The interview I have created has influenced my thinking for next terms final major project. I like how there is clips of the game over the interview. We have not done this yet for the channel, and I think it can work quite well. This defiantly something we are thinking about doing. It takes longer in the editing process, as the interview only takes a short amount of time to edit at the moment, but it could result in more interesting viewing. The very simple Paul Thompson Head Coach graphic that comes up, we use in all of our interviews, even at this point. It was a very simple design I did, and it works so we still use it. Interviews have always been quite important to us, as they are used on Sky Sports all the time, and it appears to be what the fans want.
Fans are interested in the response of a game from there coach. This relates to power extremely well. He is a powerful man; he has power from his stance and status within the ice hockey community. If he has an opinion on something, people are going to listen and more than likely agree with him and use it when they talk about the game. This means we can influence people with our interviews; people’s perceptions of the game can change if they hear someone in a position of power. This can relate to Michel Foucault’s master and slave relationship theory when looking at power. The fans will listen to what the master has to say, and take it as the truth. After all, control and knowledge equals power. He has knowledge of this sport, and looking at what the theorist Noam Chomsky believes, this means power. Paul Thompson certainly knows he has influence over people, and I believe he uses this to his advantage. If he is angry at something and believes in something, other people will too and support him. This is because if his knowledge of the sport and the ice hockey industry.
