On Thursday 12th May Yasemin, Alex, Marley and I were invited to go to the department for education to interview the secretary of state Ed Balls. We went to interview him at guildhall a couple of months ago but he had to attend an important meeting so the date was postponed. We travelled there by taxi and the journey was nerve-racking. While we were there we managed to get a few shots of the building. It was massive! The building as modern and everything was made of glass. As Alex and Marley were stuck in traffic Yasemin and Fiona as well as I and Mr. Harpham were led up to the interviewing room where we began to set up. Unfortunately our planned room was going to be used in a meeting so we had to move last minute. We encountered a few problems on the way, which included
- Problems with lighting in the room
- Sound - for example the boom wasn't working so we had to use the built in microphone.
When we were finally ready the interview began
it was my job to be in charge of the sound but as the boom wasn’t working I just had to pretend like I knew what was going on :) we all introduced ourselves and he was very friendly.
He quickly discussed with us 'what we thought of the Diploma' and of course our response was great. Just before we started, Yasemin directed him and told him to answer in full sentences and to look in the right direction.
The overall interview worked very well and went smoothly. It was a great experience and you could tell we all enjoyed it.
