Interviews - 16th March

During the lesson today, Steve Hackett, from Headspace, and Monica, who is the mother of a teenager who took her own life as a result of cyber bullying, joined us for an interview. We set up for the interview in the beginning of the lesson, with two cameras and two lights, and we positioned them the exact way that we wanted them so that all that we had to do when they joined us was test the audio levels. We originally scheduled our appointment for 12pm so that we would have plenty of time to set everything up, however, the interviewees rescheduled it for 12.30pm. This ended up being a good thing as it took us longer to set up with two cameras, then it had before with just one. This was because we had to position it correctly so that the power plugs in the wall could not be seen, or were less obvious. 

The interview went really well and we got some really good information from both interviewees. Steve had a more professional approach to the questions, and answered most of the questions providing both sides of the argument, however Monica had a very personal approach and just showed the negative effects, as she had been directly affected by the effects of social media in a very negative way. The interview with Monica was extremely emotional and to be honest, it was quite hard to film. However, for the purpose of the documentary, the emotion that was displayed is a good thing as it appeals to the emotions of the audience and is manipulative to convince the viewer of the argument that social media has a negative effect.