The first was named 'An Irish American Oral History'. I like the fact that it is quite an informal interview but it is clear that they have made some mistakes. It is obvious that it was a 'questions and answers' interview and the creator has done a poor job of cropping his speech out of the video. It often jumps where he has cut out certain parts and therefore doesn't flow as well as it should and, on occasions, his voice can be heard overlapping hers. I like the fact that she is being recorded somewhere that she looks comfortable as this will probably put her at ease and therefore have a positive effect on the interview overall. I feel I have taken a lot from this video and will use it as a guide of what not to do when I am interviewing my subject.
The second video that I researched was named 'Grandpa' M's Oral History'. The first thing that you notice about the video is that he has opted for the standard font, text size and colour and background colour and, therefore, the introduction is not very aesthetically pleasing. Although the subject is not actually shown in the video, I think the fact that photographs are used to visually tell his story is more interesting. I like fact that a few different techniques have been used, such as zooming in and out of the photograph, as it makes it more appealing to the viewer. Another positive point about the video is that he seems to be telling his story, rather than being asked questions, which makes it flow a lot better than the first video. I think one improvement on the video would be for the creator to link the photographs more with what he is saying during that moment. For instance, if he was talking about his mother to then show a photograph of his mother. After viewing this oral history project, I decided that I wanted to do something similar for my video interview but, after enquiring with my subject about this, she informed me that she didn't have enough family photographs relating as far back to her Great, Great Grandfather.
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