1. MAC 196: Multiplatform Radio & Audio.Week 7

2. * Where do ideas come from?* Newspapers, Magazines and websites* Twitter (look at whats trending)* Talking and listening to people* Keeping our eyes open* Where can we find things out from?* Online (but be careful)* The News mediaDont just jump at first idea orthought but think about what it* Books really means and what it means to* Peopleyour audience 3. * Why do you want to do an interview?* What do you hope it will add to your feature or programme?* Whats the best way to record it?* What do you need to know first?* What kind of approach do you need to use?Question: why might wewant to put an interviewinto our feature, podcastor programme? 4. * Information we need to find something out* Knowledge we want to learn something* Perspective we want someones opinion or point of view* Evidence we need to prove or demonstrate something* Stories we want to hear their experience* PR your guest wants to promote something* Entertainment the guest is there as part of the fun 5. * Live in the studio* Live down-the-line or * Informative over the phone* Confrontational* Live reporter on location * Probing (Outside Broadcast)* Opinion* As live in a studio or on location* Emotional* Pre-recorded and edited * Calling to account* Recorded for use in a package or feature 6. * What* What do you think of.* When* When did you first.* Why* What did you decide to* How* How long have you been.* Who* Who influenced you to* Which* Which part of the experience did you enjoy 7. * What do you need to ask?* Know how youre going to use it* Dont script questions* What do you need to record?* Do you need sounds? What does the room sound like?* Do you need something other than the interview?* What do you need to know?* What do you need to take with you?* Headphones, batteries, windshields* How will you get there and back? 8. * Of when it goes wrong* Hardeep Singh-Kohli on BBC WM* Of good planning and research* The Mayor of Doncaster on BBC Sheffield* Of good questioning* Steve Hewlett on BBC Radio 4 9. * Do your research* Make sure you know your stuff* Dont script questions * Prepare your first and maybe your last* Have a shopping list* Know what it is you need to get* Be willing to rephrase questions* Listen* Listen to answers, pick up on them and follow up* React silently!* Check your kit and check the recording* Make sure it works!!!* Use headphones 10. * Think about the sound* Do you need sounds adding ortaking away?* Be comfortable* Be close but not too close* Maintain eye contact* Brief the interviewee 11. * Are time limited* Ask fewer questions and interrupt* Require planning* Phone numbers and fixed time for the interview* Need an exit strategy* How will you end it?* Need a Plan B* What happens if?* Need to have reasonable precautions* Will the guest swear, commit libel etc? 12. * In pairs.* Interview each other about a song, a band or maybe even a movie that matters to the other person. Find out why its important, what it means to them and the story about how it came to mean something to them.* Talk for around 10 minutes and then edit it down to around 5 minutes.* Make sure you keep both the edited version and the original in your folder and personal back-up.