Study On Interview Skills Of TV Talk Show

In China, Television talk show has developed for over a decade, with its lower production costs, relatively-simple operation andits warm atmosphere, the advantages of strong participation by practitioners, and it is welcomed by the majority of television viewers. As an important type of television programs in China's TV industry it has massive wave Basically every provincial Tv station has its own television talk show. At present, however, China's TV talk shows, on one hand, are developing continuously, on the other hand they are also facing difficulties. The industry has been researching on these problems and difficulties, and viewed that this phenomenon is the combined result of internal and external effect in its development process. From the perspective of communication, television talk show is a television activity patterns based on face-to-face interpersonal communication and through the mass media. So as the name implies, a talk show is a program of talking, and in it it is people that speak. On television talk shows, the "masters" at the scene o- the role of show host is very crucial and important and in a certain degree, TV talk host is the key to success of such programs. At present, we see a lot of television talk shows, the talk is only a surface morphology, lacks a real cross-exchange and confrontation. The interviewer of talk shows - the host is only a question machine and very difficult to meet with the guests and communicate the true interaction can not be formed at the scene . In this paper, this is currrently the key factors of unsuccessful talk shows - the inability to interview.The interview in TV talk show is host-interview. Therefore, compared to other television interviews, the interview in TV talk show has its own particularity. First of all is integrity. Host in an interview not only works as a journalist but also presides over the program, is in charge of creating the program atmosphere , and controls the program rhythm and time and so on. During the interview the host must pay attention to the issue of coherence, transition and convergence to. As the TV talk shows stress the equal communication and public participation, therefore, it is very important to create a cordial and easy-to-earth atmosphere of the conversation talk to guests and the audience in front of the television , it is necessary to put an interview on the "invisible" and just like free and natural chat in the living room . So the television talk show requires the host has high interview capacity. Talk show host should have excellent communication skills, ability to respond quickly, excellent organization skills and the ability to communicate effectively. In this paper, the author selects several representatives of different types of television talk show domestically that the audience are familiar with and compares and analyzes these hosts'characteristics of interview style.For example "call a spade a spade", "Qiang Qiang Three" and "Oriental Night Tan", these programs belong to the same topic programs. Their hosts, Cui Yongyuan, Dou Wentao and Liu Yiwei are known for humor, but the differnce is that Cui Yongyuan's humor is with the shape on the potential of improvisation humor; Dou Wentao boasts loudly and Liu Yiwei ridicules. Another example "Interview with Yang Lan" and"About Luyu"--celebrity interview programs directly named the hosts'names.Chen Luyu listens patiently and gently but Yang Lan interviews intellectually Star talk shows in the behalf of the "Art life" and "Super-visit", Zhu Jun is prudent, refined and provocative, and Li Jing shows straightforward, frank and humorous. In the "Face-to-Face" interview, the reporter-typed host Wang Zhi has his own unique sharp "questioning" style.Through the above-mentioned comparison and analysis of the programs and hosts, it can be seen that the most successful talk show hosts are based on the outstanding personality and interview ability .The host should have great affinity in addition should take more effort in interview skills. First of all, learn how to "warm up" creating a casual state of conversation. Full preparation before the interview should be done so all emergency situations during the interview can be dealt with easily.As the author has been engaged in front-line editing in television work and realized that in the the interview process must learn to ask questions according to the interviewees. Only those personalized and targeted interview questions can make talk show a pleasant exchange of wisdom. At the same time, pay attention to question time. The host should learn how to find the appropriate entry point and interviewee's excitement point; to be good at finding common topics with each other; on question manner, the problem should be clear and specific Talk show host is necessary to put themselves in a correct position and has a correct attitude, conduct equal exchanges with the guests. At the same time talk show host must be a good listener and find problems, analyze problems, ask questions in listening.