conventions of documentary interviews

• Interviews with different people are edited together to create a narrative.
  
• Interviews do not look at the camera , they look at the interviewer off camera.
• Questions are edited out so you cant hear them.
• Graphics (the peoples names) are used when people first come on the screen , at the bottom.
• They sometimes used a clip out of the series or movie to show what they are talcking about and match what they are saying , thses are called cut aways.
• Backgrounds (mise en scene) is chosen to be relevent to the subject .
• One person at a time is interviewd.Head of the interviewer is positioned on the left or on the right.
  

Interview Feedback

Good points

We changed one of cut aways to black and white and the audiance said they thought it look good because it was different to the rest of the interview and it looked artistic.

The lighting was done prefetionaly

Having a blue screen behind the interviewer gave a good effect.

Having the interviewer to thr right made it look really realistic.

Bad points

There was a bit inbetween the interview where there was no image and you could see the blue screen.

There was a few jump cuts

There was no music and the audiance thought it made it a bit bland and boaring.

The pictures that were joint to what the interviewer said , the audiance found it to much to focus on.

It would have been a good idea to do the interview first befor the cut aways.

Interview Planning
1. Who will you interview? Why? Where?

We will interview Andy Touhey, we feel it would be better to interview a person that we are familiar with as we will know how to work with them. We plan to do the interview infront of the blue screen, so that we can edit in a picture behind them. This way the mise en scene will be related to the subject being discussed.

2. What cutaways will you film

- a mobile phone, perhaps one that is desirable and an example of good technology- in classroom- high angle shot/ close up, to see different features
- images of the progression of how mobile phones have changed over the years- off internet
- pictures from the past and future in society- internet
- examples of different uses for phones e.g someone walking down the corridor calling someone- corridor- long shot/pannig shot
- examples of text language- reverse angle shot/over shoulder shot
- someone using a phone in class- in classroom- zoom in
- someone using different apps on their phone e.g internet, music and calling- close up
- someone with headphones in listening to music- classroom- mid shot

3. What props/locations will you need?

- a mobile phone, perhaps one that is a good example of change in technology
- examples of past phones, both of the internet and phones we still own
- images from past and present society
- we will only use the bluescreen as a location, so we can edit things in the background after

4. Possible titles?

5. Possible music titles

- Lady GaGa

- There is the use of a narrator, to tell important facts- Names and their profession is put under each interviewee

- Examples, such as props that were used

- The logo is also shown

- The mise en scene in the background is related to the subject, often a picture of a Simpson character they like the most

- Explain how got the names of characters, important facts are revealed

- Give example of one of the first episodes to show the difference in quality

- There are interviews of important people, such as the actors- The actors also give examples of their voices

- The interview seems relaxed and comfortable

- Music is played in the background, mainly the famous Simpsons theme tune

- It has obviously been edited due to the back and forth between different interviewees, but the cutting is done to make the interview seem continuous