ADAM SRIBNEY
Cinematography
INTERVIEWS
Being the Interviewer
In my first group for interviews, I interviewed Sarah. Going into it I knew I wanted to focus on talking about her horses since I knew it was a big part of her life. She had more interesting anecdotes about her life of horse riding. Therefore, I ended up cutting everything except her horse stories. In this one circumstance, Sarah went off talking about her horses without me asking a lot of questions. This was helpful since it required me to need less cuts and think of more questions. It was also quite easy to put in B-roll because Sarah had so many pictures of her and her horse. It was cool to do the editing and figure out what could be cut and was B-roll to use to cover up cuts.
Being Behind the Camera
Setting up the shot for Sarah to interview Jonathan was pretty easy. All I had to do was adjust the camera according to the rule of third, focus on Jonathan's face, and make sure the mic was on. Frankly, the biggest challenge was preventing Jonathan from catching my eye. I ended up just walking away since I knew everything was set up perfectly. This being the last interview of our group I was responsible for turning off the microphone. It was probably the easiest job of the three since it didn't require me to talk.
Being Interviewed
Being the Interviewer
Being Behind the Camera
Being Interviewed
The hardest of the three roles for me was being interviewed. I often found it really hard to think of good, concise answers that would form an interesting interview. After we finished filming, better things I could have said flooded my mind. There were so many better stories I could have told. However, I'm glad that now I know better ways of answering questions for the future. It's always been difficult for me to find the right words to convey my thoughts, but continuing to be interviewed will only improve this skill.
The hardest of the three roles for me was being interviewed. I often found it really hard to think of good, concise answers that would form an interesting interview. After we finished filming, better things I could have said flooded my mind. There were so many better stories I could have told. However, I'm glad that now I know better ways of answering questions for the future. It's always been difficult for me to find the right words to convey my thoughts, but continuing to be interviewed will only improve this skill.
Being the Interviewer
Being Behind the Camera
Being Interviewed
This time interviewing actually harder than my first time since I already knew a great topic to focus on with Sarah: horses. With Chapin, I didn't know much about what to talk with him. However, I was able to get him talking about his art, sports, and his favorite movies and TV shows. Overall, it was a pretty successful second go at interviewing.
This time interviewing actually harder than my first time since I already knew a great topic to focus on with Sarah: horses. With Chapin, I didn't know much about what to talk with him. However, I was able to get him talking about his art, sports, and his favorite movies and TV shows. Overall, it was a pretty successful second go at interviewing.
Setting up the shot of Lucy was pretty easy. All I had to do was adjust the height of the camera for her height and then focus on her face. It was especially simple since I had already done it one before for the first round of interviews.
This time being interviewed I found it harder than last time. The questions my interviewer asked me did not provoke many good things I could talk about, but I think I could have said more.