Actuality Interviewing and Listening: How to conduct successful interviews for nonfiction storytelling, actuality documentaries and other disciplines using mindful listening.

Interviewing methods for actuality documentaries share concepts that apply to many types of interview situations including public relations, business, law, documentary, journalism, panel discussions, talk shows, radio, and television. Actuality Interviewing and Listening looks at: how you choose someone to interview? The many ways humans communicate? How you approach people for an interview? What is the most important thing to remember when doing an interview? How do you come up with questions? How do you handle different types of interview situations? How do you communicate with the person being interviewed and what are the ways they might respond? What makes a good interview? Is interviewing an art that can be learned? This book answers these questions and provides instruction in the art of interviewing and listening. One of the key factors in getting excellent interviews is listening. It is important to be able to conduct an interview and at certain times to be a good interviewee. Interestingly, listening is important in both cases. From a job interview to meeting someone for the first time, so much of conversation today is actually an interview. Beginning with “Hi, how are you today?” The methods explored here are based on forty years of teaching documentary film production, conducting interviews in the field and a study of interviewing techniques used by documentary filmmakers, journalists, lawyers, human resources and others who use interviews for different reasons. Interviewing techniques discussed are the basis for interviewing situations in general.