Wednesday 19 October 2011

Intervew Techniques- Style

Hard news is factual and a very seious form of interview. Examples of hard news are things about murders or wars. It is all very seious and would need a serious interviewer to find out everything needed. Hard news is always at the start of news programs as it can sometime be upsetting, they always end on light-hearted news. Light-hearted news is not serious at all but is still shown on the news, it is always at the end of the news so people feel happier after the hard news stories. This video shows a light-hearted interview with Victoria Beckham telling the interviewer she would like to have a baby girl. Its light-hearted because it is not a serious question and she clearly feels comfortable enough to answer.

This Video is hard news all about the economy collapse and money crisis. This is hard news because it is all very serious and is just a man talking about what has happened without needing many questions.


Combative interviews are ones where the interviewer is quite pushy, almost agressive towards the interviewee. Sometimes it gets all the answers the interviewer wants but most the time it just makes the interviewee more defensive and they wont answer what they are being asked. In this interview the interviewer is very pushy with the questions he asks when the interviewee clearly doesn't want to answer.


Entertainment interviews are usually with celebrities and focus on their lives. This interview with Katy Perry shows how the interview is very light-hearted and fun and shows how she answers all the questions.



Investigative news is a lot like hard news because it is generally about current affairs tries to get all the facts. Investigative is also either biased or unbiased and would in some cases would be covert and undercover so they get all the answers they want for the interview.

Promotional interviews are where the interviewee is trying to promote something like a film a book they have released. This interview shows Ricky and Karl promoting their DVD's.

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