DIFFICALTY GETTING INTERVIEW

According to documentary filmmakers like Anthony Q. Artis, Michael Apted and Michael Moore, Interviews are a very important part of a documentary, and the difficulty of getting them depends on the subject matter, ‘it takes understanding the human mentality to know who you can interview successfully, but it also takes risk’ (quoted by Anthony Q. Artis). Based on my experience of making a documentary and an article I read, the subjects that are most controversial tend to be the most effective. But to get people talking about them you have to approach in a certain way.

‘In order to make the best of the interview and make the interviewee feel more comfortable, try to place yourselves in a low status position. You can tone down your high status position by pretending that you are not in complete control of the technical equipment. It may also have a relaxing effect if the interviewer improvises his other questions instead of reading off a script.’

BIAS OPINION ON SUBJECT MATTER

Bias Opinion are presented in most documentaries, especially when they are focused on an individual or group. In ‘Aileen Life And Death Of A Serial Killer’, the documentary filmmaker presents a bias representation of Aileen due to the fact that they were friend, he constantly tries to make the audience sympathise for Aileen in different ways, like, focusing a lot on her personal life and corrupt upbringing. Most documentaries do this, they either aim to make the audience for or against the subject matter.