Unit 36: Interview Techniques for Creative Media Production: February 2017

Monday, 27 February 2017

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

Introduction
Developmental questions,

Group 2 will look at

Confidence building,
Key questions,

Group 3 will look at

Sound-bites,
Summary,
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

Saturday, 25 February 2017

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.

Friday, 24 February 2017

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.