OK so out of 9 proposed interviews I got 7 , from 4 different people. The support felt from people was really good, however the nature of the goth scene has a lot people juggling their work and social life as well as contributing to making the cogs in the scene go, so it was getting the time to do the interviews that was a problem.
I decided to leave it at 7, and after transcribing the interviews this isn’t a silly decision, there is around half an hour of interviews and it translates loosely to just under 6000 words.
So I’ve decided to narrow the scope, so I’ve taken out a fashion and retail element(because a) I couldn’t get the interviews in time, b) its a really wide field) secondly although I have the interview for it, the music producing side is just too hard to tie in properly.
narrowing the scope will give me more of an opportunity to flesh out the responses I do have, because I found that the responses are quite in depth and its hard to get that whole aspect into a peanut shell.
Now that I’ve got the interviews the narration has been easier to re-direct and in the same way, its been a really good way to find what I want from the interviews.
Now that I’m into editing phases I’m finding it very awkward to not get attached to the entire response, because all my interviewee’s were so lovely.
I’ve learned a lot, and it changed my perception of what I thought I knew, its also been incredibly fun, I’ve ran into old friends and met new friends, unfortunately I’ve re-learned a bit of the same old politics which is unfortunate but yeah.
Its coming along slowly but surely.
