During the interview Lavalier microphones (clip-on) were used for professional quality audio by both the interviewer and interviewee. These ensured the audio was crisp and clean. A lavalier mic allows for hands-free operation and is omnidirectional, so allows sound to be picked up equally well all around, 360 degrees so it picks up every bit of sound.
Vision-mixing was also used during the interviewee. The vision mixer operator in the gallery of the studio mixed the shots between cameras 1, 2, 3 and 4. The shot of the interviewee was mostly used when he was talking along with the shot of the interviewer being used when she was talking. A wider shot was used occasionally along with the jig shot which allows for both the interviewer and interviewee to be seen.
For post-production editing, Adobe Premier Pro is used to cut out the extra time before the start and after the end of the interview. The interview is also shortened, removing some questions and answers so only engaging answers are kept in to make it shorter. A longer interview may disengage the viewers, so making it shorter and answering questions the viewers actually want to know about makes it more interesting and people are more likely to watch it when it is shorter. In editing sound and visual can also be adjusted and gaps between answers and the next questions can be removed.
I was the interviewer in the Panchiko interview, which taught me how to control an interview and try to get good quality answers, which gave me substance for the narrative article. It taught me to think about what I was going to say next to respond to the interviewee's answers, creating spontaneous questions to get the most out of the interview.
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