Summary

I have covered three different style interviews with three different themes however with very similar purposes which are to inform. I found it difficult thinking of some very interesting topics from average people as often the interviews which are most entertaining ,such as on chat show, are with celebrities and hosted by professionals who are often celebrities also e.g Graham Norton, Alan Carr. I have very little experience and simply tried to copy the conventions of interviewing that I had seen and heard on TV, in magazine and on radio, such as the interviewee looking to the side of the camera not directly into it.

The interview with Alex Mann is an educational interview. It is a light-hearted interview and simply informing the audience of what samba is. The subject is quite entertaining as it is about music and Samba which is a very happy and positive topic. I sent the questions to Alex before the interview so he had a rough idea of what I was going to ask and so he was able to think of the answers briefly. Alex has been in samba for a long time and is use to being interviewed as he is the main man and musical director of the band so he is often asked about the band during the processions.

The audio interview with Sophie Clarke was my favorite interview as it was a very positive story about, what can be, a very difficult subject to talk about. The interview was very light-hearted and entertaining as Sophie has a very happy and bubbly approach to the topic and the interview was extremely relaxed. I chose light-hearted over hard news because I would never want Sophie to feel any pressure as she was still recovering therefore a hard news would be inappropriate and a very uncomfortable interview. The interview is about Cystic Fibrosis and the process from birth to after a transplant and some of the issues and elements through it.

My final interview was with Chris Pottle who is a semi retired dentist. It was a written, informative, and written in the style of the question and answer interviews you find in magazines. It relates more to hard news than light-hearted until the final questions which shows a little more personality. The interview focuses on mainly the changes of how dentistry use to be to how it is now, such as the changes, improvements and how it differs. Chris has observed dentistry and experienced the changes first hand as he has needed to adapt through the centuries.