Vox Pops

Vox Pops.

The purpose of a vox pop is to interview a member of the public to learn about their opinions on certain subjects. The members of the public are picked out at random and watch someone off-screen, presumably the interviewer. Vox Pops is short to Vox Populi which means 'voice of the people.

  

What makes an effective Vox Pop:

• Random selection of people of all genders and ages
• Background sounds of ordinary sounds of crowded places
• Different professions
• Individuals or multiple groups
• Split up large answers between other's answers
• The subject is on the right of the screen looking off to the left. There is an indirect gaze
• The background is out of focus.
• The location is in a popular, busy public place.
• The question is put at the beginning of the film so to avoid repetition. The interviewer is rarely heard at all throughout the interviews
• Will ask all the questions to person A but then will split up each answer and switch to each other person. A rotation of people answering, each answer is short with a straight cut between each person.