Workshop: interview recording

                                                  Workshop: interview recording

For this workshop in groups of 2 or 3 we had to plan and record a brief and straightforward interview. These interviews had to be recorded in different locations, using different audio hardware recording equipment. The point of this task was to see the effects and difference of recording in different locations. In relations to our plan we had to compose a minimum of four questions to ask our team mates which had to have a relation to plans for the future. For this task i worked with Cynthia Ankunda and Sabrina Yaaqub. We decided that we would all have chances at being the interviewer and the interviewee.

For the interview we had to record the interview in different places and use different types of recorders. the first location we had to interview in was the classroom and we had to use the voice recorder. We then did the interview in the radio studio using the studio microphones. Then lastly we went outside and recorder their using an external microphone.

classroom : For this recording the interviewer was Cynthia, and i was being interviewed. The software that we used to record our interview is, Reaper. When recording in the class room the technical quality was good, we were able to be heard clear. Also seeing that the classroom was quiet this added to the mood of the interview, it provide us with a serious and interview feel like scene. Overall i think this location was second best to all the recordings we had done. The recording device that we used was also a good feature of the recording,  the voice recorder was very easy to function so made recording quick and easy to do. Also the voice recorder focused more on the voice of the interview that any of the room noise, or noise within the environment area. so this also supported the meaning and mood of the recording because it conveyed a professionalism.

Radio studio: For this location and device recording, The interviewer was myself and i interviewed Sabrina. In my opinion i think that this was the best location for recording the interview. I say this simply because the radio studio is sound proof so it doesn't pick up any noises outside of the interview. Also was more efficient because when interviewing both the interviewer and interviewee were able to have our own microphone, which i think helped with the quality of the recording.  The positive effect of the location and recording device is that is conveyed a sense of professionalism. Their aren't really any negative effects involved to this location or device, maybe in the sense of realism recording in the studio doesn't really give you a feel of the environment in the interview.

Outside: For this location Sabrina Yaaqub interviewed Cynthia Ankunda. I think that this interview went left well out of the three. I think this due to aspects outside such as the weather. today was very windy so cause some difficulty when recording the interview. I think when professionals are recording footage outside or an interview, i think difficulties that they might have in weather connivence, background noise especially and perhaps technical quality. The negative effect of the recording device is that it seemed to pick up, a lot of background noises i think this was because it is high sensitive to sound perhaps.