From the course: Working with Actors & Non-Actors in Video Production
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Sensitive subjects
From the course: Working with Actors & Non-Actors in Video Production
Sensitive subjects
- Your film and video projects may sometimes involve sensitive subjects and in these cases you will need to pay extra special attention to how your set is conducted and how you interact with your talent. When you're dealing with sensitive subjects, you want to send any interview questions you have ahead of time to the talent. They need to be aware of what they're going to be talking about and how the questions will be phrased. They need to know what to expect and how the subject will be approached. This is not the time for surprises. If possible, you want to do things with stand-ins when you're dealing with sensitive subjects instead of having the talent be the ones putting the mics on and testing the mics out or seeing how their lighting is. You want them to be as comfortable as possible and get to that subject as soon as possible. And absolutely pad your schedule with extra time. With sensitive subjects you never want to rush through your production. As with any talent, but…
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