I have reached the stage of my production process where I have begun to consider what questions my interviewees will be asked in order to inspire their responses in which will develop the meaning I have encoded. To ensure I evoke immense emotion from my interviewees, I have constructed meaningful questions that will develop the deep narrative rather than surface level content. Since I have encoded a deep narrative, I have decided to use this as my unique selling point. This is considered a unique selling point because a common mistake many producers make is not including a deep narrative to their film and instead focusing on the principles of the sport. Therefore, including this detail makes my product appealing to a significant amount of people and creates emotional connections between the audience and documentary.
After taking these factors into consideration, the following questions are being considered to include in my final product.
- What is cheerleading and what does it mean to you?
This question is used as an opening statement to introduce the sport to audiences and begin introducing the interviewees as well as what cheerleading truly means to athletes and coaches.
- Has there ever been a point in time when you felt like giving up?
This question is meant to introduce the deep narrative aspect of my film which has been expressed as my unique selling point. Implementing a deep narrative is done through expressing the emotional and personal aspects of cheerleading rather than discussing the general principles of the sport. This shows that athletes face several hardships but continue to work hard and show passion for their sport. By providing audio and visual reassurance of this statement, viewers are encouraged to dominantly decode the meaning.
-What does it take to become national winners?
This question encourages interviewees to introduce the hardworking aspect of cheerleading and at the same time introduce the psychology behind it and what it takes to remain determined after injury, loss, and stress. This is where interviewees can show genuine emotion allowing me to communicate my meaning to audiences.
Having these questions in mind, I have decided that I will ask each interviewee all 3 questions. By asking each interviewee these questions, I am expanding my options when it comes to editing. This means that when I edit, I will have multiple viewpoints of each question to consider for my final product. This will give me more power over the overall meaning that gets encoded in my documentary excerpt. Varying viewpoints will be constructed because each person has a different role on the team and therefore has had different subjective experiences. From there, I can decide which response encodes the most fitting meaning and chose that interview to be featured in my excerpt. Having all of these interviews also allows me to collage voiceovers where I mix and utilize multiple interviews answering the same question. This would be heard during the opening photos collage that introduces the film.
Overall, I have developed several engaging interview questions that will help encode immense amounts of meaning into my film. These interview questions have room for development and change if that occurs; I will be sure to create an updated questions blog.
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