Interview Styles.

There are many different interview styles which are used in different aspect of interviews depending on the topic of the interview and the answer that is needed.

The types of interview styles used are:

•  Hard News
•  Human Interest
•  Entertainment
• Investigative 
• Promotional
• Combative

Hard News 

Hard news is news that affects people's everyday life. They are serious stories that usually relate to ongoing or new wars, taxes, new laws and politics. These stories are usually broadcasted on the news at six or the news at 10.
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This clip is an example of hard news as it is being shown on the news at 10 and the story told about
the NHS is classified as a hard news story because the anything affecting the NHS affects us whether it be problems with care, more Doctors and Nurses signing up to active duty, or the NHS becoming a private sector which will affect us greatly as it means that we will have to pay for our health care.
Human Interest 

Human interest is usually known better as soft news and is news that doesn't affect people's everyday life but they show an interest in it, an example of this would be the birth of the new royal baby. 

The clip shown above is a good example of human interest, this is because it is soft news that doesn't affect people's everyday life but they show an interest in it as it has to do with Royal family which in today's day and age is something that is considered by people as really important. 

Entertainment

Entertainment news is news that relates to celebrities, music and films. This is news that entertains people when they read it, chat shows such as Alan Carr or graham Norton are examples of this. These interviews are similar to the promotional interview and sometimes overlap. 

 

In this interview shown above, Angelina Jolie talks about her children, her marriage to Brad Pitt, the work she does in different countries and how this has affected her life. This interview is an example of an entertainment interview because even though it won't affect people's everyday lives they still want to know about it. 

Investigative

Investigative news is an interview where it is investigated in more detail to find out the true and real story. This sort of interview would normally be about conspiracy theories and you would usually see this in documentaries.

Promotional

Promotional news is usually where something is being promoted such as a celebrity promoting a film, CD or television programme. The celebrity who is promoting the product is usually paid to do so.

This interview is a promotional interview because they are speaking about the film he is staring in and he also speaks about why he wanted to be in the film and why he enjoys playing the character. So as the interview is talking mainly about the new film it is classed as promotional.

Combative
Combative news is a type of interview where the questions are forceful and asked over and over again until they get the answer that they want. This type interview is usually seen to be used on politicians or heads of companies who have had media training so they know how to avoid answering the question.

The interview shown above shows Jeremy Paxman interviewing the Head of Coke and is a combative interview as Jeremy Paxman asks the same question to the head of coke about if people go to the cinema and get a small cup of coke do you think they know how much sugar is in it. The interview becomes more combative after this question is asked because the Head of Coke tries avoiding the question and never gives an answer and towards the end you can see the Head of Cokes opinion changing.