Communications, University of Wyoming

The first interview I listened to was one by Otis Garrison on Sarah who is an Ag major at the University of Wyoming. I thought Otis did a great job on his interview. It was very clear and sounded smooth. There wasn’t any background noises that could be distracting. It was easy to hear what Sarah had to say. His cuts and edits ended up being very clean and transitioned well with what she was saying. The only critical advise I have for Otis is to end the interview with something different.  I didn’t think the interview would end where it did but other than that he did a great job.

The second audio interview I listened to was that of Jasper Fitzgerald. She interviewed Bridget Wilson from Cheyenne. I thought her interview was very well put together, I enjoyed listening to it because she seems like a sociable person. Most of Jasper’s cuts and edits were clean but a couple of them in the beginning could have been cut better. I could hear a couple of glitches but it got better as the audio piece went. Overall, I think she did a good job on her audio piece and I enjoyed listening to it.

Personally, I’ve learned a lot from this assignment. I know that audio editing isn’t the easiest of things so being prepared before any type of interview is essential. Having a room where ambient noises aren’t going to distract the interview are key to having a good interview. Giving the interviewee time to answer questions and think about what they want to say is helpful too. As for the editing goes, learning the simple tools are very important. I would have been very confused on where to even start if I didn’t take a few minutes to figure out what I was doing and how the program worked.

Overall, I thought the interview with Andrew went as smooth as it could have gone. I’ve never had to do a sit down interview with anyone before so this was a first for me. I learned that stating questions clearly really helps in the interview. Having a silent room and having the recording device a proper amount of inches away helps. We were able to grab a study room in COE library on campus and that seemed to help with getting rid of the ambient noises that usually float through a room. We took a few minutes to set up and go over some of the questions we would be asking so we wouldn’t be caught off-guard. I couldn’t imagine going into an interview and being asked something I wouldn’t want to be asked and wouldn’t answer.

I actually enjoyed doing the interview and thought it was a fun way to learn about somebody. I think that everything in our interview went according to plan but if I had to do anything different, it would of been to give myself a couple more second after he answered the question to ask another one. I enjoyed getting quality answers that I didn’t think I would get. I figured if I found a subject that is interesting to me and the interviewee, the whole process would be easier. Andrew was easily able to answer the questions I had laid out for him because the subject at hand related to him. Sometimes I could feel myself getting stuck in certain spots but would know what to say while he was answering a question because he would bring up something new or interesting that I’d want to find out more about. There are many factors that can ruin an interview and the whole experience and knowing those factors beforehand helps. I think that viewers of this audio will be happy with this piece.