Below are the 9 questions I asked my interviewee. I set up the camera about a meter to the left of where I was standing, and so she spoke to me not directly at the camera. I paused the camera at the end of each answer, however let it run during the question so she had lots of time to answer. Dee elaborated her answers really well, just as I designed the questions to be. If at any stage during the answer I didn’t feel as though there was enough footage or the right footage, I would ask another question to do with what she was just talking about or asked her to elaborate even more at particular times.

I specifically designed my questions to be left up to Dee to answer in her own way. I didn’t want much structure with them, I wanted to make it as flexible as possible, so the answer could go several ways and so I got the most out of each question.

Here are my questions:

1. Why acting?
2. Explain what made you want to act/perform in the first place
3. What is the best thing about acting?
4. Would you be able to explain one highlight in your career and why it is a highlight?
5. Can you explain one specific moment that is a highlight?
6. What have been some challenges throughout your career?
7. What inspires you/ what are you inspired by? (both in your work and generally)
8. Explain what you think the most important things in life are
9. What advice would you give your younger self?