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The first step of choosing a subject for the interview was quite difficult as my family’s all back in Darwin and i wasn’t sure if interviewing my friends was going to be interesting enough but i knew that it would be much more successful with someone i am close with and know well than a stranger.
When i finally thought of Erica i thought she’d be perfect for this interview as i knew that she came to Australia as an immigrant and now she works as a lawyer. I have always had so much respect for her drive and professionalism. I was so happy that she agreed to it then she had some very exciting news a week later when she found out that she was pregnant which was spectacular but meant that she had to be very careful not to overwork herself with anything.
Catering to her availability held back the filming a little bit but because everything was planned quite thoroughly it went down really well. Before starting the interview, I briefly explained what kind of questions there were going to be and how the tone of the interview was going to be very casual and that i wanted her to repeat my questions in her answers. It was filmed at my apartment living room area with the white wall as the back ground, we chatted a little with some tea to ease up any tension which i think worked beautifully. She was very confident in speaking to the camera and all of her answers were genuine which was exactly all i hoped for. The only problem during the interview would have been that she talked much more than the amount of footage i needed, which at the time of the interview wasn’t a problem at all. It was actually so fun to listen to, but when it came to editing her long answers made it extremely difficult to cut down into one solid sentence.
Another issue would have been that i had no clue what kind of camera angle worked the best in regards to the lighting,the sound and the kind of aesthetics i visioned. Hence i filmed many random shots from various angles and experimented with what i thought would turn out to be the most visually attractive. However in post production when i came to check the footages i was quite disappointed as 85%of my cut away shots were shaky and out of focus. The hand held shots for the office scenes should have been on a tripod. Biggest mistake i made for this project but i had just enough footages taken to pick out usable parts. I have learnt that i crucially need to improve my filming techniques.
Overall, Nether less the hardship in trimming down the answers, by organising the interview into 4parts i managed to give the interview order and flow, and with the indecent footages i tried my best picking the most usable ones and pacing them accordingly to the music which turned out to be quite rhythmic and vibrant.