🎬 [BEHIND-THE-SCENES] How I spent 50+ hours on a 13-min video “Asking Amsterdam: How much do you make?”
From a lawyer who called security on me to conducting "research" in the Red Light District...
"Street interviews" are the hardest type of videos (for me) to make because approaching strangers is hard. And then the hundreds of rejections.
But I used to work in UX (User) Research, and we worked with global brands to conduct research from focus groups to user interviews. We’d come up with a research plan and recruit a group of 6-12 participants. So I thought, “I'll do the same!”
But there was a problem…
I didn’t have $30,000 to spend. And I was a team of one.
So I had to improvise. Especially if I wanted to talk to a few specific professions. But things never go according to plan...
Apparently, it’s not a good idea to approach lawyers about their salaries. And I certainly knew not to just walk into the Red Light District with just my camera…
🔮 Would you like to learn more about what happened, my process, and the learnings?
👉 Then join my Patreon community for more exclusive content (you'll be supporting me to do more "research," and you can also join for free): www.patreon.com/davidwen
David Wen
🎬 [BEHIND-THE-SCENES] How I spent 50+ hours on a 13-min video “Asking Amsterdam: How much do you make?”
From a lawyer who called security on me to conducting "research" in the Red Light District...
"Street interviews" are the hardest type of videos (for me) to make because approaching strangers is hard. And then the hundreds of rejections.
But I used to work in UX (User) Research, and we worked with global brands to conduct research from focus groups to user interviews. We’d come up with a research plan and recruit a group of 6-12 participants. So I thought, “I'll do the same!”
But there was a problem…
I didn’t have $30,000 to spend. And I was a team of one.
So I had to improvise. Especially if I wanted to talk to a few specific professions. But things never go according to plan...
Apparently, it’s not a good idea to approach lawyers about their salaries. And I certainly knew not to just walk into the Red Light District with just my camera…
🔮 Would you like to learn more about what happened, my process, and the learnings?
👉 Then join my Patreon community for more exclusive content (you'll be supporting me to do more "research," and you can also join for free): www.patreon.com/davidwen
🎥 You can watch the video here: https://youtu.be/SvDRhXyIwzc
Thanks and take care,
David
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