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TV Journalism & Programme Formats
UNIT 7. INTERVIEWS
INTRODUCTION
Shooting a news story involves the recording of three things:
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Visuals and cutaways
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PTCs
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Sound-bites and interviews
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While the recording of visuals is, strictly speaking, the task of the cameraperson after being briefed by the reporter, the recording of PTCs, soundbites and interviews involves cooperation between the reporter and the cameraperson. PTCs have been considered above.
An interview is a focused conversation directed towards the aim of obtaining information, analysis or opinions of the interviewee.
The person conducting the interview is called the interviewer, while the person being interviewed is called the interviewee. The reporter may seek to record an entire conversation consisting of his questions and the interviewee’s answers, or he may choose to just record the answers given by the interviewee. A brief, compact answer by the interviewee in response to a specific question by the reporter is known as a sound bite.
7.1. TYPES OF INTERVIEWS
There are broadly two kinds of interviews:
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Personality-based interviews, e.g. Rendezvous With Simi Garewal
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Subject-based interviews, e.g. Seedhi Baat
Personality-based Interviews
These are interviews of prominent people. They often dwell on their achievements,
tragedies, trials and successes. The effort in such interviews is to enter the person’s mind and get a glimpse into his or her life. Often, such interviews dwell on the personal lives of public figures.

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