Preparing for 2nd interview

Welcome back!

So today we have planned to interview my grandpa at around 7 or 7:30. I called my grandpa and he agreed on doing the filming and said tonight would be the best time. In order to get the same affect that we did on my friends grandpa we want to make sure the questions for him are just as spontaneous as they were in are past interview.

We still are trying to have a wide variety of races and ethnicities as somewhat of a “uncover theme” so my grandpa will help since he is Hispanic. In order to mirror the same way we interviewed my friend and her grandpa, we plan on also interviewing my sister who is 12 Year’s old and get her opinion from a much younger point of view.

These are the questions we plan on using tonight for my grandpa:

• What is your name? How old are you?
• Where did you grow up? What was your childhood like? What was the world like when you were born?
• How long have you been retired?
• What does age mean to you? Do you wish to be young again?
• What is your best memory?
• What makes you happy?
• Do you believe age is depressing? What would you comment on this stereotype?
• Do you have any rebellious memories?
• How would you compare your childhood to today’s children childhoods?
• What failures have you faced in life?
• What was your marriage like?
• How was parenthood like? Do you have any children?
• Any regrets?
• What is your say on how society thinks the elderly are boring and useless?
• Does aging really lead to loneliness?
• Does aging make you more religious?
• What do your opinion about the statement “elderly cannot learn”?
• Are the 60s the new 40s due to medical and technological advances?
• Are the elderly unable to learn and be open to other people’s opinions?

These are the questions we plan on using for my sister:

• Whats your full name, when and when were you born?
• How have your grandparents grown up to be apart of your life?
• How well do you know your grandparents?
• What are some things you share in common with them?
• What is your stereotypical idea of a elderly person?
• Do your grandparents match that?
• What do you think of them as a person?

One thing I am however worried about is the fact that my grandpa is Hispanic and Spanish is his first language. He also has a somewhat thick accent so we might have to add in subtitles. Another problem with the whole language thing, is that in many cases he may not understand the questions fluently but I hope this we can simply fix by just editing out the parts of us explaining. Hopefully he’ll be able to express himself fluently in English but we will see!

I will keep you guys updated on how the filming goes for my next post :)

Until next time!