Entertaining

An entertaining documentary can relate to the light-hearted documentary and also combative. The entertainment to the audience can be a heavy debate seeing an interviewee uncomfortable whilst being verbally probed by a skillful interviewer. The public enjoy seeing people suffer however they also simply enjoy real entertainment from fun and jokes between the host and his guest. If it was specifically for entertaining the audience then it would be humorous and funny. The interviewer may have met the guest several times before as they are both in the media business, therefore a rapport has already been created between the two making look even more comfortable and able to ask more questions much sooner into the interview whilst having fun with it. The body language of both the host and the interviewee would be very relaxed and as if they are sitting in their own house, often they have a sofa which shows it is not serious allowing there to be more than one guest at a time.

            The questions would be open, the interviewer would rarely give a closed question as there is very little pressure in this style of interviewing. A closed question may create an awkwardness between them which can also make it uncomfortable to watch, however a confident and sociable host can easily roll off of the subject if they see the issue arising. The host will have certain questions which he/she plans to ask within the interview however it doesn’t matter which order or if they are asked consistently as if there is a good relationship between them there will be a lot of improv straying away from the subject.

            The introduction for an entertainment style interview would be very friendly and warm as the guest is greeted by their host. The whole interview looks like a regular, casual conversation between two friends. The more relaxed and inviting the host is to their guest then the more confident the guest will be which make the situation easier to ask more personal questions. If the host is known to be humorous and has fun with his guests, such as Graham Norton, Alan Carr and Jonathon Ross then they will gain the reputation of being extremely entertaining. The interview isn’t always seated face to face as a hard news interview would be, as in the first interview there are certain activities and games that can be played to have even more fun with the audience, this depends on the relationship between the interviewer and interviewee.

This shows the 2 styles of interview which can both be entertain whilst being extremely different.

            The purpose of an entertaining interview is to entertain the audience, this can be done by allowing them to see their favourite celebrities away from their ordinary job and showing what they are like in a more social surrounding.It is interesting seeing a serious actor such as Patrick Stewart, out of their job which may often be a serious role and to see them having fun and also with a funny personality which you may not expect.