Our first interview and what we learnt from it

For our first interview Elliott met up with a woman called Julie who is a newly trained vicar. We have now got 17 minutes of straight footage with Julie airing her opinions on various Christian related questions based within a homosexual context.

The interview was conducted at Elliott's house in a room with pale wallpaper so that she stands out. She is seated so as to be comfortable and was asked to answer the question directed at her in her answer so that when it comes to editing we can cut from and to various questions throughout. This will also aid cut-away shots.

The interview was good and definitely usable, but there are some points we will be able to improve upon when doing our next few interviews:

• The framing of the shot could have been better, for example there is a radiator in the corner that is not very visually appealing and a glass of water is half visible which could have been cropped out.
• The lighting in the room was not ideal because of the lateness of the hour and next time we will make the area as bright as possible.

• Julie does not have a very loud voice and although she was asked to project her voice at the camera her answers are still quite quiet. In the future we may like to use a microphone that can be clipped on to the interviewee's shirt. 

For our second interview we have arranged to meet up with Sharon Ferguson, a homosexual reverend who works for the Lesbian and Gay Christians Movement, on Tuesday 3rd October. Sharon Ferguson will be an invaluable asset to our documentary because she has been on television previously, on the BBC's ethics programme 'The Moral Maze' and also 'The Big Questions', so she will be well rehearsed in airing her views.