From all of our guest speakers we heard of the value found in getting outside information. By tailoring interview questions to our concept and reaching out to a diverse group of people in the community I feel that I found some interesting material. It’ll be very powerful to find what the rest of the crew came up with as results as well!
To hit on a couple key points and interesting trends I found, I’ll elaborate a bit here.
One thing that was prominent from the get-go was the fact that all my interview subjects could account for some connection (either personally or relational) to the economic downturn. This reinforces our premise that the state of our economy is felt on a very large scale. Also, this lends validity to our hopes of the show’s concept as a relative concern.
Another pattern that I saw in responses was in regards to a question we posed about likes/dislikes of reality television. It was interesting to see that so many people from such diverse demographics could identify either the amped up levels of drama or the blatant staging that took place within these programs. While some of the individuals admitted to being kept interested by this and a few others opted to stay away from this genre of television all together, there did seem to be definite connotations associated with reality TV at all levels. This is great knowledge to have, and will help us to shape our concepts in a way that doesn’t fall into a category with other “scripted-reality” type shows.
I look forward to seeing what my other group members came up with, and contrasting their results to the ones that I gathered myself! These interviews can definitely be used in a progressive way, and have the potential of contributing a lot of useful information to our production as it develops.
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