Intro to Film and TV Production > Projects > Basic Interview

Basic Interview

The student will select someone in the classroom to conduct a 3 to 5 minute interview.

The student will develop communication and interaction skills by going beyond their comfort zone to retrieve essential information from a first-hand source.
The student will gather information from your source to determine what information is useful for
Once you have someone to interview, you must select a good location and questions on a subject matter that you would like to discuss.
Make sure that your questions are engaging for your subject to answer.
Increase familiarity with the “Three-P’s”

Pre-production: Planning your production

Production: Using the camera

Post-Production: Basic editing

Pre-production:

Brainstorm your ideas for who you will choose to interview.
Think about the questions and content matter you plan to discuss.
Make sure that the location of your interview is visually appealing
Schedule your interview
Have the correct spelling of the person’s name for use in the post production aspects.

Production:

Appropriate framing: Three quarter angle shot/ Tripod needed
Correct audio Levels. Use of Mics (if you don’t have mics, please select a quiet location so audio won’t be compromised)
Proper lighting (3 Point Lighting technique)
Make sure you are engaged in the interview. Get your subject to elaborate on the answer.

Post-production:

Add name of the person you are interviewing. Lower 3rd
The finished piece must be at least 3-5 minutes. Your actual interview can be longer but the final exported portion to be submitted is to meet the time requirement.

This project can be assigned as a take home project. This would be up to the instructor of the class.

Grading according to the attached rubric - this project will be evaluated for both technical knowledge and creative output

Additional Questionnaire Packet:

See Google Classroom Documents