Episode 5 | Interviewing 101 | 5 Ways To Prepare Before An Interview

08/12/2020 18 min

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Episode Synopsis

Preproduction makes production makes post-production. It's one of my favorite and most-said aphorisms from the video production process. If you do the legwork before the shoot you're much more likely to capture quality material than if you just show up day-of and try to wing it which will mean that the post-production process will be easier and turn out much better of a piece of media.
Interviewing is no different. There are many different ways you can prepare both yourself and your interviewees before you hit record to create the a container of trust and intimacy. In this episode I cover five:

Research, research, research
Do a pre-interview
Do something nice for the interviewee
4alk them through the process
Expand yourself to hold whatever comes

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