This program demonstrates techniques for conducting a successful TV news interview, from putting the subject at ease to getting all the coverage you need for the edit. The development of an actual interview is analyzed and the segment concludes with the final edited version. A second section covers the somewhat different approach required for a current affairs interview. Here the emphasis is on advance research and questions that probe for conflict between interviewees and the record, their critics or their previous statements. Many of the interview techniques shown in this program will apply well to documentary, informational & promotional films.

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