Interviews Recorded

Alex

The day went to a good start with Alex. She was obviously nervous at first but she spoke fluently and in detail about her story. Everything she said was very visual too so I know we will be fighting over who gets to use her track!

Abi

Abi's story was really emotional and honest. She spoke with a very soft voice so the animation that is used for her story will need to fit to her tone.

Jay

ANOTHER JAY! Not me, not Jay F but Jay B. Weird, I've never met so many Jays.

Jay B and Molly had a lot in common because they both have a brother with autism. This recording became more of a conversation so it will be difficult to chop out all of the speaking on our side and isolate Jay's story. I'm not sure if Jay's recording will be used because of this but it was still really useful to get his insight and see how autism affects relatives of the individuals too.

Luke

Luke came to us from the Library and was the oldest of all of our interviewees. He had a lot to say and was so prepared for his interview. Luke said he likes to plan things and to know exactly what he will say so he had written prompts out which helped him to remember everything he wanted to tell us about.
Again, Luke's story had a lot of visual references that could be used in animation, including a simile of his life being played like a video game.

Brogan

Brogan is Jay F's friend and he asked if she would like to come up and speak about her brother's autism. Similarly to Jay B's recording, this one was more of a discussion than a personal story and although it was interesting and useful, I don't think it could be used for a full animation.
Molly suggested that we could clip Brogan and Jay B's stories into one - about brothers - and use that. Great idea but will we have enough time to do THREE ANIMATIONS + an extra?

Everyone who spoke to us was brilliant and we will send personal thank you messages for their time and voices.