It was time to complete my first bulletin. I sourced a lady from a local choir that were seeking new members. Setting up the studio equipment ready for the interview was surprisingly unproblematic, however the difficulties came when completing the actual interview. All of this was new to me and whilst I knew what information I was seeking, it was difficult for me to obtain this first time round. In order to guide the inerviewee it was necessary at times to interject and ask the interviewee direct questions. In order for the bulletin to make sense it was vital that the interviewee responded to any questions by answering the question with the question. For example, When do you rehearse? We rehearse on a Tuesday evening. Otherwise the bulletin would not make flow or make sense. It took a few attempts before the inteerview started to go well and it was soon completed. It is important to very clear with interviewees about exactly what it is you require. Also you need to take control and guide the interview whilst making the interviewee feel at ease. (Easier said than done!)
Editing the audio also took some practice and in total my first bulletin took me over two hours to complete.
I encountered problems with ensuring that the music and the audio were at the correct levels. Although it sounds quite straightforward it is intially very difficult. Additionally, the process of editing the audio was time consuming, however I feel that this is mostly down to my own interviewing techniques.
I have learned a lot from my first attempt at interviewing/editing. It is imperative to be very clear and concise regarding the information that you require. If you allow the interview to go off on a tangent, this makes the editing very problematic and ultimately serves to make the whole process much more difficult. This is something that I must improve on in future interviews and I will now focus upon upon developing my communication skills.
I think that with more experience, I will begin to develop my own interviewing style that I am comfortable with and this will in turn assist me when editing as well.
I have been tasked with completing interviews on a weekly basis so there is sufficient opportunity for me to gain further experience and hopefully improve on my first outing. It is not within the scope of this blog to update you on my progress for each subsequent interview, however I will post any further details that are of particular note.
Please find below exterior and interior photographs of Studio 2 at BBC Radio Merseyside:
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