When I say "anonymous interview", I mean one where the interview subject is on screen but their identity is hidden in some way.
I went on "YouTube" earlier, and found instructional videos detailing how to do such a thing. They seem like they may be practical methods to do what i'm inquiring about, however I want to know if there are any other methods to getting the job done other than what was mentioned in the videos.
Here is one of the videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUqFuQNghE0
One method that was mentioned more than once, was to sit an interview subject in a dark room in front of a white backdrop that was illuminated with a back light --the term used was to "blow it out" I believe. The only lighting in the room would be on the backdrop, and the result would create a natural shadow/silhouette look for the sitting subject on camera if filmed. A camera placed in front of them to film them would capture them in the desired "anonymous interview" style way. Is that a successful way to do it? Would the camera struggle to capture the desired image in the low lighting? Would the image of the subject look kitch/kamp instead of "anonymous" and the way one would want it to look?
What about having an interview subject sit backward in front of the camera, and having them wear certain clothing items to aid in masking their identity --a non-identifying jacket, hat, or hooded sweatshirt-- and changing the pitch of their voice in "Final Cut Pro"?
Censoring their face manually --pixelating it-- in some post production program along with changing the pitch of their voice in the same type of program?
Having therm wear a mask of some sort, and changing the pitch of their voice in a "Final Cut Pro"?
What other methods can you think of other than the one mentioned in the "YouTube" video posted? Have you filmed an anonymous interview before? What did you do to create that look? What should one do to create that look? Are there other ways to do it besides anything mentioned above? Are they simple/difficult? Time consuming? Quick to do?
I went on "YouTube" earlier, and found instructional videos detailing how to do such a thing. They seem like they may be practical methods to do what i'm inquiring about, however I want to know if there are any other methods to getting the job done other than what was mentioned in the videos.
Here is one of the videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUqFuQNghE0
One method that was mentioned more than once, was to sit an interview subject in a dark room in front of a white backdrop that was illuminated with a back light --the term used was to "blow it out" I believe. The only lighting in the room would be on the backdrop, and the result would create a natural shadow/silhouette look for the sitting subject on camera if filmed. A camera placed in front of them to film them would capture them in the desired "anonymous interview" style way. Is that a successful way to do it? Would the camera struggle to capture the desired image in the low lighting? Would the image of the subject look kitch/kamp instead of "anonymous" and the way one would want it to look?
What about having an interview subject sit backward in front of the camera, and having them wear certain clothing items to aid in masking their identity --a non-identifying jacket, hat, or hooded sweatshirt-- and changing the pitch of their voice in "Final Cut Pro"?
Censoring their face manually --pixelating it-- in some post production program along with changing the pitch of their voice in the same type of program?
Having therm wear a mask of some sort, and changing the pitch of their voice in a "Final Cut Pro"?
What other methods can you think of other than the one mentioned in the "YouTube" video posted? Have you filmed an anonymous interview before? What did you do to create that look? What should one do to create that look? Are there other ways to do it besides anything mentioned above? Are they simple/difficult? Time consuming? Quick to do?