Remembrance Day Vox Pop

VOX POP by shane90

Remembrance Day Vox Pop

This was the first day we actually went out and spoke to people on the street. I found it quite discouraging after being turned down by three people but then I finally was able to ask someone about Remembrance Day. My teams question to the public was: “Do you find Remembrance Day still important, and it is in any way relevant to you?” I was surprised to find out how many people were actually affected by this event, and how they were all eager to speak their minds. Each member of our team asked a different person, we decided to do it individual since all four of us going up to one person would have been intimidating. We decided to ask a variety of people, ranging from young people to the elderly, as well as a foreigner. With this we were able to obtain a larger spectrum of answers and reflections on Remembrance Day. In this activity I was appointed to be the team leader, I believe we all did the same amount of work since we all individually asked a different person, however I think I also helped in the planning and in the creation of the main question. Unfortunately one of our members is no longer in the journalism course, this caused a bit of a problem as he was the one with the vox pop on his memory stick. We were able to get the work from him however when I received the email from him there was only two voices in the final file, but there should have been four. Because of this, the rest of the team and I had to ask more people about Remembrance Day to complete the vox pop.
The recording of the vox pop went very well; we encountered no problems with the equipment or while asking people the questions. The editing was quite simple and I found it easy, it could have been improved by removing background noises and the voice of the person asking the question, since it is sometimes heard. The production could have improved if we would of saved the vox pop in various locations, then we would not have had to ask more people.