BBC Interview analysis

                                        The Frost Interview: Muhammad Ali (16 Sep 1974)

Muhammad Ali talks to David Frost. In characteristic style, he describes his unique training regime for the Rumble in the Jungle. Ali also reveals the nickname he has given to his opponent, George Foreman.

David Frost starts with the question 'Whats the result going to be in the big fight?'
Muhammad Ali gives a completely predictable answer that was deep and very quick in depth, literate and deeply iconic answer on how he is better than George Foreman, and how he'll surprise everyone by winning the match, during his explanation he says ' Listen David, If you think the world was surprised when Nixon resigned , wait till I whip Foreman's behind' This shows that Muhammad Ali is quick with his answers and smart with his mouth in which the studio audience responds with laughter, he uses smart rhymes and limericks to get responses out of the audience and David Frost, and also really big himself up , he also nicknames his opponents, in which David Frost slips in a question even thought it seemed as if Muhammad Ali was going to tell everyone why he's called George Foreman 'The Mummy'. During the interview Muhammad Ali gets up to show how the mummy would move in  the ring, telling David Frost the mummy moved much slower in his own moving. 

He also shows analytical with statistics on people and places watching this match. In this interview on what people fail to see in this interview,David Frost, who had already predicted hence why he gave him such little questions in which Muhammad Ali then gave strong, long and detailed answer letting his personality take over and show Muhammad Ali as the insane speaker and boxer as he is. He shows that he is a performer with an attitude and vanity which surpasses many other boxers at his calibre at that moment of time. 

I think that David Frost's small question style to keep Muhammad Ali on track worked very  well as you wouldn't usually see some as big as Muhammad Ali on The Frost Interviews, as well as someone that is such a chatter box with attitude and such high self esteem 


    

                                  Face to Face, DR Martin Luther King Jr (29 Oct 1961)

Martin Luther King is questioned by John Freeman on whether he feels fear or loneliness in his position, as well as his own feelings on his adequacy as a leader of the civil rights movement in America.

John Freeman leads with saying 'Dr. King, the most expected thing about you is - for a long time you've been a nation leader of your people, you're one of the most influential figures as it states and yet your only 32 Years Old, now did you have any special training for this kind of leadership when you were a boy?' John Freeman's lead question started off straight into topic, and he seem to speak at a fast pace. Martin Luther King's response starts of with No, I really didn't, I had no idea that i be would be catapulted into a position of leadership' Dr. Martin Luther King spoke with a slow and soft a tone, yet still his deep voice gave his words a power and its understandable why people listened to him and with his normal education from a young age, he seem to be older than he seemed, with a knowledge and understanding which surpassed those around him. John Freeman comes in with another question asking about his father, who is also a pastor himself.Just this says that he's used to being around 'prophetic characters' he became one.

Throughout the interview Martin Luther King has a neutral and focused face he also seemed to be  sitting in an unnatural position , however i cant be sure due to the fact that the shots are only focused around Martin Luther Kings face, which i would consider is a very poor use of the various shot that could've been used to film such an important and influencial interview. 

During the interview John Freeman asks many questions about his past experiences and feelings during his campaign for freedom, John Freemans questions are very interesting and in depth getting Dr. Martin Luther King to express in high vocabulary and his analytical understanding of situation at hand.

Panorama, Salvador Dali (04 May 1955)

Salvador Dali is asked why the art of young British artists is apparently full of sadness and melancholy, and discusses his joy at living in the modern atomic age.

As an introduction to this interview, Malcolm Muggeridge says ' Mr. Dali we going to talk in english which i know is not your language, but im sure your going to manage wonderfully.' Dali then goes on his broken about how it is problematic however it is not important because somebody will catch the little bits of his ideas, and how that itself is 'absolutely sufficient'.

The first question the Malcolm Muggeridge says is how did manage to produce those marvelous mustaches? Salvador Dali then goes in with his broken english full of 'errrs' however it still makes sense as he uses a lot of actions to follow up with his words.

 A question later on that Malcolm Muggeridge asked Salvador dali about who he thinks is the an amazing portrait artist of this time. And then Salvador Dali mentions Picasso and how reputable his skills are.

In the interview Malcolm Muggeridge's questions are very detailed and explanatory as if he was pestering for answers, he would always lead with 'And you feel' or ' and why'  to keep Salvador Dali talking and keep it interesting as they both seem old during this interview. I think the Malcolm Muggeridge's slightly pestering question types work very well as Salvador just kept answering to his capabilities. Malcolm would sometimes interrupt and so the same from Salvador, however they would both listen at the same showing that they both wanted to speak, but they couldnt tell when the other was finished.

Also in the interview Salvador Dali and Malcolm Muggeridge's seating positins are very natural, as they are both looking at each other throughout the interview, the Rule Of Thirds is being used. Salvador Dali uses his hands to explain alot of the time as it kind of gives more a feel of what he cant really explain in his english skills. However Malcolm Muggeridge seems to have his hands on his lap constantly and sometimes moving his putting them together, touching salvador and rarely allowing his hands to come near his face.

Interview questions for practice interview + evaluation

Interview questions for practice interview + evaluation

JONATHAN ADEBANJO QUESTIONS  

• What made you start skating?

This question was a good opening question because it got Jonathan warmed up for things that interest him, however we could of used this question to go in depth about this particular hobby. 

• What are your aspirations?

This question wasn't specific enough and the answer we received wasn't detailed. 

• What are your inspirations?

This question was too similar to the previous question and was rather boring. 

• Give us some names of your inspirations?

This was a sub question to the previous answer but we could of gone into specifics. 

• Your favourite location?

This question is too short and open, it should of been more precise because Jonathan could misunderstand and talk about something we didn't want to hear. 

• What's the craziest thing you've seen?

This question was rather random and slightly links in with the previous question but it works well as it suits Johns personality. 

• Describe your fashion?

This question doesn't fit in with the previous question and is too open. It would of been a better question if it was worded differently.

• Favourite skating spot?

Yet again this question doesn't branch of the previous question. this question should of been used after "what made you start skating' instead. 

ALEX BROWN QUESTIONS

• Wheres your favorite spot/place? (what makes it your favourite)

Although this question gets the person warmed up, it is very random and another opening question should of been used. This question would of been better if it was branched of another skating question. 

• What makes you skate ?

This question is very short and it would of been better for us to state the fact that he skateboards before rushing into this question. 

• What inspires you to do what you do?

This question wasn't specific enough and it was hard for Alex to understand what we meant as it was such an open question. 

• How would you describe your fashion sense?

This was a good question as it got Alex to talk about himself and made him feel more relaxed.

• Whats your music taste like?

This question would of sounded better if it was worded differently but the answer we got was what we were after.

• If you ever had to move to one place in the world? (and why)

This was a good question as we put Alex on the spot which got him to thinking.

• What's the next thing you plan to film / make and help in ?

This question fitted in nicely as Alex is a creative person and it got him talking about all his plans and ideas which what we wanted to achieve from this question. 

• What era would you have loved to live in?

This question would of been better if it was asked after 'whats your music taste like', as it fits in with his interests. This question wasn't the better to end on either. 

JAMES LEADER QUESTIONS

• What sort of art would you call your art?

Although this question got James talking it didn't wasn't the best opening. It would of been better for us to state that he's creative first then branch into his own work. 

• What music genre  gets you going for the day?

This question didn't fit in with the previous question and could of been worded better, however James answered it in detail.

• If you made music what genre would you make?

This question fitted in nicely with the previous question and we got a could response. 

• If you had to where would you move anywhere in the world?

The way this question is wired didn't sound great and James could of easily misunderstood what we meant. 

• What's the most precious item you own?

This question was rather personal which was a change from the other questions and it allowed James to open up. 

• Where do you want to be in 5 years time?

We put James on the spot with this question as he was unsure on the answer he gave us. 

• What era would you live in?

This question links in with the previous question and we got a good response from his as his answer was very opinionated. 

• How would explain your fashion sense?

This question fitted in with his personality as he is a unique person and we got a good answer.

• Whats your idea of perfect?

We got a good reaction to this question and James had a lot to talk about as the possibilities for this question are endless.

During our practice interview we used the Rule of thirds in our shots which worked in favor throughout the course of the interview, as well as the  answers we received from each others questions, however our questions had various drawbacks including the fact some was too plain and vague, we plan to work on our choice of questions upon our next interview. Our choice of location within these interviews was poor because we didn't put thought into them, but we still got the best out of the three locations we visited, in our first shot with jonathan adebanjo; we had the tree unfocused in background given the scene some life, with James Leader we had the green of bushes which brought out the paleness in james skin, and with alex brown on the swings, we had the swing which the bars hovered in and out of our footage giving the idea we was filming in a park that added some colour to the mis-en sen in the scene, however we need to work on our choicde of location as although our practice interview was good we couldve improved it in various ways.Overall our practice interview was a good, editing and preperation in particuluar, however we need to work on the strength in our questions and our choice of location depending on what / who we are interviewing.