Sunday, February 3, 2013

What Makes an Interesting Interview

Names of the audio and animated clips from the website storycorps.org.

Audio: "I remember many months with no lights", "At the time, I was tutoring at an after -school program...", and "How do you think you've changed?"
Animated: "Always a family" and "Eyes on the stars"

The key points from the above clips I heard and saw had a clear flow and was straight to the point. Some of the stories had some background information. All of the voices were clear and accurate, some of them told their stories with emotion. The information they wanted to share was understandable and visual not only by the animation clips, but also the audio clips because of the story teller's description of words. Emotions were heard in the animated clips rather than the audio clips, but again the story teller was very understandable. In  the animated clips I heard crying in one story and in the other I heard laughing.

My Criteria:
1. Have a clear and accurate voice ( to avoid being nervous, practice in the mirror)
2. Choose visual words (e.g. She sat in the cold room wearing her favorite navy blue dress, because her mom was not able to pay the heat bill that month....)
3. Get permission when using people's names, or keep their identity safe
4. When using music in your clip be sure to make it sure at the appropriate time, it will be better if it would be used at the end of the story teller's last words
5. Share a little background information on your topic so that the listener would know what's going on

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