Asking The Right Questions: Documentary Interview Tips | Part 2
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Your questions will make or break your interview, so how can you make sure you're asking the right ones? It all comes down to research.
Read, watch, listen to everything you can that's directly related to your subject and attack your topic tangentially.
By that I mean think more deeply about how people will relate to your story and find similar stories to inspire your line of questioning - even if they have nothing to do with your documentary on a surface level.
I've found that's one of the best ways to find questions that take your interviews in interesting directions.
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This video is by far the best one out there detailing video interviewing. Deserves so much more love!
Thanks so much Lewis. Hope it helps!!
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Thank you so much for the tips! I’m hoping to create my own documentary that requires interviews. I have an issue with uncomfortable silence even in every day conversation (ppl think I’m an extrovert but I’m actually an introvert who HATES uncomfortable silence, so I fill it in as much as possible lol). That last tip will help me tremendously. It’s okay to leave a bit of silence so the other person can fill it in with more information before I start to follow up! Thank you so much
Great video with some very useful tips! Did you ever get around to making that editing your interview video?
very good tutorial. Thank you.
I'm glad it was of some use :)
These were really good videos. You should make some more for sure!👌🏾
I'm *slowly* working on them! Really appreciate your encouragement 🙏
that short, but suprisingly insightful
Thanks hope it helps!
Thank you for the tips! Really helpful :))
Glad to hear it 😊
Yea, this really helps.
Glad it helps! Let me know if you have any more questions.
What a good video, well done.
Thanks Luke, appreciate it
I like it
the cinematography looks beautiful where can I watch this documentary?
Thank you! You can watch on my channel, the film is called Air
Great video!
Thank you Francisco, hope it helps!
very good. Thank you SO much(and pls d the editting tutorial)
Glad it helped :) I'm working on a new series of videos and hopefully will include an editing one!
@@BillThisdell YES. Thas a lot
Great video
Thanks so much! Appreciate it
I am filming a documentary for my thesis project and I wanted to know if you should ask the subject the question that you are asking and then record or ask the question while you are recording
Ask the question while you are recording. You never know when the subject will say something interesting so just leave the camera recording for the entire interview.
Hey do you have tips for making a 2-3 minute short docu/interview? like how to get the artist to drop really impactfull oneliners and how to get the viewer to search more about the artist?
Hey man, I'd focus on a single moment in their life (or whatever the subject is -- make it very focused). Any great story usually has a goal and an obstacle, so if you can get your artist to speak about what they want and what was stopping them, that's usually a good format. Think about it in terms of emotional peaks and valleys, rather than a series of events.
Series of events = AND THEN this happened AND THEN this happened = less interesting
Emotional = goal BUT THEN challenge BUT THEN growth BUT THEN resolution
As for impactful oneliners -- if they say something interesting but ramble on a bit, you can always ask them to repeat themselves in a tighter soundbite. But focus your questions on how they felt to get more interesting answers.
Hi
Be safe pleas
How do you have less than 1k subs?
Your mean
Probably because I never upload haha but thank you, appreciate you!