Week 2 Homework "Back to Reality"

Wk 2. Homework task
Analysing Professional Interviewers.
Hand in date 29/09/09

Use either the interviewers we viewed in class or use three professional interviewers of your own make typed notes on:

Name of presenter/interviewer
Background on Presenter

Background on show
Type of show, entertainment/factual etc. Target audience

Analyse title sequence.
Use of colour scheme, graphics, editing style, pacing, music used, cutaway shots. How would this relate to the target audience

Purpose of interview
Comedic, promotional, informational, personal or professional. To dictate or enforce the show/interviewers views? To humiliate? To judge

Presenter style, dress, age, tone, use of humour?
Relate this to target audience

Interview set up
In studio?, Video interview, camera set up, where does guest sit or stand? Use of lighting, sound, use of video footage, graphics, text

Style of questions
Open, closed, how much time is interviewee given to respond? Do we always hear the questions? ,use of background information, graphics.
Does the interviewer adapt his interview style according to the guest they are interviewing? Why?
How does the interviewer manipulate his interview subject?