Remember, television is video AND audio. Try this simple test: Play the last program you produced, and turn the brightness all the way down. If you can listen to the program and really not miss anything important, congratulations, you have produced a great radio program! However, television should be more than radio with pictures. Show the viewers something beyond what they would expect to see. Good television always teaches viewers something simply by showing and reporting information we do not know or have never seen. Adding video inserts is not the only method of breaking up an interview. Like paragraphs in a short story, the interview can be broken up every time the basic ideas change. Change the sequencing of events only if it does not alter any of the context of the interview. Cut back and forth between the interview and the B roll, still frames, or graphics to make the interview less predictable and more enjoyable to the viewer.

Remember, it is acceptable, but not necessarily desirable, to see a mic in a shot. The handheld interview can get irritating, since talents often "pump" the mic between themselves and the interviewee. Next time try a shotgun mic, either hand held, on a mic stand or boom arm. A boom works great with a shotgun mic as a means of keeping wires off of the talent or allowing them hands-free working conditions. It also allows one mic to do the work of two during interviews. Place the shotgun out of the frame either above or below the talent, but remember the shotgun mic will pickup sound beyond the talent. A headset used to monitor the sound during the interview will help identify problems, plus help maintain balance control over the sound.