YoVDO

The Art of Video Interviews

Offered By: LinkedIn Learning

Tags

Video Production Courses Journalism Courses Storytelling Courses Documentary Filmmaking Courses Post-Production Courses Audio Production Courses Pre-Production Courses

Course Description

Overview

Learn how the pros prepare for, organize, and conduct great video interviews.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Welcome
  • About your presenters
  • Related courses on lynda.com
1. Preparing for an Interview
  • Preparing for an interview
  • Planning for project goals and impact
  • Getting the results you want and need
  • Using themes
  • Background research
  • Conducting pre-interviews
  • Building your talking points
2. Production of Video Interviews
  • Essential gear
  • Makeup or no makeup?
  • Researching the location
  • Scouting the location
  • Arrival times
  • Confirming permissions
  • Release forms
3. During the Interview
  • Positioning the subject
  • Positioning the interviewer
  • Building rapport
  • Quick test: Knowing the learning style of your subject
  • Building interviewee confidence
  • Creating a story arc with your questions
  • Your role during an interview
  • Interview don'ts
  • Challenge: Edit down interview footage into a two-minute rough cut
  • Solution: Edit down interview footage into a two-minute rough cut
4. During an Audio-Only Interview
  • Essential equipment
  • Testing the recording gear
  • Recording an interview remotely with Skype
  • Building rapport
  • Audio interview techniques
  • Recording impromptu interviews
  • Challenge: Cut together a three-minute interview for a podcast
  • Solution: Cut together a three-minute interview for a podcast
5. Getting Results
  • Future-proofing interviews
  • Considering multiple deliverables
  • Why transcripts matter
  • Optimal interview scheduling: Duration and time of day
6. Minimizing Narration
  • How to minimize narration
  • How to avoid "Can you repeat that?"
  • Getting supporting points
  • What's the one thing?
7. Making Editing Easier
  • Getting coverage of the interviewer
  • Getting lower thirds in the field
  • Getting the interviewee to use the words you need
8. Avoiding Obstacles
  • The brilliant subject matter expert
  • English as a second language
  • Limited-time interviews
  • The very young
  • Couples
  • Challenge: Create a five-minute mini-documentary for public television
  • Solution: Create a five-minute mini-documentary for public television
9. Preparing for Post
  • Logging information from the field
  • Creating MP3 files for transcription
  • Sending out for transcripts
  • Speech analysis
  • Attaching transcripts
Conclusion
  • Wrapping up

Taught by

Amy DeLouise and Richard Harrington

Related Courses

Effectively delivering the news to your audience
Michigan State University via Coursera
Video Game Asset Creation and Process
Rochester Institute of Technology via edX
Web Content Management
UGC via Swayam
E-content Development - January, 2022
NITTTR via Swayam
Sound Design for Virtual Reality
Pluralsight