CCR Question 4- Research and Planning

 How did you integrate technologies – software, hardware and online – in this project?

For this question I wanted to do an interview but before tackling the interview I have to know exactly what to put in the interview/what makes an interview an interview.

How to Make an Interview

How to Conduct an Interview

In this video I got to learn about how to conduct an interview. This also went over some tips and tricks to think about while setting up the interview, such as:

• Interviews provide original information directly from the source, unlike secondary research which relies on existing materials like articles or books (this originality can add unique value to academic or journalistic work).
• Using eye contact and clear speech to foster trust.
• Staying attentive is crucial

This information will help me be able to make this interview as real as I can while also answering the question. Also, it helps make sure that if the audience (Millennials-Older Gen Z) were to watch it they would still pay attention to the interview, while also soaking up important information regarding the film.

How to Set Up an Interview

After gaining all of those disclaimers from the video I can now plan out and write the script. For the interviewer I wanted to make the question appear more "normal"/"natural" to say out loud. This means that I will rewrite it so it can flow more effectively when the person says it.

For the interviewee (me) I wanted to make sure to set up exactly what I was going to say. This will ensure that whenever I stumble on a word, I can still see it, I already know I get very nervous whenever I am recorded even if it is with/by someone I know. So, by adding that script I have a pillow to fall on incase I start to screw it up.

For the interviewer I wanted to do something like this:

In your film how did you integrate different technologies? Like how did you use different software's, hardware and online. (This is just a planning out/ rough draft the question might change a bit more)

By rewording it, it becomes easier for the interviewer to say the question. Also it just sounds more like an interview question than the original one (in my own opinion).

For the interviewee (me) I wanted to say something like:

For this project I used software called Noteflight. Where I was able to make a unique musical score for our film. In that app I was able to combine different musical elements for mystery films. In mystery normally as you get closer to finding the dead body the music builds up. At first, it starts off as seemingly nonexistent in music terms, I used the dynamic called pianissimo which means very soft, almost unable to be heard in the beginning of our film. But as the finding of the dead body gets closer the music is becoming louder. However, for the interrogation scene I wanted a calmer vibe as it was meant to be a moment of grief for the host. But I keep a type of mystery vibe to it to make it so that even though the host is in a grieving mood the detective does not care and still wants to find out more details into who the killer is and if anyone in the friend group had any type of motive. 

In the film the building up of the music was to indicate that something bad was going to happen. Signaling to the audience that something is wrong, whether it be to the host or someone who attended the party.

This will help me stay focused and not just speak nonsense (This is just planning out what I am going to say so some parts may be deleted to make it flow better).

Conclusion

For CCR question 4 the strategy that I picked was an interview. In this I learned how to make a nice interview while also staying on task and answering the question.