Interview
- 2. http://www.bbc.co.uk/academy/journalism/skills/interviewing/article /art20130702112133421 0 This video shows us that to have a successful interview and get the answers that the viewers want, you have to be direct. You have to speak on behalf of the public, as Paxman does to politicians, criminals etc. This way you get to the point of the interview quickly and efficiently and the interviewee may not expect to be asked such direct questions and therefore would give a better answer without having a lot of time to make an answer up. He does not show a great deal of empathy to his interviewees and keeps it unbiased, which is good. He takes this direct approach to criminal, politicians etc. so he can get to the truth in serious matters. From this, we will take the advice of not beating around the subject and ask the question that we want the answer of.
- 3. http://www.bbc.co.uk/academy/journalism/skills/interviewing/article /art20130702112133427 0 From this, we can gather that if we ask open questions, we will get a lot more in response compared to a yes/no question. The more information that we get, the more we can choose from to put in our documentary. We can select the best parts of the interview and put it in our documentary. Also, we can ask add on questions to the answers that we are given in order to gain further information as well. By asking open questions, we can allow the interviewee to reveal more information as we are letting them talk.
- 4. http://www.bbc.co.uk/academy/journalism/article/art201 30702112133417 0 Montague suggests that we should pick a topic and stick to it and to ensure that we are disciplined with the topic. The longer the interview is, the easier it is to go off topic but we will keep to the subject. Sackur tells us to capture the essence of the interview in 2/3 sentences. This enables the point of our interview to be known straight away and concisely. This would be beneficial for the audience as it would be more interesting to watch rather than questions that aren’t related to the topic.