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.
To begin the interview a simple question or general conversation often helps the subject to relax and ease into the interview. It does not matter whether they get the question right, in this case you can all have a bit of a laugh and joke about it, again easing the whole experience. This does not have to be used in the final edit. Not only this, it is quite important to let the subject go through there stuff two or three times, so they are able to warm up. Also it is important that the interview is shot more that once so that there is more than enough footage when it comes to the editing, the worst thing is not having enough material.
The set-up of the interview is a simple yet crucial thing to keep in mind. It's a good idea to have someone sat next to the camera, either from your team or, preferably someone the subject knows, asking a few questions so that the subject isn't having to deal with the pressure of looking directly at the camera. This also means that they do not need to freak out talking to the camera, talking to someone else is much easier. This way they can also imagine that they are having an informal question and answer session rather than an interview, also making it easier for the subject to keep eye contact with the interviewer.
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.
Carrying out an interview is never going to be an easy task, there is a lot of expectation that comes with it, but I have described a few very helpful suggestions to hopefully make the process easier, in my personal opinion I think making sure the subject being interviewed is relaxed and comfortable is perhaps the most important. For the reason that this is a feature which will effect the whole environment and the mood of the interview throughout, making the interviewers job much harder.
To begin the interview a simple question or general conversation often helps the subject to relax and ease into the interview. It does not matter whether they get the question right, in this case you can all have a bit of a laugh and joke about it, again easing the whole experience. This does not have to be used in the final edit. Not only this, it is quite important to let the subject go through there stuff two or three times, so they are able to warm up. Also it is important that the interview is shot more that once so that there is more than enough footage when it comes to the editing, the worst thing is not having enough material.
The set-up of the interview is a simple yet crucial thing to keep in mind. It's a good idea to have someone sat next to the camera, either from your team or, preferably someone the subject knows, asking a few questions so that the subject isn't having to deal with the pressure of looking directly at the camera. This also means that they do not need to freak out talking to the camera, talking to someone else is much easier. This way they can also imagine that they are having an informal question and answer session rather than an interview, also making it easier for the subject to keep eye contact with the interviewer.
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.
Carrying out an interview is never going to be an easy task, there is a lot of expectation that comes with it, but I have described a few very helpful suggestions to hopefully make the process easier, in my personal opinion I think making sure the subject being interviewed is relaxed and comfortable is perhaps the most important. For the reason that this is a feature which will effect the whole environment and the mood of the interview throughout, making the interviewers job much harder.
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