2.  Question types: - open, closed, single, multiple,
direct, suggestive
 Interview styling: - hard news, combative, light-
hearted, entertainment, investigative, promotional
 Structuring: - introduction, developmental questions,
confidence building, key questions, sound-bites,
summary, wind- up
 Communication skills: - building rapport, active
listening, body language

3.  An in-depth personal discussion with the person
you are interviewing.
 Key to the interview is to listen due to it being in-
depth and maintain eye-contact with the
interviewee.
 Ask the questions in chronological order.
 Factual Interviews
 The interviewee can provide context and
background about the topic.
 Generally filmed from an over shoulder shot or from
the interviewers point of view

4.  Where a person is being interviewed
while they are doing something
(Walking, Building etc.).
 More relaxed type of interview than sit-
down.
 Handheld camera or Tripod depending
on the activity the interviewee is doing.
 Could be filmed from POV of interviewer
of with the interviewer in front of the
camera.

5.  Having random people on the street talk to you
about the chosen subject.
 Used for short clips that can be easily added to
the documentary during the editing process.
 Make sure the interviewee knows what the
documentary is about.
 Tend to be informal types of interviews.
 Collect the interviewees views on the subject.
 Generally filmed with the interviewer behind the
camera.

6.  Formal factual interviews
 Use of facts and statistics
 Highly professional – gains an older generation
upper class audience
 Generally filmed from an over shoulder shot or from
the interviewers point of view
 The interviewee can provide context and
background about the topic

7.  Casual interviewing style, with use of informal
language in the questions
 Interviewer in usually on screen (participatory)
 Non-fixed camera composition is often used (hand
held camera, camera moving from interviewer to
interviewee)
 Interview questions and answers take the form of a
friendly discussion/chat
 Often unplanned and improvised questions

8. • Research - finding out information
• Enhancement of audience
understanding
• Informational - presenting information
• Interpretive - expressing or explaining
opinion
• Emotional - allowing audience insight to
a situation