Video: Audio Project Blog

     For our second project, we had to do an interview with another student in our class. So first, we had to connect with the person we chose to be partners with. Then we had to learn a little bit about their subject and write 21 interview questions to ask them in a later interview.

     Writing the questions was probably the hardest part because you didn't get much information on their subject. They were only allowed to give us a 6 word summary. It was also difficult because the other person probably had question ideas in their head but they weren't allowed to share or give ideas. After we wrote the interview questions we got to interview! for the interview, it wasn't very difficult because we knew that the video part would be deleted so we didn't have to stress about the shot being perfect. Although it was difficulty to find a quiet place to interview, plus not all the microphones had clips so we had to hold it and it kind of messed up the sound. Once we interviewed, we had to write voiceover, which i thought were difficult because it was hard to come up with clever things to say that didn't give up what my partner was about to say. After we filmed voiceovers, we had to edit. Editing wasn't difficult because you just had to pull the audio from your voiceover and then pull the audio from the interview that correlated. The last thing we had to do was detach the audio and delete the video and TA-DA, an audio project!

     Along the way, i learned how to use a mic with the camera. All we had to do was attach a certain cable to the end of the camera and to the mic, then switch the inputs. The other thing i learned was how to frame an interview. For an interview, your interviewee has to be on the rule of thirds, they have to be looking into the blank space and you have to be looking at them (eye level).

     For my next project, i think i will try to frame interview a little bit better. I don't think the frame was tight enough. Another thing i will try and do is get better sound quality with the mic.

     In conclusion, I think this project was good for introducing interviews and working with microphones!