Diana Interview

• Context

  You cannot find this interview in full online, Bashir manipulated the interview and BBC took it down.

  20 million people watched the interview live when it aired.

  Huge cultural event. Revalatory moment as she unvieled her side, revealed lots.

  Divorce occured a year after the interview
• Audience


  Wide (british and international) - first broadcast in 1995 and since repeated on television, online and in docummetaries since her death.

  The Royal Family

  Fans and haters of Diana
• Purpose

  To inform and entertain

  To address rumours of rumoured divorce with Charles

  To put forward her story, justify her actions and defend herself against those who believed she was trying to destory the monarchy

  BASHIR = fame through scandal, high views on his interview, reveal personal details of Dianas life

  DIANA = Revenge? Therapy? To stay relevant?
• Mode


  A written transcript from a recorded television interview, edited before broadcast and likely with prepared answers or pre-seen question, so she could respond as a member of the royal family would.

  However, some comments are non-scripted in response to remarks made by Bashir

  Interrogative nature in Bashirs questioning

  Adjecency pairs, rhetorical devices, varying register = techniques
• Diana's kinesics?

  The timid gaze up at the camera could be indicative of her vulnerability.

  Yet, it could also be a manipulation of the audience for sympathy, a performance.
• Features of spoken language

  
  

  Phatic communication

  Non-fluency features

  Adjacency pairs

  Turn taking

  Spontaneous, face to face, ephemeral, non-scripted
• Techniques

  Rhetorical speech

  Euphemisms

  Leading questions
• Voices

  DIANA = vulnerable (performative)

  Scripted

  Exposing, euphemistic, relatable

  Rhetorical / pragmatic
• Voice?

  Bashir = exploitative, deferential then slightly confronting

  Uncritical (mainly), attempts to be invisible in dialogue
• topicality

  Diana begins talking about her wishes to help british public whenever she can

  Bashir takes this time to ask her about rumours of her 'destorying monarchy'

  Diana then discusses how she doesnt feel blame for the fact monarchy is not at the heart of the british public

  She is trying to evoke change of british public and plans for building a better monarchy

  Bashir asks her about her relationship with Charles

  She cannot understand how divorce would solve problems

  She doesnt ever see herself as queen of england