How To Interview BETTER: Documentary, Podcast, & Corporate

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[videobro]

The way you shoot the interviews in hanheld mode is amazing. So dramatic. It makes you feel inside of the story.

[alexemm]

The 'pregnant pause' is my tip! Use it often, with genuine integrity and interest for the person being interviewed. I'm pretty sure I learnt that from you Mark. It has allowed my subjects to open up and open up some more and then to open up even more!

[atdavidlee]

Hands down the BEST INTERVIEW tips video you can find Mark, the vast majority of other videos mostly talk about the lighting or the camera etc but no one is teaching the "under the hood" aspects of interviews. Awesome awesome video man!

[richardtran]

Listening to this before filming an interview. Thanks! helps so much and definitely shows in your work! Beauty in the Battle has got to be a spilling moment

[markkut]

Yes! This is wonderfully said. I'll be shooting a couple story films in the next month so this was a pleasant reminder! Sometimes hitting record and then sitting down to have small talk before the official questions helps the whole setup feel a little more relaxed.

[fedub]

it's been only 3 days I`m watching your videos, and I already learned a lot! I`m taking notes of everything and can't wait to go put it on practice. Learning from you is the same feelling when we buy a new gear, we get so excited and just want to go shoot.

[christiananderl]

Did a lot of Radio Interviews for about 13 years and Video Interviews later for another 5 years. Only can sign every word you said. Especially the part about eye contact and not reading questions. Great video, love it

[seanopenshaw]

Even without an outro, still a spot-on message. Thank you for taking the time to do that!!

[kfmAdrian]

Mark thank you for the content. I’m a huge fan of your interview style. I love seeing the emotion your subjects share on screen.

[bethegoodmovement]

These are great insights. One trick I have learned is taking my questions and starting each one with "tell me about" and it gets their brains to naturally tell a story. Remove the question mark from the questions. This helps it feel like a conversation as you so beautifully spoke about.

[JordanThomasmedia]

That outro was the outro! Enjoyed this! Been focusing on interviewing at least 1 person a month during 2021 to improve my skills. My additional tip is to ask why at least 2-3 times. It helps get past what the person thinks they should say to what they are feeling on a deeper level and that’s where the magic happens. 👍🏽

[LarsWaltherFilm]

Wonderful video, thank you. Especially the part about making it a real conversation is something I feel as well with every single interview.

[MatthewHadley]

I love all of your points. I've found it helpful to emphasize the conversational aspect. Like you said, when they can focus more on just having a conversation and less about the "filming production" you get some much more out of the interviewer and the interview as a whole!

[hoonter]

That short moment at the 📸 gave me the most insight on how you craft your own vlogs. love seeing those moments. fantastic tips and great peek into how you operate behind the lens

[RavenwolfPictures]

Fantastic tips here, some we already use, the rest we will definitely now do from now on! Thank you!

[Then.]

Excellent, Mark. Really appreciate your YT channel.

[bullettin]

I know it's been a while since you posted this, but I will vouch for every one of these tips. I've posted before about my prior career in journalism, and the mentors I had taught me all of this. Lots of on-the-job training and practice was also involved. Learn a little bit about a lot of things so you can practice being a conversationalist.

My tip for those that might still be finding this video: stay as quiet as possible. Instead of verbal acknowledgement, just nod your head.

Bonus tip: when you've run out of questions, ask "Is there anything I haven't asked you about that you wanted to share?"

[JonKapity]

Your lighting is incredible. Very impressed with your/your gaffer’s skills. Thanks for this video. Watching it for lighting inspiration. Great info.

[videokeg]

dude you're so good it huts! Literally every single shot is movie grade epic. well done. So good to see real pro's getting the air time they deserve!

[nealhope]

Watching this makes me think the Documentary course I did in film school worth with its weight in Gold. It almost makes me wonder if you were in my classes hahahaha, or on the board for writing the curriculum. They taught us the same way you are teaching us right now. Your stuff is quality definitely high, and all of this combined gives me those ah ha! moments. Great work every time, I really appreciate all of this work put in over the years Mark! Blessings!