Last night was the night. After a 2 hour drive, 9 hour shift, and quickly piecing together the last of the questions, I was finally able to film the brunt of the interview.  An trust me, I took the advice from Friday very seriously to achieve maximum coverage. No more than 10 questions turned into 2 straight hours of answers. Being set up in a room where we literally had to crawl under a tripod through the door to get out it, it got fairly cozy in there, not that I’m complaining though, the interviewing process definitely had a few laughs in there, not to mention being someone I know I found it rather easy to engage with them to gain quite expressive responses.
The hardest part of the interview, other than having to rephrase an answer or question every 5 minutes/hurry it along to keep answers short, was definitely setting up. Using a new piece of equipment for the main footage and audio whilst using my own camera for the profile shots felt strange, but it made sense to do so, for quality reasons. Figuring out where to place the cameras and reflector  and chairs in such a confined space without having to compromise the shot seemed like a much easier task beforehand, but a mere half hour later I finally figured it out (sort of). Now to just go through all my footage and relentlessly judge every decision I’ve made! Happy editing days ahead!