Stadium Tour Update

As shown on the storyboards, and explained on the brief, the questionnaire and the script we planned to go on a stadium tour of each stadium, this takes up 45 seconds for each tour therefore 1 minutes and 30 seconds in total, almost a third of the entire documentary. However after inquiring over the use of the tripods and cameras that we wanted to use to film whilst inside the stadium we were told that no photos or recordings were aloud. As this has been a long prepared part of the documentary it was a major setback to our topic. However after a lot of thought and consideration myself and my partner sat down and came to a joint agreement to solve the issue and make up the time it would take. Instead we are now going to slightly extend each interview to 1 minute and 15 seconds roughly adding on an extra question to each interview. We have also decided to add some extra detail to the interview by using screen on screens, cutaways, props etc. We will also be experimenting the use of extra shots in the documentary to show our flexibility and our range of camera angles that we have included. Despite the stadium tour being a somewhat important element of our documentary we feel we can work around the obstacle and strive on to produce an even better documentary.

Documentary Interview Questions - Chelsea FC

Documentary Interview Questions - Fulham FC

Letter to Participant - Chelsea FC

Dear Season Ticket Holder

I would like to invite you to participate in our Year 13 A Level Documentary in which you would be asked a series of questions by myself and my group partner regarding Chelsea Football Club. The questions asked will remain on the subject of Chelsea FC and we will be finding out what your opinion is on the current ticket prices, the quality of the stadium itself, the current level of security at Stamford Bridge and we will also be asking you about the perks of being a member and a season ticket holder at the club.

We would be extremely pleased if you would accept this offer and be part of the Stadiums: Head 2 Head Documentary appearing on Sky Sports 1 HD.

Yours Faithfully

Jamie Ross
Jackson Ghosh

Letter to Participant - Fulham FC

Dear Season Ticket Holder

I would like to invite you to participate in our Year 13 A Level Documentary in which you would be asked a series of questions by myself and my group partner regarding Fulham Football Club. The questions asked will remain on the subject of Fulham FC and we will be finding out what your opinion is on the current ticket prices, the quality of the stadium itself, the current level of security at Craven Cottage and we will also be asking you about the perks of being a member and a season ticket holder at the club.

We would be extremely pleased if you would accept this offer and be part of the Stadiums: Head 2 Head Documentary appearing on Sky Sports 1 HD.

Yours Faithfully

Jamie Ross
Jackson Ghosh

Interviews in our Documentary

Interviews are a conversation between two or more people where questions are asked by the interviewer and answered by the interviewee. The interviewee will answer various questions giving the audience an understanding of his/her opinion about a subject. In a documentary the interview is extremely effective as it enables the documentary-makers to find out information e.g. opinions, facts and figures and in a documentary interviews also give a sense of realism. Anyone can be interviewed depending on what information the documentary-makers are wanting to access. The interview itself does not actually have to be on the screen, it can also be off-screen. Overall interviews in a documentary give a subjective account to what the documentary is relating to, sometimes this account could disagree with the overall moral of the documentary to give both sides of the argument and let the audience give their own opinion but generally most documentaries contain interviews that support the overall vocal point of the documentary.

Stadiums: Head 2 Head

For our documentary, the interviews were effectively used to show a subjective account of a season ticket holder from each football club, Chelsea and Fulham. These interviews allowed me to ask them a series of questions relevant to the set question to allow us to get a deeper understanding of their opinions of the football clubs and how they are treated/rewarded for paying to be a season ticket holder. For our audience each interview allows them to understand why they pay the money to go, what rewards they get for paying, and it gives them an idea of how much they had to pay to be a season ticket holder. The Chelsea season ticket holders interview will take place in a location away from the stadium itself, but it will be a different location to where the Fulham season ticket holder will be interviewed which will also be in a separate location to the ground. Overall these interviews may will help us in identifying which stadium is better, our target of the documentary.

A Background of Interviewing Styles and Formats

 
I decided to do some extra research to get myself a background of knowledge for the different styles and formats of interviews. Although these will not apply to my documentary it gave me an idea as to how to present yourself and how to professionally behave in an interview. Furthermore I now have a wide variety of knowledge regarding different interview styles therefore if I decide to include one of these in a future documentary I will know what I will need to replicate.

Interviewing Definitions

Screening Interviews: Screening interviews are used to qualify a candidate before he or she meets with a hiring manager for possible selection, it will usually be with a third party recruiter or someone from the Human Resources department.

Telephone Interviews: This helps the interviewer and the candidate gets a general sense if they are mutually interested in continuing a discussion beyond the first interview. Saves money and is quick.

Computer Interviews: The computer interview involves answering a series of multiple-choice questions for a potential job interview or simply for the submission of a resume, some are done through the telephone or on a website.

Video Interviews: The transfer of videos and audio across sites. It is a convenient communication method and an alternative to the more costly face-to-face meetings.

One on One Interviews: A traditional interview where candidates meet with the employer one on one.

Serial Interview: Candidates are passed from one interview to another over the course of the day. Must be ready for the next interview.

Sequential Interview: The candidate meets with one or more interviewers on a one-on-one basis. This is done over the course of several days, weeks or even months.

Panel Interview: The candidate comes in front of a panel of people, this type of interview is usually done for time and scheduling efficiency to accommodate the panel.

Group Interviews: In a group interview, a company interviews a group of candidates for the same position all at the same time. This type of interview gives the company a sense of a candidate's leadership potential and style.

Audition Interview: Audition interviews work well for positions in which companies want to see a candidate in action before they make a hiring decision. Interviewers may take the candidate through a simulation or brief exercise in order to evaluate the candidate's skills.

Stress Interview: A stress interview is generally intended to put the candidate under stress and assess their reactions under pressure or in difficult situations. A candidate may be held in the waiting room for an hour before the interviewer greets her. The candidate may face long silences or cold stares.

Informational Interview: Job seekers secure informational meetings in order to seek the advice of someone in their current or desired field. They also want to gain further references to other people who can advise them.

Tag-Team Interview: The tag-team interview is often attractive to companies that rely heavily on team cooperation. A candidate may be expecting to meet one-on-one with an interviewer, but instead they find themselves in a room with several other people.