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A-level let's get planning!

     What’s up guys! Welcome to the third blog post of this week.  With these postings, I am going to be starting my official planning for my project! After extensive research, I’m glad to be able to brainstorm my idea for my documentary. 

    As I mentioned previously, I’m going to be doing a documentary so I need to come up with some questions that I want to ask my subjects. In this post, I’ll be researching indirect interviewing strategies and coming up with some questions. In addition to that, it also looked at my notebook to review some notes we took in class about epic documentaries, and some planning techniques. 

    Indirect interviews are interviews that involve the specific subject speaking into the camera without answering a question (Sahi, n.d., slide 1). I chose to do indirect interviews. This is  mainly to  capture and convey the emotions of how the subject is feeling and how the subjects explain explain Latin American culture (Sahi, n.d., slide 1). To make the interview seem more natural, the interviewer is not recorded within the same shot that the question was asked (Sahi, n.d., slide 1). This is mainly to illustrate the connection the subject has with the topic and the audience. 

    In contrast, direct interviews are filmed with the conversation, as well as the response. For my documentary, this type of interview would not be suitable as I am aiming to get raw information and emotions from the subjects. Direct interviews produce more structured responses, which is not something I want (Sahi, n.d., slide 2).

Here are some interview questions I’ve been pondering: 

  • Can you describe how Latin American culture and music has affected your selection in music for dance? 
  • Can you elaborate on how Latin American music has changed over the decades?
  • Do you feel as if Latin American culture has an influence on creating unity within society ?
  • How has different cultures blended together influenced your stylistic choices as a choreographer/ director? 



                                                                           References

Sahi, K. (n.d.). Types of interview [PowerPoint slides]. SlideShare. https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/types-of-interview-96559822/96559822

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