In Episode 10 of The Legacy Video Lounge, video biographer and Family Legacy Video president Steve Pender describes one of the important first steps for any successful video biography – the preinterview. The preinterview is basically the "interview before the interview," where a video biographer chats with a storyteller in an informal setting. A preinterview helps to break the ice and gives a personal historian a chance to learn the storyteller's stories in advance of the on-camera interview. Armed with this information, the video biographer can craft questions designed to elicit specific stories. As you'll hear, a preinterview provides other benefits as well. Here's what Steve covers in this segment:

Organizing for success - Preproduction, Production, Post production

What is a preinterview?

Preinterview benefits

Preinterview techniques

After the preinterview