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.