Week 4 Reflection: Interviewing

Ok, this is probably my favorite part of general journalism: INTERVIEWING! In class, we talked about how to set up the camera and lighting again for the interview. Jay picked me as one of the demo people, I guess, to show how it's done. "What's my favorite song?" "Who would I compare my singing ability to? Mercedes (Amber Riley) from Glee with a bit of Jennifer Hudson, except I can't hit those notes like them LOL.

But basically with interviewing, as I've learned over the past couple of years, you want to ask people open-ended questions. Questions that you can't really answer with just a yes or a no. You may ask someone, "Are you a singer?" More than likely they will give you a yes or a no. You want to delve a little deeper with your interviewees, get to know more about why they like to do what they do, past projects they've been involved in, etc. Whatever open-ended questions go along with the situation.

I'm excited for this project. Lana, Meghan, and I are working together again. Why split up a good team LOL Should be a cool way to show off our skills, because you know we're pros now! LOL just kidding. Still on this amateur level, but I'm looking forward to learning more and more about video!

PEACE.