Tyree Webster
Task 3
Analysing Interview Techniques
Jamie Edwards and Bruce Willis- Promotional Interview
With this interview, I am specifically focusing on Jamie Edwards talking to Bruce Willis. The interview centers around the promotion of the action/comedy movie 'Red 2'. The interview is very quiet and has the potential to be a good interview with some good and interesting questions by Jamie Edwards, who seems very enthusiastic to talk to a Hollywood actor like Bruce Willis, face- to- face. But, Bruce seems less than happy to promote his movie and looks like he is going to fall asleep. He even mentions that if he had the chance, he would drive away from the building as he doesn't pay attention to the questions very well. His body language is very slouched and very lazy, he looks like he is ready to leave whenever the interview is over. When Jamie asks Bruce his questions, Bruce just replies with short answers like 'yeah', 'no' or 'no, that was just a line in the movie'. Jamie attempts to make jokes to bounce off of Bruce, but Bruce isn't having any of it and this just makes the interview that much more uncomfortable. The purpose of this interview is to promote a film, and to have a friendly discussion about the film. But, obviously, Bruce can't do that and has to mumble his way through things and create an awkward mood for the interview. However, the uncomfortable tone of the interview could also be blamed on interviewer Jamie Edwards, and his lack of professionalism.
Radio Interview- Howard Stern and Rob Zombie- Promotional Interview
In this interview, which is done on the radio, shock comic Howard Stern is talking to Rob Zombie, a musician/film director about Zombie's 2007 remake of 'Halloween'. In usual Howard Stern fashion, he makes crude jokes about various things that are in the movie; like Rob Zombie's wife who being a stripper in the movie and the multiple teen sex scenes. Howard is, like Jamie, very enthusiastic about the movie, and asks very good questions about the movie's production with questions like 'how different is this compared to the original?' and smaller questions like 'how come Michael Myers doesn't die?'. The two seem to enjoy talking to each other and have a blast talking about the movie and crack jokes. Later in the interview, Howard asks about Rob's previous jobs before he was famous, most specifically his job on 'Pee Wee's Playhouse.' Unlike Jamie and Bruce's interview, Howard and Rob act as if they're friends, which adds to the rapport of the two, and makes for a very good and entertaining interview. Like the interview above, the purpose of this interview is to promote something, but often drips away into friendly conversation about Rob Zombie's early life and career, this only adds to the rapport of Howard Stern and Rob Zombie, also, Howard's professionalism also adds to the interview's success.
Matt Lauer and Tony Romando and Jack Thompson- Hard News Interview
An interview from 2004, on a news programme, an editor of a games magazine, Tony Romando is talking about the then upcoming release of 'Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas'. The interview isn't aggressive, per se, but the two do obviously have very opposing views to each other. Tony thinks that the 'Grand Theft Auto' games are just fun entertainment, mixing action/crime and comedy, as the game is essentially a satirical look at crime and American culture. He talks about that the game is for mature adults and not intended for children and if the childrens' parents aren't looking out for what their kids are buying then they're not doing their job. Thompson thinks something different entirely, as he thinks that the game made by Rockstar Games are 'murder simulators' and that the company are training people's children to be killers, but also goes as far to say that murder in real life is inspired by movies and music. The interviewer, Matt seems to agree mostly with Tony Romando, but mentions that Jack makes some good points, too. Jack makes himself out to be a complete moron and continuously tries to interrupt Tony and Matt to get his idiotic views seem more important. The interview is a good interview, but evolves into a small and heated debate, at least from one side of things (Jack Thompson). The purpose of this interview was to have an adult discussion about the game and try to stop the false accusations that the game makes the children who play it murderous thugs, similar to the game's main character.
Radio Interview- Howard Stern and Rob Zombie- Promotional Interview
In this interview, which is done on the radio, shock comic Howard Stern is talking to Rob Zombie, a musician/film director about Zombie's 2007 remake of 'Halloween'. In usual Howard Stern fashion, he makes crude jokes about various things that are in the movie; like Rob Zombie's wife who being a stripper in the movie and the multiple teen sex scenes. Howard is, like Jamie, very enthusiastic about the movie, and asks very good questions about the movie's production with questions like 'how different is this compared to the original?' and smaller questions like 'how come Michael Myers doesn't die?'. The two seem to enjoy talking to each other and have a blast talking about the movie and crack jokes. Later in the interview, Howard asks about Rob's previous jobs before he was famous, most specifically his job on 'Pee Wee's Playhouse.' Unlike Jamie and Bruce's interview, Howard and Rob act as if they're friends, which adds to the rapport of the two, and makes for a very good and entertaining interview. Like the interview above, the purpose of this interview is to promote something, but often drips away into friendly conversation about Rob Zombie's early life and career, this only adds to the rapport of Howard Stern and Rob Zombie, also, Howard's professionalism also adds to the interview's success.
Matt Lauer and Tony Romando and Jack Thompson- Hard News Interview
An interview from 2004, on a news programme, an editor of a games magazine, Tony Romando is talking about the then upcoming release of 'Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas'. The interview isn't aggressive, per se, but the two do obviously have very opposing views to each other. Tony thinks that the 'Grand Theft Auto' games are just fun entertainment, mixing action/crime and comedy, as the game is essentially a satirical look at crime and American culture. He talks about that the game is for mature adults and not intended for children and if the childrens' parents aren't looking out for what their kids are buying then they're not doing their job. Thompson thinks something different entirely, as he thinks that the game made by Rockstar Games are 'murder simulators' and that the company are training people's children to be killers, but also goes as far to say that murder in real life is inspired by movies and music. The interviewer, Matt seems to agree mostly with Tony Romando, but mentions that Jack makes some good points, too. Jack makes himself out to be a complete moron and continuously tries to interrupt Tony and Matt to get his idiotic views seem more important. The interview is a good interview, but evolves into a small and heated debate, at least from one side of things (Jack Thompson). The purpose of this interview was to have an adult discussion about the game and try to stop the false accusations that the game makes the children who play it murderous thugs, similar to the game's main character.
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