Here is an interview I had the opportunity to conduct with a Melbourne Bluegrass band Mustered Courage. Although the content within the interview much of the process it took to set up and get there heavily involved similar attributes to things we have done so far in Film 3.

To begin with having the right camera settings was important as I was weary of stopping the interview and having to start again due to fault of my own. Such things involved setting up the tripod, camera, camera settings and functions, lighting, contrast, making sure everyone was in frame etc.
As far as things went I was moderately happy however I feel the backdrop chosen was poor and is distracting to the viewer. The Lighting is fine however the framing is not the best as it could easily have been centred a bit more, something just seems a little bit off about the whole frame.
Editing is really where most of this video is related to Film 3. The content of the interview is the most interesting as sometimes the band does not come across as the most compelling speakers however I learnt and re-learnt many editing techniques throughout the editing process like having different sequences throughout the editing process makes it a lot easier to stitch it all together at the end…. who knew?
Cutting between different content and overlaying and moving different titles, audio, or photos was also a valuable skilled learned throughout this process.

The audio throughout the entire interview is poor. I did – as you can see in the video – have an extra recorder on the table however not only was it pointed towards one side of the room, making one side of the room much louder than the other, the interviewer I handed it to for record after placing it on the table, failed to hit the right button. All the audio you here in this video comes from the directional mic that attached to the camera, where the sound is a bit static and the levels are not consistent throughout the video, illustrating the importance of multiple audio recorders or at least a thorough run-through with the equipment with all team members to ensure optimal recording.

The editing for this interview is not entirely finished so I look to update this post as I learn and discover more of what I could have done better.