Thursday, March 16, 2017

A sea of questions

One of the most important aspects of a documentary is, of course, the documentarian's ability to come up with and conduct thoughtful and engaging interview questions: How do you get someone to say what you want them to? How do you guarantee that the way in which they express their ideas will be interesting and enrapturing for audiences? There's no conclusive, sure way to guarantee that your interviewee will say exactly what you want them to in the most enthralling of ways; however, coming up with quality, probing interview questions is the best way to get the odds in your favor. I started jotting and playing around with some ideas:


  • Whats your gender identity?
  • Whats your age?
  • What are your favorite clothing stores?
  • Do you consider yourself feminine, masculine, or androgynous?
  • Why do you dress the way that you do?
    • Why do you express yourself the way that you do?
  • What inspires your taste in clothing?
    • What inspires your sense os expression?
  • What does your clothing say about you?
    • What does your sense of expression say about you?
  • Other than clothing, what else encompasses your sense of expression?
  • Would you say youre nonconforming in the way you dress?
  • Are you ever hesitant or scared to dress the way that you do?
  • Do you ever feel pressured to dress a certain way because of the way you identify?
  • Are you comfortable with the way you dress?
    • The way you express yourself?
  • Ideally, how would you describe your sense of style?
    • Sense of expression?
  • Do you find that your friends dress similarly to you, or do you stand out among your friends?
  • Do you feel that you dress differently than the majority, or similar to it?

(I took these questions from a Google Doc that I compiled, and will continue to update it as I formulate more questions: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cwsEwJknZbwsJEBEgLdVa-R154pqxyc8g6sSCrLizK0/edit?usp=sharing)

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