Vox Pops

Vox Populi is the Latin for Voice of the people. The term Vox Pops is used in Broadcasting, a shortened way of saying interviews with the general public. Usually the interviews will be held on a busy street or location where a mixture of everyday people will be, therefore having very mixed answers.

I was looking around at different 'Vox-Pops' and I found a collection of videos on Vimio called 'One Question Fifty answers'. I then found the website that held all the videos for 'One Question Fifty answers'. I found these very interesting and liked all the original answers. These Vox-pops were filmed in Cities, in the centre, therefore having a very diverse mixture of people. This really helped to bring varied answers to the questions.

Here is one of the videos, filmed in London. The theme is 'if you could wake up anywhere where would it be?

Fifty People, One Question: London from Fifty People, One Question on Vimeo.

I then remembered a comedy show with Jack Dee i saw, where for part of his show he used Vox-pops for humour. He showed clips of the public, asking him questions, then he mocked them.


This shows the diversity in which Vox-pops are used. They can be used in such situations as:

• The news, for opinions on the latest report
• Interviews of a New Film Realease
• Reality shows, for example 'How to Look good Naked' surveys people on the image of their guest.