Before I sent any emails or messages to people on social media I decided to use an approach where I wouldn't have to keep repeating and rewording my self and having to commit loads of time to each message if they wouldn't reply to me. So what I did is design and create a draft of what to say and send with only a couple things to fill in to make the email seem much more realistic if it was only being sent to them. This draft was used to every person I contacted.I also pre-planned my questions to ask so that if I start going off topic or start asking different questions I have preset ones to keep my self in the focus of asking the right questions to what I would like to find out about the person and there work.
People that I have contacted:
Michael Vince Kim
Charlie Boucher
Martin Tomecko
Dwyne Johnson
Stephen Mcmennamy
Sabine Van Wechem
Pete Carr
Niall Mcdiarmid
Dima James
Natile Allen
Justin Swift
Gregoire Hurt
Thomas Peschak
Francesco Pistilli
Jay Daley
Responses:
Michael Vince Kim - Has replied and spoken to me and has replied with a response to the questions
Charlie Boucher - Has replied and spoken to me and has replied with a response to the questions
Niall Mcdiarmid - Was very rude and refused to talk to me as he said he has had a bad encounter with a person before and refused me to interview him as of this, as the last person didn’t say thank you to him, and for this reason I got his rudeness passed onto me which isn’t kind.
Martin Tomecko - Said hes busy and unable to help me which is understandable and thanked him.
Stephen Mcmennamy - Sent an email and respond saying he would happy do it, and never ended up hearing from him again after that point.
Other people either seen it and not replied or not ever seen my sent messages to them.
I found that I rechecked out all these people over social media and then transferred over email when I got the attention to create the interview with them.