Interview

OBJECTIVE

To gain an understanding of production proposal development, basic interview techniques, as well as pre-production, production, and editing techniques.

DESCRIPTION

You will interview and create a 2-3 minute video clip of an honoree from the Mass Communication Hall of Fame (HoF).

A set of interview questions will be provided. You must use these questions to have some consistency between the video clips but you are free to ask more questions.

The clip may use appropriate B-roll to support the interview but it should not be the majority of the clip.

The completed video clip will be presented on your YouTube Channel. It will also be displayed with the HoF honoree’s profile on the FourWindsInteractive digital sign planned for the wall near the center of the John Bragg Mass Communication Building.

You will format,  encode, and upload the 2-3 minute video clip of the interview to your  YouTube channel, embed the video clip in a post on your website, and share the video clip on all of your social media accounts (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn) with the hashtag #emc3210. You will also create a clip in a an appropriate video format and size for upload to the FourWindsInteractive Content Manager for presentation on the HoF digital display.

PROJECT DELIVERABLES

Project proposal

• A description of the intended audience. (“Everyone or anyone who looks at the sign.” is not acceptable.)
• An explanation of your objective in interviewing this particular person.
• An explanation of how the video clip of the interview will and could be used.
• A list of the required questions and any additional followup questions you may want to use.
• Detailed contact information for the interview subject.
• A list of team members with email and phone contact information.
• YouTube Title, Description and Tag information.
• A proposed production schedule.

Interview Questions

• How did your experience at MTSU affect your career?
• What is one particular experience that made a difference for you at MTSU?
• Do you have a favorite memory of your time here at MTSU?
• What would you say has been the highlight of your career?
• If you could give one piece of advice to current students what would that be?

Post the content of your Production Proposal on a page of your website and include a link to a MS Word document. No other format of document will be accepted. Look at your word processor’s help section for information on exporting to the MS Word format.

Video clip

• 2-3 minutes in length.
• You must identify the interview subject on-screen.
• You must include the name of the producer (you) and team members on-screen. Neither counts toward your 2-3 minutes.
• Clip uploaded to YouTube.
• Clip encoding must adhere to YouTube Guidelines.
• Uploaded clip should include complete information for the following metadata
  • Title
  • Description
  • Tags
  • Comments and responses
  • License and rights ownership
  • Syndication
  • Caption certification
  • Distribution options
  • Video location
  • Recording date information.
  • 3D video and Video Statistics are not required.

• Create a post on your website with comments about your subject (who, what, where, why) and embed the video clip in that post.
• Create a post on the class website about your clip with a link back to the post on your website.
• Create posts on all of your social media accounts. Email links to these posts to the instructor.

DELIVERABLE FORMATTING

• Production proposal document in Microsoft Word format.
• Video Clip in appropriate format for YouTube.
• Video Clip in appropriate format for the FourWindsInteractive Content Manager system.

DUE DATES

• Project assigned:Wednesday, October 22
• Production proposal: Friday, October 31
• Pre-Production Complete: Monday November 10
• Production Complete: Friday, November 21
• Post-Production Complete: Monday, December 1
• Completed Video Clips: Wednesday, December 3
• Posted to Personal and Class Website, and social media posts: Wednesday, December 3

EVALUATION

Points will be awarded based on adherence to the Project Deliverables, Deliverable Formatting and Due Dates.

Total points available:

• Production proposal – 125
• Video clip – 125