Today was officially the final day of shooting and we travelled to St Ives, of all places, to interview Devon and Cornwall ‘Aquatics Officer’ Neil Hutchinson from the Amateur Swimming Association.
Neil was incredibly eloquent on camera, comfortable and very knowledgeable about swimming education in the UK. James says he is the best person we have interviewed so far; high praise indeed!
For myself, I found Neil a great conversationalist and was really grateful for the material he provided us on ASA policy and swimming teaching; really interesting contrast to the stuff I have done with the STA (Swimming Teacher’s Association) and very different to the interview we conducted with Len Hatcher.
However, one top tip I learnt from conducting this interview is make enquiries as to if there are any pets in the house before you conduct the interview because otherwise the cat/dog will walk in, make your contributor giggle, scratch the carpet loudly or knock into your camera tripod!
A second tip I learnt, was that even if you want to build momentum and agitation in the interview and making ‘hmm’ noises or nodding a lot does the trick refrain from doing it because it distracts your camera operator and worries your sound-man; made me feel a tad paranoid too!
Another very good interview in all though and I am looking forward to mercilessly editing the footage; carnage on the cutting room floor because the thing is only 3 minutes long!
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