Documentary Entry 3

Below I have two interviews featuring drag queens that discuss the issue in different ways. It's just to help me specifically as a cameraman but can benefit both an interviewer and director as well.

Example 1:

This one is very basic but it does what it sets out to do: give an interview. A few things do bug me, the interviewee, Starry Nadeshko never talks to the interviewer directly and is always addressing the camera. The image below is something that the viewer sees a lot of.

The second gripe I have is the interviewer who focuses mainly on his notes and this is especially prevalent near the end, a good interviewer should make eye contact with his interviewee. As a result the cameraman has very little to work with and the audience loses interest, it isn't as bad since the video itself is short but it needs to be called out on.

That aside it's a good interview and for just over 5 minutes covers a lot of ground about drag queen life. It covers it's topics well and for what seems to be a very small time product at the very least

 

knows what it's doing.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=sNSl2SCMvQ8&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DsNSl2SCMvQ8

Example 2
This second one is actually played for laughs but it looks a lot better than the first one and a lot more happens. There's action for starters. Opening with a performance by our drag queen shows what we're in for. The interview itself is staged whilst the drag queen is a proper persona.



Props to the host Kate who plays the ditsy blonde perfectly and her reactions are priceless. When compared to the first interview it's less insightful but more interesting simply because stuff is happening.

Since it is for comedy rather than for seriousness it isn't the best video for insight but it's actual style is what I personally would look for in an interview. It actually has a few of the things mentioned in the previous entry.

Overall both interviews work well and do what they were supposed to but the second one seems better from a visual standpoint making it the one I'd draw from. The first one looks dull but it's strengths come from the interview itself so it might be best to use it for interview inspiration.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=AXn9TFRs-9w&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DAXn9TFRs-9w

Overall both interviews work well and do what they were supposed to but the second one seems better from a visual standpoint making it the one I'd draw from. The first one looks dull but it's strengths come from the interview itself so it might be best to use it for interview inspiration.