Before the Interview

For this project, you are not only learning how to take better pictures and record a documentary - you are also a researcher. As such, it is important that for any interviews you conduct with others, you follow certain recommendations. 

Location: Choose a place with little distraction. Avoid loud lights or noises, ensure the interviewee is comfortable (you might ask them if they are), etc. Often, they may feel more comfortable at their own places of work or homes. 

Consent: Any time you conduct a conversation for a project, you need to ask those you talk to for their consent to talk to you. You should also get their consent in writing, and read this document together with them, and have your interviewee sign it. Here is the form you should have with you and have signed by everyone you talk to. 

Confidentiality: Explain who will get access to their answers and how their answers will be analyzed.

Format: Explain what the conversation is about, and how long you think it will take. And also let anyone that you talk to know how they can reach your after the interview. 

Questions: Prepare your questions. Always begin with asking the person their name. Your other questions for this project should be about asking the interviewee about their life, and their experience with weather and climate. It's best to conduct a chronological interview, meaning that people talk about their life, from the earliest childhood memories to now.

Ask questions like:

• "Tell me about your childhood and your earliest memories. What was life like?
• What was the weather like, compared to today?
• Can you tell me a story about hunting?
• How has that changed?"

These are just a few examples. Your second assignment will require you to submit a series of questions that you'd like to ask people about climate change.