It's disconcerting to be on the other side of the camera. Conducting an interview is easy. You connect with the interviewee, create a rapport and ask whatever millions of questions have been floating in the tiny galaxy of your mind. For the most part, you are the one in control. All the interviewee has to do is sit there and answer questions while the film crew makes sure that everything is going right with all the minute details.
I thought it would be easy to be the interviewee. I was wrong. It wasn't the HD camera or the sun reflection that got to me. It was the fact that it was MY intern on the other side of the interview, asking ME the questions. The role reversal was trippy. During the interview, my mind kept wandering back to the other side...had I prepared him fully? did the questions need to be tweaked? just how should the questions be phrased?
My hands are off the promo project. All I can do is consult and answer questions when they pop up. The "interns" have turned into "assistants" somewhere along the way. They've followed us, watched us, and hopefully, learned from us. Now it is their opportunity to get their hands messy in the actual film process. It's going to be great.
I thought it would be easy to be the interviewee. I was wrong. It wasn't the HD camera or the sun reflection that got to me. It was the fact that it was MY intern on the other side of the interview, asking ME the questions. The role reversal was trippy. During the interview, my mind kept wandering back to the other side...had I prepared him fully? did the questions need to be tweaked? just how should the questions be phrased?
My hands are off the promo project. All I can do is consult and answer questions when they pop up. The "interns" have turned into "assistants" somewhere along the way. They've followed us, watched us, and hopefully, learned from us. Now it is their opportunity to get their hands messy in the actual film process. It's going to be great.
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