Today was our first interview day of the production, we decided to do interviews so we can get a better understanding of what the actors are like in person if they looked the part, but also to see if they fit the part and how they pro form. We wanted to know how they took the script and adapt it to what they think is the right way to read it. We were looking for a few points for the actor, if they had any experience in either presenting or reporting, how they presented the script and how they looked in the part. We had two interviewees attend today Samantha Scott and Harry Boyd.
This is Samantha Scott she's 25 and has no medical conditions which we would need to take extra precaution with them or it could interfere with the filming dates. She has a interest in presenting and reporting as she likes filming documentaries which shows her interest in real stories and reporting on them. Also she wants to get into the news presenter and has a vague experience in presenting, as she worked in one of the largest zoo's in the country, she was the presenter and did all the public talks on the zoo to crowds of up to 500 people, this gave her the set of skills to be both humorous and informative at the same time which are both very good qualities to have for a presenter and to have a balance between them is really good. It's also good as she will have a natural act with presenting and reporting stories. She is very comfortable in front of the camera and this would bring a warm feeling to the show as she will make people feel relaxed when watching her and able to follow her now easily. For the performance part of the interview I felt that she was very good with how she spoke the words and acted in front of the camera, she kept her eye on the camera, she didn't look down too much and spoke clear. With the reporter part again she was very good she put a lot of enthusiasm to the report and was very entertaining to watch with the way she spoke the information, which I think is very important as that will grab hold of the viewers attention and make them watch the report. Overall I was very pleased with this interview and because of her friendly and warm fell I defiantly want to consider her as part of the cast for either the main presenter or the Hugh Lowe farm report, as she will make them interesting and fun to watch.
Our second and final interviewee of the day was Harry Boyd, he's 24 and also has no medical conditions. He is very interested in the news and filming news reports, which will make him a good candidate as he will be get more into the role as it's a personal interest. He's also intrigued in the way people present/report the news and he understands that you can't just read or say it normally, theres a way to how to do it. That will add more to his performance and make the show look professional. Also he shares a personal attachment to one of our stories as his dad works n one of the charities that help to preserve the habitat of the nightingales. He is very available all this month but we can only get to him up to the 6th of November as he has another project to attend to. With the script reading part of the interview, I thought that as a presenter he's more serious with the ways that he tells the stories which is good for normal news because they have a lot of serious stories. However for our news channel it's quite light hearted and needs a bit more of a softer and warmer voice. With the performance he stumbled a few time but quickly corrected them. With his eye level he has looking a bit too much at the page then the camera, however with better knowledge of the script that should be avoided. With the Nightingale story, I thought that this story really fit his tone of voice and character, as he has a more serious way of presenting the script and this fits more as the story is more serious and more hard hitting. I could see that if he read ahead and knew the lines he hardly looked down at all which makes the performance much easier to follow. Over all I thought that he was very good for the Nightingale story with him having a more serious an deeper voice it fit better.
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