Interview Techniques- Amanda Knox

The interview with Amanda Knox, the interviewer was very good with making questions relevant and give Amanda the chance to say what she though about the even and how it happen. The interviews was direct and formal giving the interview a professional feel.  There was a lot of different question that he asked. The interview all so had good way of presenting himself. The purpose of the interview was let Amanda say what she want to say and speak her mind to a national audience. The interview wasn't very long meaning the interviewer went straight in to the hard questions and didn't build up a rapport. The interviewer also asked follow up question of what Amanda was saying  he was also developing questions while interviewing her. The interviewer also had eye contact through out the interview.    

The cut

1. How effective is this documentary? Consider the techniques and conventions used as well as the way in which the campaign is conveyed to the audience.

I think that the documentary was very effective as they had a young women from their culture saying that she thinks its wrong, and that its a bad thing and also that there are no benefits for getting it cut. They used the technique of head interviews where you can see the person who is talking. They also had visual video of the tribe and what they do in the ceremony.  

2.  What is your personal response to the documentary?

I think that its bad that they are doing this to young women because it has no benefits and its very painful, so I think it should stop.  

Documentary

Documentary Campaign "Like a Girl"
The purpose of this short campaign documentary is to make the saying "like a girl" a positive thing rather than a negative thing. When girls grow up they are told they throw "like a girl" or run "like a girl" and it has a huge impact on girl's self confidence and the campaign aim is to stop that. The video show teenage girls acting out different things "like a girl". The initial feeling is negative  but after it shows younger girls acting out things "like a girl" and they do it in a positive way, showing how the different generation react to the phrase.  

I think that the documentary has a really big effect as half of the world are women and have probably grown up with similar remarks said to them. I think that the majority of the audience can relate to the documentary. The video has had over 59,000,000 views on youtube, meaning a lot of people have seen it. Also similar campaigns have come out after this video for example "this girl can". I think that a lot of people have started to make it a positive phrase and help young girls do want they want to do and not be afraid of doing it.

My personal response to this documentary is that I relate to it very much. When I was younger I loved sports, tennis, basketball and football and the phrase "like a girl" came up a lot in my childhood and it was never a good thing. So seeing this short documentary was really good for me as I hope that it changes the phrase for young girls growing up, I hope that "like a girl" is used in a positive way today and in the future.