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How to interview a musical artist

 

OKGO with JEff filming

Interview with OK GO in West Palm Beach Florida

Wow we get asked all the time about how to actually shoot an interview with band members.  There is no exact formula but if you try to shoot everything in the guide below you will have choices when it comes to editing.

  1.  First shoot 3 seconds of an establishing shot of your location;  the venue, the band set up on stage, or another shot that sets the place of the interview.
  2. The interviewer does an introduction and that is used as the establishing shot for the interview segment.  The interviewer can first be a voiceover on top of the establishing shot.  Make sure that your transition doesn’t cut off the interviewer talking because if you don’t leave extra space on your clip this will happen.  COMMON MISTAKE.
  3. First part of interview questions.  Listen to your subject and don’t be caught being too eager to cut the subject off and go to the next question.  LISTEN.
  4. In an interview we let the subjects tell the story what ever it is.
  5. The bridge moves the interview to either:  a cut from the artist performance or the interviewer using transitional words like “Looking forward to your new album or Everyone catch these guys on their tour starting…..”  This should provide information that moves to the closing.
  6. Closing:  Thanks for sharing your stories about Asia, spending time with us, etc.  If the interviewer has not identified themselves at the start of the interview then he/she should say this is __________ from  Swept Away Media.
  7. Have the band shoot a short tag that can be used to “tease” the interview.  “This is the Sandband and you are watching Swept Away Media.”  This is used before the interview but shot last.
  8. Do not use your camcorder zoom during an interview.  Pan slowly, very slowly to move the shot.  Use a tripod or a monopod to avoid shaky video.
  9. Have something to add or share we’d love to add it!

Filmmakers Nepa; July 27-August 9th International Youth media Summit

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YOUNG FILMMAKERS AND SOCIAL ACTIVISTS will gather in Kathmandu, Nepal from July 27 to August 9 for the 11th annual International Youth Media Summit. These youth delegates from 25+ different countries will create short films together, learning about pertinent global issues and about one another’s cultural realities as they work. This will be the first time the Summit has been held in Asia; the choice of Nepal as host country has generated a great deal of excitement as we embark on a new decade of building bridges through media.