Interviews. Week 5.
This reading has been a little bit different from the casual, relaxed readings that we’ve been given these past few weeks. Nonetheless, I still enjoyed reading the informative stuff about the interview and I didn’t know the extensive preparation we had to go through in order to perfect or even execute an interview. Writing this after Thursday’s workshop, it was exciting to put this theory into practice – mainly the basics such as establishing shot, an action shot, cutaways and whatnot. That’s really all I can say about the reading. Like I previously said, this was just a nice, simple informative read. It did not provide or invoke any emotional response like the previous weeks where we explored the creative side of media. Not saying that interviews aren’t creative, but in this aspect, it’s probably the least creative I’ve dealt with in this course. Does that make sense?
Interviews. Louise Turley. Project Brief Two. Ahhhhh!!!
We had a guest lecturer who actually wasn’t from our course – I’d say she’s like a mix of a Director, Producer, Writer, Editor and even a “Camera and Electrical Department”, according to IMDb, at least. Relating to the reading, she gave a few interesting points in a nicely designed presentation – one of the pointers that stuck to me were, “Do they have something to say?”. I think that’s a crucial decision to make in terms of making quality content, which is something that’s really important to me. Speaking about quality content, I have been dwelling on Project Brief #1 ever since the submission and I realise how my content was so ‘un-quality’-like. This is something I’d like to improve on for the next project, creating a clear and polished video. I hope Miss Turley’s advice can be put into good practice and I will definitely take her advice for future assignments. Ahhhh!
Onto Brian’s segment. I’ll be honest here and kind of dozed off/daydreamed during his lecture. Although I’ve looked back at the lecture slides and had a small recollection about the video Brian showed us:
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This is probably something I need to rewatch in order to understand what Brian was trying to say. I’m sure Brian was talking something about narrative blah blah blah but Louise’s voice was still stuck in my head, discussing her previous work, mostly about interviews. (Lol, the size of the image reflects on how much I care about the movie).
This is probably as far as I can go when it comes to simmering down the lectorial and the reading. Week 5 has gotten to me, especially since becoming ill. That’s all!
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