Conducting an interview can be fun, enjoyable and a great way to meet people, however it is hard to master at first and can make the experience very different. There are so many factors that rely on whether or not an interview will go well, and a lot are factors which you cannot actually control. A lot depends on the person you are interviewing, their mood and personality, whether they enjoy talking and are chatty or are quite insular. Without some professionalism, engagement and the ability to set your subject at ease, then the interview may not go as well as suspected. I managed to find a video blog which goes over a few words of advice on how to conduct an interview.
A simple question often helps the subject to relax. You don't have to use it in the final edit, but the most important thing to come from this, is ease throughout the interview. Even if they get the question wrong then it means that you can all have a laugh and a joke about it, in general just creating a more comfortable environment so that the interview can benefit as a whole. As well as this, it is important to let the subject go through their stuff a couple of times, to allow them to warm up. Then from the point of view of the camera operator it is always worth shooting more than one run so that there is enough material to go through.
Secondly, it is a good idea to keep answers short and in context, this benefits the editing stage because it allows greater flexibility and ease in putting all of the footage together, this is even more important when there is more than one camera rolling. Also, by in context, I mean getting the subject to use company names instead of 'we' and perhaps even getting the subject to repeat the question when beginning the answer. This is only if you do not want the your voice, or the interviewers voice to be in the video.
By keeping answers short and in context, this allows much more flexibility and ease in putting it all together when it comes to the final edit. In particular if you have got more than one camera rolling. When I say 'in context', I mean getting the subject to use company names rather than 'we' and perhaps even asking them to begin an answer with the question - that is if you don't want your own interviewing voice incorporated in the video - that way it is always clear what's being discussed about.
Conducting an interview is never going to be an easy task, there is a lot of expectation that comes with it, but I have mentioned some very useful tips to hopefully make the process easier, in my personal opinion I think making sure the subject being interviewed is at ease and comfortable is perhaps the most important. Simply because this is a feature which will effect the whole atmosphere and the mood of the interview throughout, making the interviewers job much harder.
A simple question often helps the subject to relax. You don't have to use it in the final edit, but the most important thing to come from this, is ease throughout the interview. Even if they get the question wrong then it means that you can all have a laugh and a joke about it, in general just creating a more comfortable environment so that the interview can benefit as a whole. As well as this, it is important to let the subject go through their stuff a couple of times, to allow them to warm up. Then from the point of view of the camera operator it is always worth shooting more than one run so that there is enough material to go through.
Secondly, it is a good idea to keep answers short and in context, this benefits the editing stage because it allows greater flexibility and ease in putting all of the footage together, this is even more important when there is more than one camera rolling. Also, by in context, I mean getting the subject to use company names instead of 'we' and perhaps even getting the subject to repeat the question when beginning the answer. This is only if you do not want the your voice, or the interviewers voice to be in the video.
By keeping answers short and in context, this allows much more flexibility and ease in putting it all together when it comes to the final edit. In particular if you have got more than one camera rolling. When I say 'in context', I mean getting the subject to use company names rather than 'we' and perhaps even asking them to begin an answer with the question - that is if you don't want your own interviewing voice incorporated in the video - that way it is always clear what's being discussed about.
Conducting an interview is never going to be an easy task, there is a lot of expectation that comes with it, but I have mentioned some very useful tips to hopefully make the process easier, in my personal opinion I think making sure the subject being interviewed is at ease and comfortable is perhaps the most important. Simply because this is a feature which will effect the whole atmosphere and the mood of the interview throughout, making the interviewers job much harder.
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