Project DescriptionIn this project, we learned about other people’s lives by interviewing someone we know. We captured these moments by recording and transcribing an interview and snapping a picture. We displayed our transcriptions at our exhibition at the Memorial Bowl in Downtown Chula Vista. The goal of this project is to work on listening, analyzing, research and public speaking.
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Pre-Interview Process |
Before we jumped into interviewing, we did a lot of prep. This included listening to transcriptions and watching live interviews. We recognized the qualities of good and bad interviews. Good interviews were when the interviewer did background research on the person. The main traits of bad interviews were no eye contact, body language being closed off or uninterested and not having enough follow up questions. To prevent this, we filled out a worksheet guiding us through some of the most impactful moments in the interviewees life and what questions we could ask to trigger thoughtful answers.
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Reflection |
Jean Miller is my grandmother. When I asked her if I could interview her, she was thrilled! I asked her because I thought she would have a lot to say about any topic given because she has such strong beliefs, values and experiences. In our 20 minute interview, I learned more about her mother and siblings and the meals she had as a child. I would love to do the same process with her again or with other members of my family to get to know more of their individual life story.
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The Transcription |
To help make the transcription process more organized and easy to write, we made an outline of the topics spoken and what time it was discussed. Then we went back and reorganized/ took out questions to make the story flow better. Then we finally wrote the entire script.
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