Assessment 2: Pre Production

The Target audience I would like to address in my radio interview is young people ages 17-20 years old, who are up to date with today’s technology, this is because i feel this subject effects this age range the strongest. I will look into interviewing more than one person with different experiences so that my show is not bias and contains diverse opinions for example people in long term relationships, people not in relationships although have an opinion on the matter and have a linked experience.

As i will be constructing my radio show outside of school i am going to have to use my own material and equipment to record the interviews. the necessary equipment that i will be using to create a successful interview are, a 'Cannon SLR' camera so that i can have footage of the interview which is usually posted on the website of the radio station, as well as a 'Zoom HD audio recorder', this will assure the audio for the piece is consistent throughout and flows. 

I will be using the knowledge i have gained in researching interviews to conducting my own interviews, making sure i look presentable and am dressed professionally for the occasion, as well as have good body language so that the interviewee can feel comfortable and feel that you are engaged with the conversation. it is also key that i ask the right types of questions (e.g. direct,multiple,open,closed)  as well as speaking with clarity so that there is no confusion and the interview runs smoothly also so that it is easy to hear in the recording and sound professional. 

The questions i will be asking and in what order they are in is key to having an organised interview that reaches the goal I have set to find out a key piece of information. i will do this by planning a script of the questions i am going to ask although should be prepared to also go off script and this is done by doing research and being prepared for the interview. Focusing on what kind of tone i would like my interview to be in is also important because it gives the listener and interviewee an idea of your intentions for the interview and what you would like to get across, I can then word my questions in a way that fits this, so that it is clearly translated to the interviewee and audience.

I will be conducting interviews about social media and the affect it has on our everyday lives and relationships, i will be asking simple open questions so that my interviewee is given a change to give anecdotes and give them a chance to speak their opinion and what they have to say. asking them questions about how they use social media and how it has effected different parts of their lives, have they feel their relationships would be like without it. asking the different ages in my target audience will allow me to get a good range of different opinions on the subject as they will all have different experiences. 

When studying interviews i was able to learn the do's and dont's of building a strong interview that translates to the viewer the different opinions, research is key, making sure that you are aware of the subject and recent advances in it as well as have a good knowledge of the audience and people you are questioning and make sure they the right people to be questioning and have a strong opinion on the subject, this will mean you can go off script and have an actual discussion about the subject this will lead to pulling more personal information from the interviewee as they become more comfortable with you. The order you chose to ask questions also effects the way the interview is carried out for example if you want the interviewee to feel comfortable and want a light hearted interview starting off with a easy question and then gradually getting to more important and difficult to answer questions will ease the interviewee in and make them feel comfortable in telling you more personal information.

 As i have a great deal of organisation and research in interviews the amount of set backs will be small, although there are some factors that could effect my interviewing process, for example if the people i was going to interview are unavailable in time for the interview, to make sure this doesn't happen i will make sure i have a guaranteed time when i can go and interview them and they have agreed to this. 

Researching into the context I will be exploring in my interview package, which is Social media and its effects on relationships I was able to conduct primary and secondary research through a survey, which I produced on ‘Survey monkey’, and articles I found online from trusted sources, which provided me with statistics and factual information on the matter.

Once I produced a questionnaire on Online relationships asking questions about how my target audience of 16-18 used social media, as well as their opinion on dating sites and social media in connection to relationships. I then put my findings into tables so that I could clearly see what the public thought about the matter, this would then help me to build up suitable questions that will give me interesting and detailed answers that will maintain the audiences attention. I was also able to see if the radio stations target audience was fitting to my topic and was something that they would tune in to.
 Here I was able to find what social media sites my audience regularly used giving me knowledge on what to discuss in interviews that they will find relevant.