Project #1 Interview
Aim/Objective
You are required to submit a three-minute edited interview with a single individual of your choice for presentation on local radio. You must choose someone who you feel has something to say to the Brighton & Hove community.
I have chosen to interview a friend who lives opposite to me, Suzy. Since she was 16 (currently 20), she has been working as a receptionist in a doctor's surgery. I think she'd provide an interesting insight as she deals with the public everyday and she will definitely have something to say about and to the Brighton & Hove community.
Securing the interview
Once I had decided who I was going to interview, it was quite simple to just walk round next door and ask her personally if she would be able to do it and when she was free. She gave me her timetable and then I proceeded to book equipment out for when she was free.
Pre-production
I did not know much about what it was like to work as a receptionist in an assumed quite stressful environment. So a lot of my questions were to enquire and let the listeners know what life is like for them. I then enquired about funny or interesting stories to keep the interview fairly informal and provide a light hearted piece to it. I then asked about bad things to do with the job which would hopefully provide something to say that would hit home for the Brighton community.
Interview
We recorded the interview in her room as her flat is very quiet compared to mine. Upon hindsight, I should have asked her to accompany me to a sound booth and done the recording there, however I don't think she would have acted natural in that kind of environment. I asked what questions I needed and the interview went well. I feel she felt more natural than other people I could have interviewed as I was a friend.
After I interviewed her, I went back to my room and created sounds to use for the background noise. These noises included doors slamming, babies crying, coughing and so on. This was okay for me, although I felt a bit odd making crying baby noises in my room. I chose to record the sound effects myself rather than going to the surgery and recording her there because it was impractical as she is constantly busy and finding a spare couple of minutes would of been hard. And recording the surgery would of raised ethical concerns, as would people want to be recorded when they're feeling their worst.
Post-production
Once I had recorded the interview, I then had to import it Adobe Audition and edit it. First off, was cutting the interview down to just under 3 minutes so I could include intro/outro music. This proved to be quite difficult as the interview went on for just over 15 minutes and I felt there were important parts but they needed to be left out for timing.
Once I had gotten a rough cut of what the interview would be like, I found music that would fit appropriately. I had recorded ambient sound from her room and proceeded to add that in. I then would mix in all the sound effects I have recorded to add to the sound. I then polished it by adding effects to her voice to make it more radiogenic. I then continued polishing until I was happy. I then exported it.
Conclusion
Overall, I am happy with the mix and feel it was interesting to make my own sounds and would be able to do it in the future if I needed to.
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