Storyboarding
See Understanding Storyboarding.
Interviewing
Interviewing is fun. Being part of a video crew allows you to interview all sorts of people in all sorts of places.
Sometimes, of course, people will refuse to be interviewed and don’t expect to be allowed onto the red carpet at a film première in Leicester Square without a lot of ‘talking to the right people’. Basically if you don’t ask then you have no chance of getting that star interview.
I have had the pleasure of seeing some famous and many not so famous people interviewed on camera by students. One student somehow got herself a press pass for the Venice film festival and interviewed several big stars who were delighted to talk to a young filmmaker. It can be done, but not before students have experienced doing interviews with each other and other people in their neighbourhood.
Top Interviewing Tips
Ask open questions. These are questions that require more than a yes or no answer, and are referred to as the 6 Ws.
- WHO
- WHAT
- WHEN
- WHERE
- WHY
- HOW
Start all your questions with one of the 6 Ws and your interviewee has to respond with a few sentences.
Example
Ask your lottery wining: do you always play the lottery? And the answer will be Yes or No. That does not make for an interesting video interview.
But if you ask an ‘open’ question then you will definitely...
