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Conducting a group interview

Conducting a group interview

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Conducting a group interview

Shooting a group interview is a good and practical technique whenever you want to get different opinions and viewpoints on the same subject from multiple people, particularly multiple people from a larger group. So rather than interviewing just one representative student, customer, or employee, you're interviewing a hand- picked "random sampling" of the larger group. Although group interviews are more complex to shoot then solo interviews, they have three very big practical advantages. Number one, you can capture the opinions and input of a bunch of people for about the same amount of time, setup, and expense it would take you to interview just one person alone. And number two, group interviews can be particularly effective if you're dealing with subjects who are likely to be more camera shy. This is especially true with many children and young people who find greater confidence and safety in numbers. One good comment begets another and subjects have more time to gather their own…

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