Interview: (noun) a meeting or conversation in which a writer or reporter asks questions of one or more persons from whom material is sought for a newspaper story, television broadcast, etc.
Interviews will be in manuscript forum, or in paragraph forum.
Manuscript Form:
Jessie: How long have you been doing lineart?
Brittlebear: I've been doing it since 2005.
Paragraph Form: (where the answer can be in paragraph form or the whole thing can be paragraph form)
Question How long have you been doing lineart?
Answer: I have been doing lineart since the breedables forum had been created. Wow, I'm trying to remember. I think that was back in 2005. So that would be eight years now.
or
I asked Brittlebear how long she had been doing lineart for the breedable/changeables forum on gaia. She was very courteous and gave a few laughs. It turns out she has been doing lineart since the forum was first created, back when Breedable Changeable pets was just a thread. She was surprised that it had been eight years since then and was actually pretty happy with the progress in her lineart skills.
Possible questions to use in an interview will be things such as:
- How long has the shop been around?
What inspired you to create this shop?
Who created the lineart?
How did you obtain the lineart?
Who made the cert for the shop?
Did you start off with an interest thread?
Are you currently hiring?
etc.
Questions can change depending on who you are interviewing, whether its a general lineartist or a shop owner.
Question Etiquette: As what you feel comfortable and what you think people would be interested in knowing. Try not to be too forward or condescending with your questions, like, "I hear you guys cause a lot of drama, who is doing all that?" That's not polite and the interviewer will likely be offended. So try and find neutral questions and maybe lead up to more broad-based questions like, "What have been some of your most enjoyable times with the shop?" Which can mean just about anything and hopefully lead to a good story.
An interview can be written down but can also be in video form. If in video form be sure to short hand write down what they are saying to make it more clean and concise.
Interviews threads will be tagged with [Interview] before them. If they are video interviews the Unable to identify Vimeo video URL. tagged will be pinned in with it. If you decide to do a video interview then read below in the post entitled Videos for more information.
