Student Report on Interview Techniques

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Interview techniques:The interview techniques differ depending on the subject of the interview. This changes the type of questions needed to be asked, and the style of the interview. The questions can be open, closed, single, multiple, direct, or indirect. Many interviewers will use a variety of these questions, some try and sway the answers to their desired outcome.
The style of the interview is also adjusted depending on the intended feel of the interview, they can be hard news, combative, light-hearted, entertainment, investigative, or promotional. There is an obvious structure to most interviews, they follow this pattern; introduction, developmental questions, confidence building, key questions, soundbites, summary, wind up.
When conducting an interview, it is important to build a rapport with your interviewee, to ease the tension. You can do this by listening to what they have to say and by making sure you keep an open body language, and to not act defensively while interviewing.

Journalistic Contexts:
When reporting, there are many ways of publishing the context. You can publish in print, on television , radio, online, in the news, sport, feature-writers, and editorials.

Purposes of interviews:
There are many reasons for an interviews, such as to research, enhance an audience's understanding, presenting information, interpreting or explaining, and the accountability of emotions, allowing the audience an insight into a situation.








Techniques: The types of questions used are usually closed questions, but as it's a chat show, the questions are specifically vague, so they leave room for Saoirse to carry on talking. This interview is a very light hearted and casual style - Graham Norton gives Saoirse some laid back questions and they go back and forth just creating conversation and comedy, but there's also quite straight forward answers to his questions. At the beginning of the show there is an introduction by Graham Norton, but the main interview comes later. Seemingly because she's already been made comfortable and settled into the casual theme of the show during the other guest's interviews, Norton just jumps straight into the developmental questions, in order to continue the light hearted environment and generate laughs.
Context used: This was a televised interview on BBC One on The Graham Norton Show. The interview included a clip of the movie, as well as a shot of the promotional poster for it.
 Purpose: The purpose of this interview was to promote Ronan's new film 'The Host'. Due to the comedy nature of the programme, the purpose was also to create conversation with Ronan and tell stories etc., to make the audience laugh.



Techniques: The interview is almost entirely comprised of open questions, giving Tarantino room to answer however he wants. The interview appears to have identified as investigative and promotional, but it quickly becomes confrontational when Tarantino becomes defensive and aggressive. There is no introduction in this interview, as Krishnan Guru-Murthy (interviewer) just opens with "Firstly, congratulations on the movie, now..." and then just jumps into the questions. There doesn't seem to be any developmental questions, as he just goes straight into the real hard-hitting questions. Context used: This is a televised interview for Channel 4 News, which includes references to film. The clip of the interview went viral online after it was broadcast. Purposes: The purpose of this interview was to promote Tarantino's new film 'Django Unchained'. As Guru-Murthy says in the interview, it is also to create conversation and voice opinions on some of the topics of the new movie, including slavery, violence etc.




How many types of interviews are there and how do they differ?
You have four types of interviews; celebrity, sports, political, and talking heads. Celebrity interviews tend to be more intimate and personal, asking questions about their personal life - the Graham Norton Show interview with Saoirse Ronan is an example of this, as it is very relaxed and they talk about her personal life as well as the films she's in.
Sports interviews are generally shorter and are conducted soon after an event. Political interviews are confrontational and their aim is to extract information - the Tarantino interview can fall into this category as well as the celebrity catergory,  as the interview becomes confrontational about Tarantino's views on violence, etc. Talking heads are a type of interview in which a specialist is spoken to about a specific topic to provide extra information.

What are the different question types?

The different question types are; open, closed, single, multiple, direct, and indirect. In The Graham Norton Show where he interviews Saoirse Ronan about her part in The Host, he uses mainly open questions to allow her to talk about the film about it has affecter her life.

How are the interview styles chosen?

The interview styles wee chosen depending on the topic of the interview and the style of the show. The Graham Norton interview was light-hearted and entertaining, whereas the Tarantino interview was confrontational and promotional.

How is the structure of the interviews laid out?

There is an obvious structure to interviews, they follow this pattern; introductions, development questions, confidence building, key questions, soundbites, summary then windup. Both of the interviews follow the same structure, except for there was no introduction for Tarantino.

What kind of communication skills are needed when interviewing someone?

When conducting an interview, it is important to build a rapport with your subject to ease the tension, you can do this by listening to what they have to say and by making sure you have an open body language and to not act defensively while interviewing. In the Saoirse Ronan interview, Graham Norton built a rapport by having a fake fight demonstration to link with Saoirse's previous movies.

There are various types of journalistic context, can you talk about them?

There are many ways of publishing the content. You can do it through print, television, radio, online, news, sport, feature-writers and editorials. In the Saoirse Ronan interview, the audience was shown a movie poster and later on, a clip from the film, which helped inform them on the topic of the interview.

The purpose for holding an interview differs for every interview, so could you explain some of those purposes?

There are many purposes for an interview, such as to research, enhance the audience's understanding, presenting information, interpretive or explaining and the accountability of emotions allowing the audience an insight to a situation. The Tarantino interview was conducted to get information from Tarantino about his beliefs on violence, although Tarantino wanted to use is as an advertisement for his new movie 'Django Unchained'.

What is the rule of thirds, and why is it used in interviews?

The rule of thirds is important as it helps to create a more balanced and interesting composition for the audience watching. In both of the interviews, the interviewee is positioned on the right on the right vertical third - occasionally they will be just off the center of the frame.

What equipment would you take to shoot an interview?

You should make sure you at least take the basic equipment; tripod, camera, mic, and lights. It's also useful to scout your location before the shoot, to make sure you have the right equipment for the area as well as the ability to set it up quickly, not to waste your interviewee's time.

Any pointers that you would give to people who want to shoot an interview?

Make sure you're prepared, reap up on the topic you are going to be interviewing about. This will help you to understand the answers being given to you. In the Tarantino interview, Krishnan Guru-Murthy asked questions which Tarantino had previously answered in other interviews, so Tarantino became confrontational and refused to answer the questions.