What you lookin’ at?

There’s been some discussion recently about where an interview subject should look during an on camera interview: to the left, to the right, straight into the camera? Like so many things in storytelling, I like to look to real life as my guide. For instance, I...

Finding Your Voice

There are two reasons I’m not a fan of narration and voice over…. 1) Narration is often often pedantic and poorly written. I realize that it’s very difficult to write clever narration. So I don’t get why it’s overused by reporters who...

The sound of a single voice

Really nice radio story on Marketplace radio tonight, Alex Chadwick interviewing an American nuclear tech who was at the Daiichi Nuclear power plant. There’s a great moment in this video too. I love how Chadwick just shuts up and listens to Carl Pillitteri as he...