The term Vox Pops comes from the Latin phrase 'Vox Populi', meaning the voice of the people. A technique often used in broadcasting, news programs, radio shows and podcasts, a vox pop is a sound byte of a person, usually picked at random, giving their opinion on a question asked by the presenter. It is a way of presenting differing opinions on a topic from a diverse range of sources, and is a technique that we will be using for our radio show on Revolutions and Music.
To practice collecting vox pops and getting over the nerve wracking process of approaching complete strangers to ask a question that to them would seem completely random, we were sent out last Tuesday to get vox pops of young people's opinions on poetry. After getting over the initial awkwardness, we started approaching people more easily and were able to get many varying opinions on whether poetry is relevant to young people today. We then uploaded all the vox pops and edited them using Logic Pro, here is the result:
We also went out today to collect vox pops for our radio show, asking people on the street in the city centre questions such as favourite genre of music and what their opinion is on why music doesn't seem to be as revolutionary today as it has been in the past. The exercise definitely helped, in that we knew what we were getting into and made us more relaxed and confidant in asking the questions. We also were surprised at how many people really did have opinions and weren't afraid or nervous in sharing them, resulting in a lot of varying answers and viewpoints that we will definitely be using in our show.
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