Interview 1: “Just me and my old dog in Cornwall”

Brief 2= “each group will produce 3x1” interviews with three different people you admire for a specific reason.”

It is tough to think of people you admire, who will be interviewed on camera, at short notice, however, it is amazing how many people you attract when you go out on the streets with a boom pole and a JVC camera!

Our first interview happened for exactly this reason; unfortunately our planned contributor dropped out last minute and just as we were panicking about who we were going to interview Rob Curnow walked over! Rob is a really nice guy, who was born in London, moved to Coventry to work as an engineer and then moved to his “dream place”: Cornwall.

Rob proved to be quite the chatterbox; however, one of the more interesting aspects of the interview was Rob’s own editing of what he was prepared to say on and off-camera. It was surprising because he was so open off-camera and then guarded on-camera. This demonstrated the importance of finalising content before the interview and filming for long enough to give the contributor time to adjust; shoot for 10 minutes for every 1 minute you need to capture. More is best not less is more!