Interviews in the Television Studio

We had a practical lesson in the Studio giving and having interviews. Several of the people in my class were chosen to help with lighting, taking the interviews and filming the interviews. The other people were the ones interviewed. These people were very important in making the interview look good. For example the people in charge of lighting had to put lights in a good position to give the interview a good effect.

The person filming had to make sure that that they were recording the interview correctly and that everything in the frame was supposed to be in the frame. The person taking the interview was important to make sure that the interview ran smoothly. People were asked a range of different questions. Some of them were about why they choose to take media studies, what their favourite film is and what type of music they were into.

The purpose of this exercise was to see how interview were taken, and to show that scenes can be reshot. For example, the person behind the camera said, ‘ready-action’ and after the interview, or when there was a mistake said ‘cut’. This term means to stop recording and end the scene. This came from the olden days when people used to cut the reel and rejoin it to another scene. Another purpose was to show people what it was like to be on screen or behind the scenes because there will be a lot of this during our Media lessons.