BBC Interview Research

What is your favourite interview and why?
'The Themes of Maya Angelou', is an interview I have repeatedly watched and loved since I had first seen it. It is so easy to get drawn into this interview because of its very, personal, intimate and professional style and output. Jeremy Isaacs does a superb job of interviewing asking questions that shown he has researched the subject and knows her history. His formal style of interviewing has been used to his advantage and asks some risky and vulnerable questions which an informal style of interviewer might of struggled with, this made for a great interview keeping the audience fixated on their entertainment screens. Maya Angelou is an amazing woman who has fully lived every moment of her life, she makes for a truly astonishing interviewee. She is a role model to anyone and watching her is very satisfying and calming for the audience, she reminds me of a wise but blissfully happy grandma figure.
The quote, ’I know a diamond is the result of extreme pressure, less time and less pressure and it could be crystal, coal, fossilized leaves, or just dirt; but time and pressure will create a diamond’, Since I have heard this quote I have adopted it and applied it to myself, as I feel the meaning of this is worthwhile to remember, this defiantly assists me to push that extra step in life, always resulting in a fulfilling and positive outcome. 

What is the best question and why?

Jeremy Isaacs: “At President Clinton’s inauguration, you wrote and performed a poem, on the pulse of morning, you was the first poet to do so since Robert Frost spoke at Kennedy’s; what does that poem that you spoke then say to us?

It is the best question because it is very in-depth, and it shows that the interviewer knows her history well, which gives a very polished and professional  and also that the audience can understand more about Maya Angelou and make a judgment of her power status, and popularity.

What is the worst question and why?

Terry Wogan: “Come Back to say your sorry ehh?”

Freddie Star’s Repsonse: “Yeahh…After all this time it’s been two years”.

To be honest it’s an alright introductory question but there wasn’t much point in it, but is really a humorous question.

What is the funniest response? What question prompted it?

David Frost: “What’s the result of the big fight?”

Muhammad Ali responded with a long and very entertaining answer where he rhymed his words to get the audience and TV viewers to get pumped up for the fight against George Foreman.

What is the most emotional response? What question prompted it?

John Freeman: “Have you during this period, which have must have been very great strain for you, have you felt frightened or even lonely in your position of leadership?”

Dr. Martin Luther King: “Yes at times I think honesty impales me to admit that I have in those times that I’ve actually confronted fear, err I don’t think anyone in a situation like this cant go through this without confronting moments of real fear…”

Who’s your favorite interviewer and why?

Jeremy Isaacs interviewing Maya Anglelou is great, and it is because of Isaacs’s formal Interviewing technique, but also partly because Maya is a very good speaker. He gets straight down to the point without being interrogative or aggressive, and structures the interview so that the audience can viewing will be interested in the interview. He picks on things only slightly to get a reaction out of the audience, for example: at the start of the interview he lists all her ‘jobs’ shes done in the past and he cheekily mentions that she’s been a prostitute, which he will know get a reaction out of the audience.

Stop Motion Animation Formats

Stop motion evaluation

Clay/ paper cut outs/ objects

What went well

My animation was a success, working very well and running smoothly. The materials used for this stop motion animation piece were clay, objects and paper cut outs, surprisingly 

The animation that was created was done smoothly and worked well. I feel stop motion animation is the most effective way of generating animation because it is rather simple and straight forward to create. I feel that the material (clay) we chose was rather easy to mould into whatever shape you wanted to. Also the time limit was rather short to create an animation but this was done carefully and professionally, so this shows that stop motion animation is reliable, quick and easy to use. The paper cut outs also make a great backdrop for the animation to take place. The objects that we used (lolly stick and white fabric) also were easily moveable for the animation, The fabric was stuck in the mouth shape by cello-tape which worked well to sustain the shape. 

Even better if

For this particular animation i think that it would have been goo to have had something to represent or relate to, as the idea was chosen randomly. Also continuity was also a problem within this animation we have just created because whilst the eyes were rolling up the clay balls, it was hard not to get the balls from movie. Also the animation could have added sound to it this would have made the animation much more interesting to watch. Possibly could have linked some of the movements of the objects with some sound. Another element regarding continuity would be that finger dents on the clay can sometimes be visible, a way that could stop this from happening would be to possibly re mould the shape anytime that this happens 

Lego/Paper cut out 

What Went Well

When  testing out these other assets we could use to generate a stop motion piece. We found that using the Lego characters and objects we could  make this piece in a much shorter space of time as we didn't have to build characters or objects like the previous stop motion piece with the clay. We found that creating motion with these objects was much easier than using the clay as this could potentially change the clay's shape.

Even Better if 

I feel that the tea was an extremely delicate material to use within this piece as changing the motion of direction the tea was moving in had to be done using extreme care as we didn't want each shot to seem over edited. I feel that these objects were a good choice however, the piece could have had much more going on within it. Such as something else that makes its way in to the shot.

Sand/whiteboard/people

What Went Well

Firstly I feel that this use of animation actually looked the best out of all choices we have used. I think that this format would be easy to appeal to every audience, my reason for this is because certain audiences may think that lego or other such object similar to this could be too childish for them. I think that this format could be both entertaining and meaningful to any audience. Also, this format gives you a great spectrum of creating whatever you want, whereas the lego/objects could only move at certain lengths in certain ways. Whereas the sand can move into anything you wish it to be, this is also the same with the whiteboard as you can draw whatever you want within that space, it doesn't have many limits. Our group feel that having people (hands) within the piece was helpful, as we originally thought of blowing the sand away from the whiteboard to give our final shot, however this would have been extremely messy and long winded. So using our hands was a very successful alternative for this.

Even Better If

The main problem with this format of animation was first and for mostly the sand. You have to be extremely careful and professional in terms of continuity if you want your piece of animation to look good. I feel that if sand is to be used, it can only be used at one certain time only and not over a period of days as the continuity of each shot could be incorrect. This was almost an issue even for our short piece below, we had to be extremely careful to not make it look rather unprofessional. Our group feel that possibly a mixture of each format could work well together for our charity piece as we seem to think that there are very good aspects of each format.

Robert Welland Interview with Perry

Questions for Interview - P.Dabbs

Questions for Interview with Perry Dabb’s

•Hi Perry, I know your interest is EXPO, please tell the viewers and me what EXPO is?

•What’s good about EXPO?

•What was it likes to meet Ben 10’s voice actor?

•I know you also have met Mike Tyson, was that at EXPO as well?

•You’re an avid film buff right? Well what’s your favorite film, and why?

•You’ve met Warwick Davis, did he inspire you think about him?

Interview Research

Interviews

This is a guide on how to set up your equipment, to make an effective, insightful and powerful interview.

Lighting

Firstly, we’ll start off with the lighting of the interview, lighting will dramatically affectthe look of the interview, and three-point lighting is the best way to light your interviewer & interviewee. This will give a much more professional and satisfying look to the interview, so it will be aesthetically pleasing to the audience.

Mise-en-scene

Mise-en-scene is very important; this is because it refers toeverything we see in front of the camera or within the frame. This includes people so the interviewee & maybe theinterviewer, costumes, props, sets or locations. So in aninterview you will want to have the interviewee on the camera,you will position them to the side of your frame, this is tocreate theillusion of space, sothen youcan have abackgroundpromotingand newalbum orfilm,nevertheless

Robert Welland

you could just have a scenic location.Framing & Compositionuses ‘The Rule of Thirds’this guideline proposes thatan image should beimagined as divided intonine equal parts by twoequally-spaced horizontallines and two equally-spaced vertical lines.Filming people, it iscommon to line the body upwith a vertical line, andhaving the person's eyes inline with a horizontal one. If filming a moving subject, the samepattern is often followed, with the majority of the extra roombeing in front of the person (the way they are moving). Thistechnique claims that aligning a subject with these pointscreates more tension, energy and interest in the compositionthan simply centering the subject would.Which ones would you use fordifferent set ups?If the interview is indoors, I will use full three-point lighting and

Robert Welland

I will follow the rule of thirds so that it creates the illusion of space, if the interview is for promotion purposes, then formise-en-scene I would have a poster to the right or left of theperson on camera, (the picture above, is a example).Interviews outdoors I would not use a lot of lighting, if not anythis is because the natural light would do a fine job of lightingthe face, but you might need a little fill light to take anyshadows away from the face. Because the interview isoutdoors let the audience see that, so use the rule of thirds buthas a nice scenic background.

Robert Welland