Interviewing people is an art. The ability to sit across from someone and create a safe, intimate space for them to share with you their feelings, thoughts, and ideas is a powerful skill.
What questions do I ask? How do I make my guest feel comfortable?
In The Art of the Interview, we explore these questions and more, diving deep into the subtle and intricate skill of interviewing through the lens of psychology, science, religion, and other disciplines. Our goal is to become better interviewers, whether we're interviewing the President of the United States or getting coffee with a friend.
Preproduction makes production makes post-production. It's one of my favorite and most-said aphorisms from the video production process. If you do the legwork before the shoot you're much more likely…
I've done hundreds of interviews over the course of my career for video production projects, documentary films, news stories, live on-air talk shows, and non-recorded pre-interviews.
But what's more …
"It's great that you care so much about interviewing, Will, but why should I care? I don't have to interview anyone for my job or in my personal life!"
Well, odds are you probably do! Or at minimum y…
How many of you want to create media that is both beautiful and powerful? Media which enthralls people with your technical prowess, moves people's hearts, and changes them for the better?
Me too.
Bu…
There are many different types of interviews. News interviews. Podcast interviews. Or just having coffee with a friend - that's an interview. And what I've found over years of doing them is that many…