Unit 36 Interview Task 1 (Unit 36:P1,M1,D1) Individually

Task 1 (Unit 36:P1,M1,D1) Individually

Final Deadline: Friday 05th May 2017, 12 Noon to the Media Technicians Office

Understand Interview Purposes and Techniques

To demonstrate your knowledge and understanding of the styles and techniques used by professional interviewers and/or journalists you will produce a recorded commentary Or Written report in which you will:

• Comprehensively explain the interview techniques used by professional interviewers or journalists with elucidated examples and consistently using subject terminology correctly.
• Select and investigate a range of interviews conducted by professionals.
• Layout your audio/report commentary to those relevant selected video clips and/or screen shots of print interviews as follows:
• Use the following interview techniques as headings:

• Question types (open, closed, single, multiple, direct, suggestive);
• Interview styling, e.g. hard news, combative, light-hearted, entertainment, investigative, promotional;
• Structuring (introduction, developmental questions, confidence building, key questions, soundbites, summary, wind- up);
• Communication skills, e.g. building rapport, active listening, body language;
• Telephone techniques, e.g. gathering information, obtaining comments

• Choose your examples from a variety of Journalistic contexts (print, TV, radio, online, news, sport, feature-writers, editorial), making sure that you cover ALL the different purposes of interviews (research; enhancement of audience understanding; informational; interpretive; emotional)

Your work should cover:

Interview techniques: question types (open, closed, single, multiple, direct, suggestive);


Interview styling, e.g. hard news, combative, light-hearted, entertainment, investigative, promotional;


Structuring (introduction, developmental questions, confidence building, key questions, soundbites, summary, wind- up);


Communication skills, e.g. building rapport, active listening, body language; telephone techniques, e.g. gathering information, obtaining comments

Journalistic contexts: print, television, radio, online, news, sport, feature-writers, editorial

Purposes of interviews: research; enhancement of audience understanding; informational, e.g. presenting information; interpretive, e.g. expressing or explaining opinion, justification, accountability; emotional, e.g. allowing audience insight to a situation

No Lies and Documentary Audience Issues

Starter:
Quickly recap previous week's ideas: Balance, Impartiality, Objectivity, Subjectivity, Opinion, Bias



Main Task:
Watch the short 1973 'documentary' No Lies by Mitchell Block

http://www.directcinema.com/category/223/233



Accuracy
             - Why might we consider it to be inaccurate? Give specific examples
             - Why might we consider it to be accurate? Give specific examples



Representation
             - How is the female interviewee represented? What about her actions, dress, speech, or attitude creates this impression?
             - How is the male interviewer represented? What about his actions, attitudes and behavior creates this impression?



Access vs. Privacy
              - What would you say the filmmaker has access to here?
              - Does the filmmaker begin to abuse his access and invade the woman's privacy?




Then:
Contract with Viewer
              - What is meant by a 'contract' in this context?
              - How does the contract differ between the viewer of a fiction film and the viewer of a factual film?




When most people find out that No Lies is, in fact, a scripted fiction presented as a documentary, the most common reaction is outrage at having been lied to. The film overtly breaks/disregards the contract between viewer and filmmaker by setting up the expectation of an accurate record of true events, only to reveal at the very end that this is not the case. Why do you think that this scenario evokes such strong responses? Is the contract with the viewer MORE important in a factual film?




Finally:
Fill in the sheet with a definition for each of the terms that we've covered in the lesson

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08gwk5g

Unit 27 Fact Prog Task 1 P1,M1,D1, P2, M2, D2 Individually

Understand issues relating to factual programming for television

Understand codes and conventions of factual programming for television

Submit a video commentary about codes and conventions of factual programmes and the issues relating to factual programmes.  Remember to back up your descriptions with examples.  Use moving images to help you to illustrate your points. 

Your work should cover:

Issues: accuracy; balance; impartiality; objectivity; subjectivity; opinion; bias; representation; access;

privacy; contract with viewer

News: studio news readers; field reporters; links to studio; mode of address to viewer; interviewing;

experts and witnesses; report structure; actuality footage

Documentary: documentary formats (expository, observational, interactive, reflexive, performative);

realism; dramatisation; narrativisation

The video commentary should be submitted to the Media Technicians by Friday 22^nd April 2016.

Grading Criteria – Unit 27  P1,M1,D1, P2, M2, D2  


Making your Documentary 

Task 2b P3, M3, D3 Individually

Be able to plan and research a factual programme for television

Following on from task 3a you should present your findings from 3a and “pitch” your idea to Deborah and Chris on 23.3.17. Your pitch may be up to 4 minutes long and should include;

·         Target audience

·         A description of your idea

·         How you intend to make it happen. 

Please bring the pitch proposal form and any production planning you may have completed to date to aid and support the pitch. This will be used to help decide which ideas to choose (and to form groups).

NB: You are not being assessed on your presentation technique for this unit, only on the content of the pitch.  The pitch will be recorded as evidence.

Your Pitch should be printed and included in your work folder with the pitch proposal form.

Paperwork should be submitted in a work folder by Friday 29^th April 2016 to the LRC.

Grading Criteria – Unit 27 P3, M3, D3  

TV News Unit 27.2

Week 2 Understand codes and conventions of factual programming for television

Look at and discuss the different modes of address throughout the history of TV news on the BBC

History of TV news http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-28142791

  Live news http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk

News: Studio news readers ; links to studio; mode of address to viewer; interviewing;

experts and witnesses; 

Field reporters, Report structure; Actuality footage

Next Week  Chris and Debs to focus on ideas for documentary  

Pitches 23^rd AM 

Radio 4 Example Chris lesson

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08gwfmk#play

From 1:50:40sec Facebook debate 07/03/17

Frost Vs Nixon

After his resignation in 1974, Nixon spent more than two years away from public life. In 1977, he granted Frost an exclusive series of interviews. Nixon was already publishing his memoirs at the time; however, his publicist Irving "Swifty" Lazar believed that by using television Nixon could reach a mass audience. In addition, Nixon was going broke[citation needed]. Frost's New York-based talk show had been recently cancelled, leaving him consigned to a career based around the stories covered by the proto-reality show Great Escapes

 

Purposes of Interviews and Identifying Key Elements

Task 1 requires you to discuss ALL five different purposes of interviews, so you not only have to draw your examples from a range of contexts (print, radio, TV, etc.) but also be able to successfully identify the purpose of the interview through the questions it contains and how it is presented.



FIRST!



Get into pairs and create a short (1-2 minutes) interview that is correctly structured (intro, developmental questions, rapport building, etc.) and has a variety of question types (open, closed, suggestive, etc.). You must choose one of the five purposes to work with.



You will then read out these interviews and the rest of the class will have to identify what the purpose of the interview is: Research, Emotional, Informational, Interpretive and Enhancing Audience Understanding.


SECOND!


Now look at the homework that Chris set you - exploring the structuring of two different interviews - and tell the person you were working with before what the purpose of each interview was. Between the two of you, you should have FOUR different interviews. Put together a very quick presentation explaining how the structure and the types of questions reveal what the purpose is behind these four questions.


As the groups present, the rest of the class will feedback on whether or not they agree with what the purposes are


THIRD!


Write up a brief definition for each of the five purposes, using an example taken from the earlier class work

Week 2 lesson 3 (Chris) Interview Structure

Lesson 3 

In this lesson we will look closely at interview structures and you will analysis the structure of different interviews and decide which structural elements are present or not.

• Recall our understanding of Question Types
• Summaries and discuss terminology for structuring Media interviews.
• Apply and practice using terminology using an example.

• Analyse and write onto your blogs an example of your own using the discussed structural techniques.
• Review your analysis of Interview structure with peer and teacher feedback.

1. Recall question types: - open, closed, single, multiple, direct, suggestive



2.Terminology of Structuring Interviews: - 

FIRST In selected groups you need to look at the Power Point below and summaries the following sections:

Group 1 will look at 

1. Introduction 
2. Developmental questions,

Group 2 will look at

1. Confidence building, 
2. Key questions, 

Group 3 will look at

1. Sound-bites, 
2. Summary, 
3. Wind-up (conclude interview)

You will present your summary to the rest of the group whilst they take notes.




Now watch this as a group and take notes using a blank analysis FORM on the structural elements as they happen in this example 

https://www.channel4.com/news/women-at-work



Other examples you could look at for the main assessment https://www.channel4.com/news/by/cathy-newman
https://www.channel4.com/news/by/krishnan-guru-murthy





Then Analyse an example of your choice using the all of the structural headings discussed in this session (above).

Print http://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/hot-fuzz/

Radio
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00723g0?

News
https://www.channel4.com/news/by/jon-snow 

Finally Review

In pairs you will look at all the elements written on your blogs discuss how these might be similar or different too examples that you have written about.

HOMEWORK This homework is part of your U36 LO1 and MUST be completed BEFORE we can move on next week. Please make sure this work is UPLOADED by our next lesson next week. 

Choose TWO interviews from the below journalistic contexts (make sure they are from different contexts) Print; TV; Radio; Online; News; Sport   

Write up of the different structural elements in each example, explaining how these are either present or not and why use the notes form this session to help you with this.

Useful Links http://thcvibeproductions.weebly.com/task-4-interview-techniques-u36-lo1.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/academy/journalism/skills/interviewing  http://www.esfmedia.com/page/Unit+36+The+12+Interview+Types
http://www.esfmedia.com/page/Unit+36+Assignment+1+-+Investigating+Interview+Techniques

Purposes of Interviews

Task 1 requires you to demonstrate an understanding of interview techniques, different journalistic contexts, and the different purposes of interviews. In this session, we'll have a think about how the purpose of an interview can affect the questions that you ask.

Purposes of Interviews:

• Research

• Enhancement of Audience Understanding

• Informational (presenting information about a particular topic)

• Emotional (allowing the audience an insight into a situation)

• Interpretive (expressing an opinion, justification, accountability)

You will fill in the first box, establishing what the subject of the interview will be, then you will pass the paper to the person on your right, who will fill in the first question, making sure that it is appropriate to the context that has been established. Then, the papers will be passed again, until all of the boxes have been filled in.

I'll then read out the different interviews, and we shall discuss how successful each one is at fulfilling its purpose.

Finally, you'll quickly write up a brief definition and example of each of the five purposes.

Week Two lesson 2 (Chris) Interview Contexts

Lesson 1 

The Aim of this session is to look at different types of interview and review similarities and differences that each Medium holds with it's corresponding interview examples.

• We will analyse and discuss different examples from a range of contexts.
• Evaluate Question types of the different interview types
• Review the different interview structures required by each medium
• Present your findings for each medium to the rest of the group.

Think about the medium.

Interviewing techniques definitely vary for different mediums. 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.

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. https://matadornetwork.com/bnt/13-simple-journalist-techniques-for-effective-interviews

Example: Radio 4 http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04tlfq5

Conversely, when you’re interviewing for print, try and break questions up so you can get shorter and more concise answers (easier for taking notes and for quoting later). You can be more conversational with interviews for print — you can say “yeah,” and “uh-huh,” etc. 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.

In groups you will each look at an example from each of these Interview Types


Print
Film http://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/hot-fuzz/

Radio
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00723g0?

News
https://www.channel4.com/news/by/jon-snow

Week 1 Interview Examples

Look at these Interview examples and use this FORM to make notes .



 Combative Interview

Week 1 LO1 Question Types and Examples

LO1 Understand interview purposes and techniques

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This week we will look at 

Interview techniques:

Question types: - open, closed, single, multiple, direct, suggestive

Interview styling: - hard news, combative, light-hearted, entertainment, investigative, promotional

Structuring: - introduction, developmental questions, confidence building, key questions, sound-bites, summary, wind-up (conclude interview)

Communication skills: - building rapport, active listening, body language

FIRST 

• Open/Closed, Students to come up with examples 
• Single/Multiple, 
• Direct/Suggestive (Example Paxman https://youtu.be/0_z3FUjCVVA

THEN 

Look at these Interview examples and use this FORM to make notes .


Introducing the interview videos: 
https://www.channel4.com/news/milo-yiannopolous-questioned-on-donald-trump-and-stephen-bannon

When the interview goes wrong!!

FINALLY 

Now find your own example and take this through the FORM to make notes

Extension
Interview Styles

https://www.channel4.com/news/fake-news-debate

http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/schools/school-report/interview_mclass.mp4

Next Week we will cover

Purpose of interviews:

Research: - finding out information

Enhancement of audience understanding

Informational: - presenting information

Interpretive: - expressing or explaining opinion

Emotional: - allowing audience insight to a situation in a way that creates an emotional reaction (laughter, sadness, empathy...)