Interview
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RED ROOM Thursday 14th 9.00 – 13.00
Session Leader: Víctor Carrera Brusotto
Interviews determine in many programmes the outcome of a journalistic work. Journalistic approach, different techniques and ethical issues can always raise fruitful discussion, going straight to the heart of the audiovisual discourse. What makes for a good interview for television?
My Blood is Red like Yours
Israel / Documentary – Docu-Drama / 52’
Shopsteward: Víctor Carrera Brusotto
Programme presenter: Haim Yavin
In a very confrontational tone, an Israeli anchorman/director interviews Arab Israeli people who live in the middle of a conflict, in this case the second Lebanese war. Is it an exercise in honesty, or in subjectivity? How does a social political context influence or determine a journalistic interview? What is the ultimate goal of such a radical approach?
The House
Ireland / Documentary – Observational / 52’
Shopsteward: Jędrzej Dudkiewicz
Programme presenter: Daniel Hegarty & Tanya Doyle
Is it enough to tell the story of a family? Painful, embarrassing and related to a particular house. Does the presence of a family member behind the lens distort the clarity of the film? Or does it make the insight more powerful? What reasons should we have to turn the camera on ourselves? And what crucial things are we going to tell to do it once again?
Franz Fuchs - A Patriot
Austria / TV Specific – Docu-Drama / 85’
Shopsteward: Víctor Carrera Brusotto
Programme presenter: Elisabeth Scharang
This powerful docu-drama about the criminal case of
Franz Fuchs is set in 1993 to 1997 when Fuchs was
responsible for a spate of letter bombs and bomb
attacks all over Austria. Re-enacted scenes are interspersed with interviews with the people involved in the real case. Why was the story dramatized instead of making this story as a standard documentary? Does the astonishing performance of the actor reinforce
or reduce the programme’s success?
Finally, how daring was it for Austrian public television to reopen this case, which the police did not solve?
Franz Fuchs is set in 1993 to 1997 when Fuchs was
responsible for a spate of letter bombs and bomb
attacks all over Austria. Re-enacted scenes are interspersed with interviews with the people involved in the real case. Why was the story dramatized instead of making this story as a standard documentary? Does the astonishing performance of the actor reinforce
or reduce the programme’s success?
Finally, how daring was it for Austrian public television to reopen this case, which the police did not solve?
