Assignment 1: Interview Techniques Outline & Comparison Script

Interview Techniques Web Report Script (P1, P3)

As a class you will produce and present an instructional video to demonstrate your understanding of Interview Techniques and your skills in single or multi-camera interview set-ups. Example: https://youtu.be/kQJgJhDKp24

P Apply correct techniques and styles to the examples. Outline the techniques.

M Compare the differences between 2 examples, referring to specific details of the interview style, journalistic context, purpose, questions and structure

D Explain what is the effect/purpose and how the interviewer successfully (or not) used the correct style and techniques

Starter: Which type of interview, style and purpose would you describe these videos as?

Graham Norton

Tarantino

Extension Task Talking point/assess higher understanding = what was happening here (purpose and style) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1ngJnB4Tn8

Your class examples

·         Emmanuel: Louie Theroux doc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xo_DuXWJgRM &

·         Hannah: Jonathan Ross https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7cme41o6tw

·         Chilapi: Russell Brand https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBA6qlHW8po

·         Melissa: CH4 News Russell Brand https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrVe7jJE__M

·         Micah: Newsnight Paxman vs Michael Howerd https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uwlsd8RAoqI

·         Lucy: Paula Yates and Michael Hutchence https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHI_G1QFfIs

·         Laolu: Piers Morgan & Alex Jones https://youtu.be/gWQPZ-taYBs

·         Liam: Andrew Neil & EDL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opy5fXrTGEA

·         Tanim: BBC 3 doc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1oe9D2t_ZA

·         Niamh: Nick Broomfield https://youtu.be/O9a-YrYIuaY?t=20m41s

·         Simone: CH4 News with Pharrell Williams https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHP-_JbSP2c&list=PLXjqQf1xYLQ7m1xnNYh7PO4LTJQ7mjVVk

·         Aoife: Milibrand Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDZm9_uKtyo

·         Michelle: BBC Radio 1 Kanye West https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DR_yTQ0SYVA (up to 20 mins)
Clifford: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYLepQQNQCU

Anthony: Downey Jnr Ch4 News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALBwaO-rAsE

·         Stevie: UKIP Bong Bong land https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LD4NgHxylF0&list=PLXjqQf1xYLQ7m1xnNYh7PO4LTJQ7mjVVk&index=9

·         Lauren:

Task 1: Class Outline of Interview Techniques (presented)

Embed the video from Youtube and annotate on your Weebly on the following aspects for your video:

1. Introduce how the techniques and style used depends on the subject of the interview. What style did your interviewers use?

2. Discuss how the interviewer changes the type of questions needed to be asked, and the style of the interview.

3. Give examples of questions that are open, closed, single, multiple, direct, or indirect. Discuss the benefits in terms of responses.

4. Discuss how the interviewer will use a variety of these questions – and give reasons why? Control, manipulate answers, desired responses (provoking?) etc…

5. Discuss how the style of the interview is also adjusted depending on the intended feel of the interview, find an example of how they can be:

·         hard news,

·         combative,

·         light-hearted,

·         entertainment,

·         investigative,

·         promotional.

6. Discuss why interviews must be structured and why the sections are necessary. There is an obvious structure to most interviews, they follow this pattern;

·         introduction,

·         developmental questions,

·         confidence building,

·         key questions, soundbites,

·         summary, wind up.

7. When conducting an interview, it is important to build rapport with your interviewee. 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. Discuss why this is important and how the interviewer in your example did this.

9. Journalistic Contexts: 
What is the context and format of this interview, channel, programme, structure of the interview (ie multiple contributors, live studio audience, cut-aways, single camera or multi camera interview?)

10. Purposes of interviews:
There are many reasons for an interviews:

·         to research,

·         to enhance an audience's understanding,

·         to present information,

·         to interpret or explain,

·         to be accountable allowing the audience an insight into a situation.

11. Discuss the purpose of the interview, and comment on how the interview did (or did not) successfully conduct the interview based upon this purpose. What techniques did they use?

In your groups, now put together your work onto your weebly. Share in your groups based on different techniques and styles, and present your responses in a brief discussion

Task 2: Peer Teach & Script Production

Prepare your comparison with your group partners to discuss the different interview techniques and style across the your group’s examples

You are preparing for your Interview responses during the next task, so think of this as a script. Split this into the following sections:

·         Techniques (include variety of questions, style and structure)

·         Context (type of interview, programme format)

·         Purpose (aim and success in achieving this)

Example response: Interview 1

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.

Example response: Interview 2

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.