After three days back in the office I've had enough and decided to take up skiving again...ok not quite, I have a doctors appointment for something nasty and a script to write and so I'm at home, watching the rain, for a couple of days.
Producing an edit script from interview transcripts is a strange sort of a process. The idea is to make the talking heads look as good as possible on screen while making sure that all the points that you wanted covered are. The good thing about scripted interviews is that it makes the interview process really easy, everyone knows the questions in advance and if the interviewee loses it you just go again with the question.
As I work for a budget production we only have one camera and the worst part of the whole process is nodding inanely at it after the interviewee has gone home, while some tech assistant pulls faces at you (he's sitting in to keep the eyeline with the camera right)...but I do hate noddies, I think everyone hates noddies.
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Lippy.....noddies eh ? why do you do them then ???
The camera is on the person being interviewed for the whole of the interview.
The noddies are filmed after to break up the shot, so that I look as if I am listening to them for part of the time that it takes them to answer the question.
lippy, what exactly do you do? i'm a bit confused.
*slaps pink ductape over beasts mouth before he can respond*
I am a lawyer, an attorney in US speak and I specialise in commercial and property litigation usually for business clients. Until this last month I've been a partner in a medium sized practice , I've had that position for the last 8 years or so.
At the end of this month I'm heading out on my own as with my own clients and hopefully a bit more cash.
For the last two and a half years I've had a bit of a sideline going writing and presenting training DVD's for lawyers - we have to do 16 hours training a year to keep our ticket to practice and part of the requirement can be satisfied by watching DVD's. This means I research the subject, find some experts to interview, write the questions, do the interviews, write the edit script and then appear front of camera to do the links and voice overs. In other words I'm the "presenter " of the DVD. The technical crew - camera guys, sound men techies , director are all freelance and usually work the rest of the time in broadcast stuff. Camera guy last seen going off to film "singing with the enemy" whatever that is. They all have a very disturbing habit of referring to you as "the talent" - can't think what they mean!
i've always wanted to be a legal secretary. i love law. even taught it at one point.
Couldn't we mix and break it up a little.
Interviewee, "One of the problems faced by......"
Cut to Lippy doing her Cum face.
".......three alternative scenarios..."
Cut to Lippy yawning.
".....in these cases, it is often the........"
Cut to lippy holding her breath and screwing her eyes up as she wafts a hand to clears the smoke from her bong.
I'll be sure and suggest it Tick!
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