Week Six Documentary Progress Update

This week we filmed our first interview with Ben the singer songwriter. We were supposed to film a second interview with Hannah from the female folk band, but she had to reschedule due to having the flu. We plan to still finish the first round of film interviews before spring break, so we will not be behind schedule.

The interview with Ben went unbelievably well. He was incredibly easy to work with. He had a lot of experience with interviews, and worked with us to help the process run smoothly. He offered to unplug his refrigerator, turn off the AC, and even change his shirt if he needed to. The content of the interview was also great. He more or less stayed on topic the whole time and gave us a lot of material to work with. He primarily writes instrumental pieces without lyrics, so he talked more about the emotions behind songwriting than the memories. I am really excited to see how it will tie in with the other interviews. The only negative aspect to the interview was that Ben was wearing glasses and the light kept getting caught in his glasses. In retrospect I should have told him to take off the glasses because now I will have to try and fix it in post production.