Tips to Do Better Documentary Interview Transcription!

The Documentary Interview Transcription is common for expert opinion interviews, TV reality shows and discovery storytelling which are conducted by the broadcast houses. This type of projects requires a full transcription which can be carried out by the professionals. To carry out this process you need to be a good listener so that you can capture the exact words that are said by the speakers who are in the documentary without omitting any of the information. In order to produce accurate documentary interview transcript, here are the following tips that you need to follow while recording the interview:

·       You need firstly make sure that the audio recording you are doing should be clear and should not contain any disturbances. You need to concentrate on both the audio and the video. Depending upon the type of interview, you need to make use of appropriate microphone. If the interview is sit down interview that you need to make use of the microphone. In the case of fly interview when the subject requires move around then you need lapel microphone.

·       For transcribing the interview you need to pay attention to the exclamations, pauses and vocalizations of gestures, cry and laugh such things in words. It is very easy to identify the speakers in case of one on one interview but it may become complex if the conversation is overlaid and there are more persons in the interview.  

·      When you rewind back and forth this can hamper the master tape and camcorder while you are transcribing so you need to dub to overcome the possibility of harming of the master tapes form transcribing. You can even make use of the computer to transcribe by storing the footage on it and then transcribe it this will avoid damage of tapes.

·     If you have a high amount of footages then transcribing using the computer is very hard. When you have large documentary projects and if you need it to complete it as soon as possible then it is advisable that you take help of a transcription company. A transcription company consists of experienced and trained media transcriptionists who are trained to provide you with professional transcripts who can easily transcript the whole tapes of documentary interviews along with the codes.

When go for complete and accurate professional documentary interview transcripts then you will not get mislead what is actually is said in the interview. Although these documentaries are made to inform its viewers what is the prevailing reality of the audience of the documentary. As these audiences are from the movie making fraternity or from the intellectual classes so when you go for Documentary interview transcripts then it gives a better understanding of the content.