Interview questions

Why do you think young relationships are a bad idea?
By asking a biased question to the interviewees it will create an honest opinion on what the public might think of me being biased. This also creates and argument between me and the interviewee which they can explain themselves.

-          How old are you?
By asking the interviewees how old they are it will give the listeners an idea on what age range the interviews are from.

-          Are you in a relationship
asking this was key as it would give us an idea of why the interviewees had the opinions they had, depending on their relationship status i tried to get a range of different people with different experiences with relationships so that the opinions would be much more versatile.

-          What’s your opinion on young relationships?
this was one of my main questions and allowed my interviewees to express themselves on the subject by providing her opinions.

-          What age do you think is suitable to begin your relationship?
This question allowed the interviewee to share their opinion and what they felt was right on his controversial topic. 

-          What might be the cause of a break up in a young relationship?
this is where my interviews were able to share personal experiences as well as what they have seen from others ad gave my radio show depth into what was common in young relationships helping the viewer build an opinion

-           How old was you when you started your first relationship?

this gives us background knowledge on the interviewee giving us an idea of what may alter their opinion .
-          How old is too young to be in a relationship?

this also expresses the interviewees opinion on a controversial topic that has been argued on showing different peoples opinions would turn to help the audience build their own opinion.

-          What negative effects can a young relationship have on a person?
This gives us an idea on how young adults can be affected by this issue and ways in which it can be prevented. 

Assignment 4

Feedback from pitch

 After presenting my pitch to the class, I gathered any feedback that was made on my presentation; the feedback was based on a few positive and negative aspects about my pitch, they also provided any changes that needed to be made to improve the presentation. From the feedback given their was a few main positive aspects they found out of my presentation such as having good primary research, well presented and organised etc. One negative aspect they found about my presentation is creating a link between my main question and some of the secondary research I have done, the feedback I got on this was to create a clear link between the question and my secondary research. By gaining all the feedback, this will help me to improve my presentation.

Conduct Interviews

Before I start the interviews, I did some preparation around my interview and the people I will be questioning, by this I spoke to my interviewees who are Doriana, Amelia, Molly, Lan, Elijah and
Milo in advance before I start filming, I would have to ask for permission to record them and their opinions, by doing this in advance it allows me to be prepared rather than looking for people who would not mind being interviewed. This has allowed me to be very organised and prepared for when I want to start the interviews. As I will be asking students/ teachers/parents over the age of 18, they will not need to sign a permission slip which I have created to give to the students who are under the age of 18 and are being recorded, I would need  parental consent to be on the safe side for myself as well as the interviewee. 

In addition to preparing for my interview, I have been doing research on interview styles and how I would want my interview to be like, from the research I have decided I to create a very light hearted tone to the interview but make the interview as informational as possible. By creating a light hearted tone it will allow the interviewees to feel very comfortable and provide a very honest opinion, as I have done research on light-hearted interviews I know what I have to do in order to make them feel comfortable; at the beginning of the interview before I start recording (10 minutes in advance)  I will inform the interviewee what my interview is about so they are aware with what the topic is also I will show them the questions I will be asking this is so they are not thrown off when I ask questions during the interview for example; what is your opinion on young relationships?,this also allows them to be prepared for the type of questions asked.  The questions I ask my interviewees are all very open and direct, this allows me to get to know my interviewee as well as provide an honest opinion. I have also created a script for my interviews, it will consist of the questions I will be asking the interviewees as well as anything I would say in-between the questions to create a light hearted environment.
For my interviews I created a contingency plan of things that could go wrong and how I can prevent from being behind my schedule. Having a planned back up plan allows me to go to the interviews prepared if anything goes wrong, one of the problems that could go wrong is the camera battery running out of charge; to be prepared for this I would make sure I bring a spare fully charged battery when I go out to film this will prevent the camera from turning off and being behind schedule.

My Plan

When recording for my interviews, I will be doing it over a few days starting on the 10^th December – 15^th December; this is so it gives me plenty of time to record the interviews, by creating a schedule it will allow me to keep on top of time management and deadlines as I have a deadline to meet. If I finish recording earlier this is even more beneficial as it will mean I am ahead of schedule which will result to having more time to edit the recordings. The time I will be filming is around 4pm-6pm; this is so it does not intervene with school hours and I would not have problem with anyone interrupting the interview as it will be after school time. As I am interviewing students I decided to interview them in their schools, this is so it saves time to travel anywhere to record. By recording in the school, I will need to ask for permission to record as well as use a classroom to record to make it easier as well as less distraction s when recording the interview.

The equipment I will be using to record the interviews will be a film camera and a microphone, both of these items would be provided by Acland Burghley School so I don’t need to worry about equipment budget, however I need to sign in the equipment I am using, this is so if anything happens to the equipment I am responsible for it.  After I have gathered all my recordings and finished with the interviews I will be ready to edit the clips on Premier Pro which is software used to edit clips together, with this I will upload all my clips and start editing the audio of the recordings. The software would allow me to cut any of the audio out if there are certain sections I am not happy with and create a flow throughout the recording and have it ready for it to be aired on the radio show. 

Pitch for Young Relationships

Proposal

Overview of content/Target audience
I will be creating an insert for the radio station 'Capital Xtra' on the program 'Abrantee' which is a slot on every Thursday between 4pm and 8pm. My interview will start at 5:30pm and last for 10 minutes. The insert would consist of informational facts as well as opinions on young relationships, I am focusing on this subject as you have a range of teenagers/young adults who can relate to this subject as well as people having different opinions. The main point of this is to hear out the different opinions on what this subject as well as information that can be beneficial and informational to everyone.The target audience I have aimed my topic at is 16-18 year olds.I have chosen this age range as they are the target audience I would like to look at when asking questions about young relationships, however I am also considering to involve an adults perspective on young relationships and allowing parents and teachers to have a say and give a valid opinion on the topic. As it is going to b an informational podcast, by having an opinion from an older audience and addressing it to my target audience, it will allows them to listen to the different opinions and act upon that. When beginning each interview I will be asking them ;why are young relationships a bad idea?' by creating a very direct question it allows the interviewee to be very board with their answers as it is not a straight forward question, it also creates an argument between the interviewer and interviewee as they would think the interviewer is being biased they will provide enough information about the subject which is what I want from the interviews.
Throughout the interview, I will be asking a range of open questions, multiple questions etc. As I would want a range of answers and different opinions forwarded back to me. The tone of the interview won;d be very informational but also light hearted depending on the audience I m talking to, if I ask a younger audience about young relationships they would not take it as serious as an older audience, this means I would have to make sure they feel comfortable around me when answering the questions, this is so they can construct the best possible answer. Talking to an older audience about this topic, I do not have to be as light heard ; as they are mature people they will find it easier to talk to about this subject n grew detail.

Required resources
The equipment I will be using to interview is a SLR camera and a microphone, which is all provided by 'Acland Burghley School'. I will be using the microphone as it would allow me to record all sound of the interview and the SLR camera would be to record and film interviews iI will be  interviewing my target audience during school as I will have access to the students during school and film them. As I am working on my own I do not have a crew to work with which means I will be filming, organising interviews as well as editing the footage on my own. If I want to talk to an older audience, I will approach them at a later time, as they usually would be working a 9am-5pm job. As I will be interviewing students, I can gather the students I want to use from the  Sixth form and the school of Laswap and Acland Burghley.

Production schedule/ Precise duration/
How it fits with the radio schedule
My insert would be aired on 'Capital Xtra' in the section 'Abrantee' which is the 4:00pm -8:00pm slot in the radian package, which plays a range of different songs and old songs for people who are making their way home. My insert would be around 5:30pm between the songs the duration of the insert would be around 10 minutes, which means the slot given to me ends at 5:40pm. I chose this time for my insert to be aired as this is the perfect time in which the audience would be making there way home and would be listening in at this time. As the radio station is aimed at a younger target audience, I felt like this would be the perfect radio station fro teenagers / young adults to listen in on the topic.

Task 3: Successful and unsuccessful interviews

Unsuccessful
Here is an example of an unsuccessful interview between the interviewer Les Ross and Hardeep Singh Kholi on the BBC West Midlands. The interview was supposed to be about Hardeep’s new television show, however Les Ross did not know what the interview was about which made Hardeep feel very uncomfortable. In addition to this Les Ross made the interview feel very conversational and was the asking Hardeep direct clear questions about his TV show. Towards the end of the interview you can tell that the interviewee was very confused on what the interview was about which he then felt awkward and distressed. As Les Ross was going of topic you can tell that Ross did not do enough research about Hardeep and his TV show, this created an unsettled atmosphere for Hardeep because of the way Ross acted in the situation. Another reason why the interview was very unsettled is because Ross was making fun of certain aspects of Hardeep which made him feel very uncomfortable which is why he decided to cut the interview short.

Successful
Here is an example of a Successful interview which is between Frost and president Nixon, the interview lasted 17 hours, throughout the interview, Frost uses several techniques in this interview which got the president to open up to him. From the small extract of the interview between Frost and Nixon, you have Frost demanding an answer from Nixon for the people of America, frost was providing three different statements on what Nixon needs to apologize on. From the extract you can see how Frost was stating each of his statements to Nixon and telling the president on how he should reply to the statements by asking for an apology.
 From this Frost was known to be the best interviewer ever as he was able to get an apology from Pr. Nixon for the people of America. Because the interview was so great, it was then made into a film.
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yf9vW8OM3