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Advanced Interviews
Being the interviewer in this was a lot of fun. I am good friends with Sarina, so the questions were a bit obvious for me personally, but since I already knew things about her I was able to dig a little deeper and get more and more out of each answer she gave. I would usually move on to another question right after another, but I put a lot more time into this one and had her elaborate more on each part, and I even learned more about her myself, and I ended up with almost seven minutes of footage. I also set up this shot to make teach Tessa about what to do, and I am extremely happy with the way it came out, especially after color correcting it.
We had a really nice background to work with for this sequence of interviews and we played the flowers in the back to the interviewee's advantage. The shot aligns the persons gaze with flowers so that the viewer's eyes are naturally carried across the screen and they get to see the flowers in the back. The lighting was also good outside, and there was plenty of natural light for us to work within this shot. I also got good with making sure the person is focused on using the zoom feature to focus the shot on the person's eyes directly, and I am really happy with how it turned out. Using the Tascam was also really fun because you can hear the difference it makes compared to the Rode microphones.
Being the interviewee, after a couple of times, got easier and easier the more I kept doing it. I found it easier to incorporate the questions into my answers and I have a lot more confidence now than when I first started taking the class. In my opinion, the questions were a bit basic and cliche, so I tried to elaborate as much as I could on each one to make sure that Tessa got enough to make proper cuts. Altogether though I am definitely more confident in front of the camera.
Interviews #1
Being the DP was pretty easy, but it was a good reminder of how to properly set up the camera and the lighting, as well as the proper way to zoom in on the person's face, using the eyes as the center. With the lighting, we set it up to pick up the interviewee's eyes. It felt good to revisit the basics of doing an interview, and I had a really fun time setting up the camera and making sure the shot looked good. I like the use of the books because they make a solid background altogether, but they still hold their individual value.
Being an interviewer was pretty easy, except for figuring out what questions I had to ask. We started out with the basics, such as name, grade, and school, and then just simple things about the person so that an individual could get a vague understanding of who the interviewee was. Chloe was particularly fun to interview because she laughed at almost every question, which you'll see at the end of the interview.
Being the interviewee has gotten easier and easier since I started taking cinema in the spring of last year. I planned on not being in front of the camera at all, and then now I'm completely confident in answering questions and having a role that doesn't take place behind the scenes. I have also gotten a lot better at restating the question in my answer, but not doing so in a manner that makes it seem forced and obvious. I also find it more enjoyable to be on all sides of the camera now.
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