For this interview, I interviewed Grace, River interviewed me, and I shot for when Grace interviewed River. Being the director of interviewing for Grace in this video, it was simple for the most part. I knew some good questions to ask, using my knowledge from previous interviews, it wasn't difficult. When we hit about the 3 minute mark I had to ask River for another question because I couldn't think of anything, I had already used all my questions. For future, I need to work on having more questions ready to ask the person I'm interviewing, at least 5 minutes worth.
Grace sent me a link for the video of her interviewing River, but unfortunately, the link did not work. Being the director of photography and lighting was very simple, almost child play, I know how to use a camera and how to set the lighting to the skin tone of the person being interviewed. I had to give Grace one or two questions because we had hit about 3 minutes and 30 seconds and I think she had just run out of questions like me. Using the camera was also pretty easy, I knew how to use the rule of thirds in the shot and I think I captured River perfectly.
River had some kind of malfunction and lost or couldn't find the SD Card, so the interview of me is lost. Getting interviewed was fun, I didn't stutter, I sat tall, looked into River's eyes and repeated/answered the questions to the best of my ability. I listened carefully so that I didn't miss any important information in the questions. I also made sure to speak clearly, as sometimes I mix up my words. About 3 minutes into the interview, River ran out of questions so Grace helped and overall, I thought we all did a good job.
PARAGRAPH: Making this interview was a lot of fun, getting to know what its like to be on the spot asking questions for the person being interviewed. Also. getting a feel for using B-roll while editing to make the film was interesting, whenever Kendra broke off a sentence or her face moved, I had to cover it with some B-roll. Finding pictures was kind of hard because I had to match what she said with pictures from online. Not to mention, I didn't really have a lot of time, being new to the process, I had to ask a bunch of questions to really make a good film.
INTERVIEW PT: 1 (Being filmed)
PARARGRAPH: While watching this small film, I have learned a lot about myself and the process of making a B-roll Interview. I learned how I speak on camera and realize that I am not the best speaker, I need to work on speaking a little bit more. Also, finding B-roll looks a little bit easier in this because I saw Bromley in the interview which looked great. Not to mention, I don't really like being in front of the camera, I am more into filming and making great films so I am in charge of the entire thing. Except, this wasn't as bad as I thought, it was actually pretty fun and I am happy I got to do it again.
For this documentary, I chose to watch the history and progress for machined weaponry in world war 2. As it turns out, one of the biggest inventions that came around was the sniper, except it was a new and improved sniper, unlike previous inventions. It became a way for both sides to hide way back in the background, yet kill targets where infantry troops were stationed. This documentary was good with sound quality, lighting, and most of all; B-roll. The B-roll in this film is very strategically put so that a viewer, such as myself, can truly understand the events that occurred. I chose this film by breaking my choices down to 3 top picks, this documentary is about snipers and their development, another about the development of tanks, and the third about the development of flight combat. I would recommend this film, it isn't all boring facts that you would read in a textbook, prying your eyes to stay awake. No, this documentary goes at a steady pace so it is easier to follow and it is thrilling at many points which makes you want to watch more. Mainly this film talks about the development of the sniper, why it was an effective weapon, and the struggling efforts of the United States trying to outsmart Germany's top weapons specialists. All in all, I rate this film at a 8.5 out of 10 because it wasn't fully perfect, some shots could have been taken better, some shots needed better lighting, but overall it was a good documentary to watch and write about.
As an interviewer, this was fairly simple, I interviewed Aiden while Oscar was the director of photography. After doing an interview 2 days before, this worked out well, I knew what questions to ask. I didn't run out of questions either, I had more than enough and I improvised when he answered a previous question. Such as, Aiden said he played the recording and I asked how long he has been playing. I was clear with my speaking, no stuttering anything like that.
Being the director of photography was also a review for me, I still did the best I could, it was just easier to do. I made sure I used the rule of thirds to fit Oscar into the frame, that way it would be a good film overall. I made sure the lighting was in tone to Oscar's skin color so that the color would look good overall. I knew how to setup the camera stand and camera, putting it to video. I made sure to do a sound check with the road mic before we started as well. I pressed record on the camera and then let it run until Aiden was done interviewing, I waited 5 more seconds, then stopped the video.
Getting interviewed was the hardest part of the interviewing, I stuttered a few times, but I tried to speak as clear as possible. I made sure my structure was good, sitting upright and hands clasped as I spoke. I also made sure to look at Aiden as he interviewed me, not looking at the camera either. Speaking, I spoke as clear as I could which was very clear for the majority of the interview. Overall, I think the interview was a success and I am ready to do my news story.