I got the chance to listen to Isabella’s interview and she was not feeling too confident about her interview. After giving it a few listens I ensured her that it was a really good interview that all it really needs is some edits and cutting it down to fit around the timeline. There was not pinpointed Ready Player One questions but from what I listened to she interviewed her mom and she asked her questions about cellphones and other technologies and her experiences with it back in the day and her experiences to both mediums now. Most of her questions were personal and easy questions that you would ask a family member. The interview was intimate and I could tell her mom was comfortable to answer any question that Isabella asked just like most of the StoryCorps interviews.
The interview was not really edited to its completion. Isabella told me that she got it down to 10 minutes and what I listened to was the raw 10 minutes of it. So I gave her tips and ideas on what to edit and cut out and what to keep. She has a lot of really good material in the interview and whichever way she goes with it should really be ok. I really like how casual and comfortable Isabella was with her mom having little quirks and side comments within the interview, especially at the end where her mom accidently burps during the interview and they joked around. I personally thought that was hilarious and made me smile. There was no supplementary sound on the interview but I did let her know that would be a good idea to add that way she sets the tone of the interview. There is an introduction at the beginning where she introduces her mom. Once the interview gets edited and cut down to how Isabella envisions it to be I can see it being playing on the radio or on StoryCorps, it’s a fun and intimate interview between daughter and mother about the mother’s history with her experiences with technologies.