfect head space in my opinion. The frame starts with the headline of the
interviewee. It is comfortable to look at and it represents another thing that we had to
think about.
In order to create ‘listening space’ for the audience, making it easier for them to absorb
what is being said, “we tend to frame people on one side of the frame, looking across the
frame to an interviewer off camera”, says Jason.
We used the negative space on the right hand side, which makes Clare looks of the screen.
It builds the ceriousity and interested in the audience. They listen more cerefuly and with
larger focus.
“With female interviewees, for example, we generally try to position the camera a touch
higher and point it down, as this tends to be a more flattering angle”, explains Jason.
For our interviews we did not think of making the itnerwiewee look more atractive. We
focused on the idea of giving facts or being in power in the situation when they were saying
inspiring thigns to the local employers. The balanced shots and sligtly low angles meant
to help with creating the serious tone, while creative approach to the second framing and the
editing of the cut aways balanced this and created very interesting mix.
https://www.seethat.co.uk/tips-framing-video-interview/
Interview tips for journalists
1: Never give an interviewee questions in advance. It’s fine to give a general idea about the interview themes, but being too specific may limit what you can ask in the interview. It also risks being overtaken by events and allows the interviewee to rehearse answers.
2: Be on time. There’s nothing worse than keeping someone.
3: Always check that your equipment is working and that you have enough batteries, tapes, discs etc before you leave the office.
4: Treat the interviewee with respect. A warm but not over-enthusiastic greeting is a good start. The interviewee deserves respect whether they are a president or a man or woman in the street.
5: Take control of the location. It’s your interview. You need to choose a place that isn't too noisy and where there are not too many distractions.
6: You are not the centre of attention. You are there to get the perspective of the interviewee, not give your own.
7: Do the research you need to, but don’t try to cram it all into your questions. Put yourself in the shoes of a member of your audience before you start the interview. If they were here, what would they ask?
8: Ask the most important question first. The more pressed the interviewee is, the less time they will have and the more likely that they will cut the interview short.
9: The interview is a conversation. It is not a confrontation. You are not there to make the interviewee look stupid.
10: Try to avoid looking at notes. If you look at your notes, the interviewee may be distracted. And it’s difficult for you to read and listen at the same time.
11: Maintain eye contact at all times. Keep your body language in check. If you nod your head, your subject may take this to mean that you agree with them and so there is no need to explain further. You may miss the chance to discover more. If you shake your head, or recoil with a shocked facial expression, you risk making your subject clam up. You will have shown them that you find their views offensive and so they are likely to stop short of saying even more in the same vein.
12: Try to ask a maximum of three or four questions. An interview is not a fishing expedition. If you can’t get to the essence of what you want the interviewee to say in three or four questions, change the questions.
13: There are only six basic questions. Who? What? Where? When? How? Why?
14: Shorter questions are better than longer ones. Never ask more than one question at a time, combining questions makes it easy for the interviewee to avoid answering one altogether but without seeming to. Be as direct as you can without being rude.
15: Be sure of your facts. There’s nothing worse than being told you are wrong by an interviewee – especially when it’s live.
16: Listen. The interviewee might want to use your interview to say something important that you were not expecting.
17: If the interviewee’s not happy with the way they answered a particular question, don’t give in to appeals for them to do it again – unless there is a factual error in the answer or there is a risk of serious confusion.
18: At the end of the interview, no matter how difficult the interviewee has been, always say thank you
19: Always check the interview has been recorded before the interviewee leaves. It’s much harder to re-do the interview if there’s been a technical fault.
20: When you’re editing, don’t take answers out of context. That’s dishonest.
http://www.mediahelpingmedia.org/training-resources/journalism-basics/475-20-interviewing-tips-for-journalists
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1. Find a good location.
Try to interview in a place that has some relevance to the story or your subject. Then you’ll gain a further sense of context; also the interviewee will be more comfortable, and open when they’re in a familiar place or what feels like “their territory.”
Ask to meet at your subject’s house, work, or the location of an incident relevant to the story.
2. Prepare your goals ahead of time.
Know what questions you’re going to ask and why you’re going to ask them.
You should already be thinking about what you want your piece to look like and what you need from this interview to get your article closer to that end result.
3. Write down your questions.
Be sure and bring prepared questions with you.
4. Work on your flow.
You want to strike a balance between a conversation (which helps make your subject feel comfortable and aids candor) and getting the job done. As your subject is answering your question, be thinking about what you’ll ask next and why.
The flow of questions needs to seem natural and conversational — don’t spin your subject off on a completely different topic just because that’s the next question on your list. Think about segues and transitions. This way your subject doesn’t feel forced to give you sound bites and may open up a little.
5. Think about the medium.
If you’re interviewing for audio or video, you want to ask two-part questions, which encourages subjects to talk for longer blocks of time.
When you’re interviewing for print, try and break questions up so you can get shorter and more concise answers. You can be more conversational with interviews for print — you can use hesitations. Not doing this is one of the biggest challenges when you’re interviewing for audio. Nodding and smiling accomplishes the same sort of conversational encouragement and keeps your tape clean.
Another great trick for audio interviews is to have your subject re-enact the story. It makes for good sound and helps you avoid having too much of your own narration later on.
6. Bring a buddy.
Having a second person as a notetaker and extra set of ears can be very useful. It can be a lifesaver to have that second set of notes to check your quotes and information.
7. Avoid obsessing.
As you’re interviewing, you should be able to discern the gems from the chatter — focus on the quotes and info you know you’re going to use and make sure you get that right!
8. Be a little annoying.
Don’t be afraid to relentlessly revisit a question or topic that you feel hasn’t been properly addressed by the interviewee. Sometimes people need time to warm up to you or a topic, or will respond better if your question is worded differently.
9. Be a little sneaky.
Continue taking notes even after the interview is officially over. Sometimes people say the most revealing or intimate things when they feel they’re out of the “hot seat.
10. Empower your subject.
A great question to ask if you don’t fully understand the perspective of your interviewee is, “What is your ideal solution/resolution?” Obviously this only works in certain circumstances, but when appropriate it can help clarify a person’s point of view or opinion.
11. Work them up.
Another great question is, “Why do you care about this issue?” This can be an effective way to get a strong and emotional quote about why the topic you’re covering is so important.
You can also ask for the turning point in a story, the moment when everything changed or catalyzed. This can help you shape the narrative of your story as well.
12. Endure awkward silences.
Keep chattering and asking questions to keep people feeling comfortable, but sometimes, especially when you’re dealing with sensitive subjects, you need to keep quiet and wait.
Ask your question, let them give you the rehearsed and generic answer, then sit there quietly and see what comes next. This technique may give powerful results.
13. Ask for what you need.
You can say, “Listen, I really need a quote from you encapsulating your feelings on this issue,” or, “I really need you to walk me through the chronology of this,” or even, “I really need you to take me to a location that is relevant to this issue so I can set a scene.”
For the most part people want to be helpful, and you just need to tell them how they can.
https://matadornetwork.com/bnt/13-simple-journalist-techniques-for-effective-interviews/
Interviewing is a method of eliciting information and is perhaps the oldest of all the social science methodologies. It is a “conversation between people in which one person has the role of the researcher” (Arksey and Knight 1999, cited under General Overviews; p. 2). Interviews can be carried out face to face, over the telephone and Internet, or in a group setting. They are often aided by an interview guide, schedule, or aide memoire that contains topics, themes, or issues to be covered during the course of the interview rather than a sequence of standardized questions. The intention is that the interviewer remains flexible and responsive throughout the interview so that the sequence of questions can change, their content can evolve, and the interviewer can probe more deeply into initial responses to gain a more detailed or “in-depth” answer to the question.
Types of interviewing
1. Informational Interviews
reveal facts or opinions.The crucial words to use when asking questions are: who, what, where, why, when and how.
2. Interpretive Interviews
The subject of the interview needs to interpret some facts which are already known.
3. Emotional Interviews
In an emotional interview, a certain amount of silence is very important, as the subject pauses to gather his or her thoughts.
Good reporting covers all of human emotional experiences;happiness, anxiety or anger.
4. Talk Show
These are referred to as “soft” interviews that usually focus on the personality of the person or command, rather than on hard news issues.
The interviewee must be aware that new questions may arise tied to current events in the news.
5. Remote
This is similar to the general interview but involves the interviewee in one location and the interviewer in a television studio asking questions. There may also be a third party linked by another remote location or in the television studio. The interviewee has an earplug to hear the questions. It may cause the distraction and confusion in the audio feedback, in the earplug. This technical problem makes the interviewee more nervous and thus interferes with the ability to do the best interview possible.
7. Edited
This type of an interview is the interview that has been edited after the actual conversation took place. The best advice about this interview is that you know the people you are dealing with so you will not take things out of the context.
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Most popular interviewers:
Johnny Carson - The Tonight Show.
His popularity with the late-night audience became so great, and the income from advertising on his show so profitable that, in 1967, NBC had to lure Johnny back to The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) after a walkout with a three-year contract guaranteeing him a minimum of $4 million. In the early 1970s, TV Guide reported that Carson was earning $2 million a year, making him the highest paid TV entertainer ever. Carson created a sense of intimacy with his guests and audiences that made him the unvanquished "King of Nighttime TV". Aside from his loyal audience, Carson was beloved by his guests and the legions of young comics whose careers were launched on "The Tonight Show", colloquially known as "The Johnny Carson Show".
Madonna had her very first talk show interview on Carson’s show in 1987. Diane Lane, in 1983, talked about her mother being playmate of the year in 1957. This is proof that Carson was able to casually draw out answers from many guests.
James Lipton- Inside the Actor’s Studio
Born on September 19, 1926, in Detroit, Michigan. Inside The Actors Studio has become a forum
for Lipton's highly candid, up-close-and-personal interviews with more than 250 actors, screenwriters
and directors, with an audience of drama students participating in their own Q&A session at the end
of every episode.
He has interviewed many people including: Paul Newman, Barbara Walters, Billy Crystal, Martin
Sheen and more. Lipton’s famous ten questions are: “What is your least favorite word? What turns
you on? What turns you off? What sound or noise do you love? What sound or noise do you hate?
What is your favorite curse word? What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
What profession would you not like to do?” Finally; “If heaven exists, what would you like to hear God
say when you arrive at the pearly gates?”
Jimmy Fallon- The Tonight Show
Born on September 19, 1974, in Brooklyn, New York. In 1998, Fallon joined the cast of Saturday
Night Live. He then left the show in 2004. Five years later, he launched his own successful program,
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. In April 2013, it was announced that Fallon will take over for Jay Leno
as host of The Tonight Show. He debuted as the new host of the Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
on February 17, 2014. His boyish charm and quirky spoofs and stunts won over audiences. In
addition to interviews and monologues, Fallon has done comedy segments, including playing games
with guests and making humorous videos.
Fallon is able to have his guests engage in some hilarious activities. This allows the viewer to see
another side of these celebrity stars. Fallon has arm wrestled Jason Statham and Hugh Jackman,
played charades with Scarlett Johansson and Drake. He also played Faceketball with Bradley Cooper.
These outrageous examples are what helps define Jimmy Fallon as an influential celebrity
interviewer. He also interviewed many modern stars such as Lady Gaga, Miley Cyrus or Daniel
Radcliffe. He prepares funny games such as: Would You Rather, The Whisper Challenge, Best
Friends Challenge, Slapjack, Wheel of Impressions, Box of Lies and many more.
Ellen- The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Born on January 26, 1958, in Metairie, Louisiana. She was a stand-up comedian before
starring on her own sitcom, Ellen. At the age of 23, DeGeneres began performing at a local
coffeehouse. She got her big debut in 1986 when, acting on a tip from Jay Leno, The Tonight
Show starring Johnny Carson sent a booking agent to catch her act at the Improv in
Hollywood. In 1997, she came out as gay, and became a staunch advocate of LGBT rights.
She has been the host of her own award-winning talk show, The Ellen DeGeneres Show,
since 2003. A unique combination of kind and funny, Ellen DeGeneres became a popular
choice to host major awards telecasts. She was tapped to host the Grammys in 1996 and
1997; the Primetime Emmys in 2001 and 2005; and the Academy Awards in 2007 and 2014.
By May of 2009, Ellen had hosted her 1000th episode and interviewed Oprah Winfrey, Paris
Hilton and Justin Timberlake, among others.
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The interview framing
(some of the screenshots used from our footage)
“Keep an eye on headroom; don’t position your interviewee too high or low in the frame”
Jason Baney
I need to make sure that i do not cut too much of the head of the interviewee, and that I do
not leave too much space eaither. It would make the frame feel very uncofortable to watch
later.
The only expectation can be if in the background is something that needs to be shown.
With this shot, we decided to place Clare closer to the middle of the shot, because we
needed to show both M&S and N4J logos. We left a little bit of the head room, however,
now looking at it I think having a litle bit less of it would be a better choice.
We wanted the documentary to have some kind of modern reseblence within it. We wanted
it too look slightly more creative. We wanted to achive that, because the topic was based on
young people and it meant to inspire the local employers. Something simple and that has
been before would not be intersting or inspiring.
“When shooting an interview on two cameras, you need to double check each angle to
ensure the shots cut into each other well. This makes it easier in editing to cut around the
interview and jump between angles, especially if you don’t have the opportunity to film
cutaways”, says Jason.
That is why we used two cameras. The main one, which mostly showed what is presented on
the screenshot above, and the second one, that was much more zoomed in to the face of the
interviewee, so we could use that shot when they would talk about something very important
or emotional.
interviewee. It is comfortable to look at and it represents another thing that we had to
think about.
In order to create ‘listening space’ for the audience, making it easier for them to absorb
what is being said, “we tend to frame people on one side of the frame, looking across the
frame to an interviewer off camera”, says Jason.
We used the negative space on the right hand side, which makes Clare looks of the screen.
It builds the ceriousity and interested in the audience. They listen more cerefuly and with
larger focus.
“With female interviewees, for example, we generally try to position the camera a touch
higher and point it down, as this tends to be a more flattering angle”, explains Jason.
For our interviews we did not think of making the itnerwiewee look more atractive. We
focused on the idea of giving facts or being in power in the situation when they were saying
inspiring thigns to the local employers. The balanced shots and sligtly low angles meant
to help with creating the serious tone, while creative approach to the second framing and the
editing of the cut aways balanced this and created very interesting mix.
https://www.seethat.co.uk/tips-framing-video-interview/
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