Blog 21: Exit Interview

1.) What is your essential question, and what are your answers?  What is your best answer and why?
 
Essential Question:

• What is the most important aspect of television production in order to influence viewer emotion?

Answers:

• Camera Shots/angles
• Lighting
• Sound/music

Best Answer:

• My best answer would have to be my third one which is sound. I chose this as my best answer because it is something so universal that a majority of us are able to relate to it. When watching many of our favorite TV shows there is always that one scene that is very scary or vice versa very sad and if it wasn't for the music that is playing in the background we would probably have a very different reaction to that specific scene.  

2.) What process did you take to arrive at this answer?

• I was able to get to this answer by simply researching as well as speaking to my mentor not only that but by seeing how I personally react to different scenes depending on the music or sound that is occurring in the background. When I was researching I was able to find many articles that described why sound and music went hand in hand with emotion. 

3.) What problems did you face?  How did you resolve them?

 

Problems:

• Overall I did not face many problems with my senior project. My mentor was always very helpful in answering questions for me as well as the other people that work where I do my mentorship. One problem that I did face was that my research started becoming a little bit repetitive.

Resolving:

• In order to resolve the fact that my research kept getting a bit repetitive I spoke to my mentor and he was able to give me different suggestions to look up. As oppose to looking up articles or getting things out of books he recommended listening to podcast. 

 

4.) What are the two most significant sources you used to answer your essential question and why?

• One of my biggest sources was my mentor. The reason I chose my mentor as one of my sources was because he was really able to guide me and show me the ropes of what it is like to work in TV production and for that I am thankful.
• Another one of my great sources was part of a journal written by Gavin Shafron. This journal entry was really helpful in piecing together my last answer. He was really able to explain why music and emotion went hand in hand.