Post-Interview Evaluation

The interview with Alastair went really well, he was clearly use to the interview formate and was completely comfortable and confident in his delivery. We were able to record over 18 minutes of audio, which is plenty for us to work into a one minute interview. As were the purpose of the questions we were able to get Alastair to talk about a wide range of topics relating to his punk lifestyle, including; his childhood, how he got into punk, first bands he listen to, education and event bands he plays in even today. 

After the interview we made sure we got our soundscape/ atmospheric sound. After this we uploaded the recording to the edit suit and listened through to check the quality. I am happy to say that the recording is of a good high quality. 

Equipment

The equipment used to conduct the interview was hired from AV Loans, and included:

• A Zoom recorder

• A Canon DSLR 700D

• Headphones

• Boom mic

• Boom mic stick

• Jack cable 

To edit the interview we used the edit suits at university and used he following equpment;

• Mac 
• Final Cut Pro X - Edit software 

Call Sheet

Call Sheet 

Production Name - Punk Is My Calling – An interview with Alastair Gordon 

Crew Details

Crew Name	Role	Email	Mobile
Christopher Panayi	Interviewer/Producer/Director/Editor	p1322297x@mydmu.ac.uk	Number Withheld
Jason Champaneri	Recorder/Producer/Director/Editor	J.champaneri93@hotmail.co.uk	Number Withheld
Shannon Jinks	Recorder/Producer/Director/Editor	p13217402@mydmu.ac.uk	Number Withheld

Participants required

Name	Role	Email	Mobile
Alastair Gordon	Interviewee	agordon@dmu.ac.uk	N/A

Location Details

Location	Description	Purpose
Clephan 0.13A	Alastair Gordon’s office	Main interview audio
Highcross Leicester Cafe	Leicester shopping centre	soundscape

Schedule

12:50 – Group meet at Clephan reception

01:00 – Meet with Alastair Gordon, Clephan 0.13A

01:05 – Interview Alastair Gordon 

02.00 – Sound scape

04.00 – Finish soundscape and upload to Portland editing rooms. 

Transport / Travel Schedules

Most of the crew live within walking distance of the locations, however we had planned the interview to take place later in the day to accommodate people traveling in. 

Equipment

Zoom recorder 

Headphones 

Boom microphone  

Boom stand 

Cable 

Canon 700D camera 

Weather Forecast

The whether forecast for the day is wet. This is not a major issue for the recording as we will be inside. However for people travelling in this could cause problems, but hopefully nothing major.

Amending theTreatment

Alastair has requested that we don't use childhood photos of him in the piece, instead he would prefer if we used images of him in his bands and more recent photos. We respect this request and will use the images of Alastair in his bands instead. As well as these images we will also be using images relating to the topics he talks about, for example if he mentions a particular group or band we will have an image relating to them as well as other punk connotations. 

Treatment

PHVP 2430 Photography and Video 2 Documenting The External Project Proposal

Name – Punk Is My Calling; An Interview With Alastair Gordon

Give a short rationale describing your area of focus- who, what, where, how? 

The film will follow the life of punk lecturer Alistair Gordon, our main character, as he reveals his childhood aspirations and his journey to becoming the man he is today. As the film is restricted to audio and still images, we shall use images of Alistair taken as we interview him, as well as photos of him as a child that he’ll hopefully provide. Audios will mainly use of the actual interview but may also include atmospheric background music, to accompany the narrative. We chose to document Alistair’s punk lifestyle to gain a brief look into an unusual lifestyle that people might be unfamiliar with.  

Suggested questions:

When you were ten, where did you see yourself in the future?

When did you get your first tattoo, and do they have any meaning?

What got you into the punk lifestyle?

Do you see punk as a lifestyle, culture or something deeper?

Please create a week-by-week timetable for this proposal

Week	Activity
16	Planning the topic of the interview – The group met for a meeting on what/who we should interview for our one-minute video. Writing the treatment.  Sound Walk – We practiced using the zoom recorder during our sound walk. This will be the device we use to record our interview audio.
17	Planning/Organising – After deciding to interview Alastair Gordon we next had to consider what stills and atmospheric sounds we would use to support the interview.  Writing the call sheet.
18	Interviewed Alastair – On the 29th January we interviewed Alastair and collected atmospheric sounds for the backing sound.  Editing Interview – On the 30th we edited the audio recording of the interview.
19	Editing Interview – On the 2nd February the group continued editing the interview, cutting the audio down to the required one-minute.  We also began to add the stills to the interview.  Hand-in  - 6th February is the hand in deadline from the interview.

Introduction

This is a Research and Development blog for the video half of the PHVP 2430 Photography and Video 2 The Documentary Image. The first project is to make a one minute interview, I worked in a group of three for this task with Shannon Jinks and Jason Champaneri (follow the links attached to their names to view their blogs)

My name is - Christopher Panayi
My P number is - P1322297X
Module code - PHVP 2430
Module Name - Photography & Video 2 The Documentary Image