By Ufuoma Ughakpoteni

In my video, I had a round table interview and a Vox pop session about the upcoming celebration ‘Halloween’. This interview was done with international students (Nigerians) who have never celebrated this festival which makes it more interesting to get information about the festival and get their take on it.

I made use of the medium close up shot and wide shot for the production of my video.

Before I began shooting my video, I had to ensure my phone battery was fully charged then I set out to produce the interview video. Since I already had an idea in mind, I met with some Nigerians with whom I shared my assignment ideas and with their consent had an interview session with them.

To shoot this interview properly, I set and locked my camera focus and exposure to make sure the lightning for the video was perfect since I was going to be shooting indoors, after that I checked my audio settings and ensured the iPhone Mic (back) was turned on and I used 48.0kHz which is the standard sample rate for video production in the Filmic pro App, to get the right framing the video was shot in 24 capture FPS and 24 Playback FPS, I shot the video with resolution 16: 9 with HD 1080p in FiLMiC Quality in order to get a good framing. I also had to make sure my subject was well positioned before I began to shoot the video.

For the Vox pop I shot outdoor, I ensured the iPhone Mic (back) was turned on, my major challenge shooting outdoor was the wind disruption. Although, I tried to avoid the wind interfering with the interview session, but it was almost inevitable as the wind was so much as reflected in my video although my interviewee was very audible, so it wasn’t much of a problem.