Laura and I ran into a lot of problems trying to get people to let us interview them- most people immediately had this look on their face when we told them what they were doing and tried to politely refuse. And for those who were reluctant, it took much convincing to let us do it. I think most people thought we were going to ask them who they were voting for or they felt that our questions were too personal.
This is one of my favorite videos, because the subject, Rose, was so willing to talk about her views of things regarding the election, and that was hard for me and Laura to get. A lot of people simply refused to talk about it, or to be recorded in an interview. She was a fun subject, and I feel like with more time, she would have a lot of interesting things to say about her own comments. This video could have been bad if we had a quieter speaker, but Rose spoke loudly and clearly, however in the case that she was not we should have prepared by moving further away from the noises of conversation.
Layla was also a great subject because she talked in a knowledgeable way about her own views- though this video did not have great sound quality because we were standing right in front of the road, which is retrospect, we would not do. Laura and I liked being in the video, because it made the subject more comfortable with talking, but the awkward zoom of iPhone video meant that I had to walk closer to her to get a good picture and louder sound.
For this interview, I stayed behind the camera, but I dislike hearing my voice like that. It's not much different for me to be interviewing the person side by side, but these assignments make me feel self concious also appearing in film (so of course it's no surprise no on wanted to be interviewd, especially on video). We would constantly have to convince people, "You look great, you'll be fine on camera!"
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