Subtitle: Create Compelling Audio Stories
Agenda:
- Housekeeping
- Good Audio Review
- Editing Audio : A Process
Housekeeping
Good Audio Review
- Assignment: find three good examples of audio stories
- In class: in pairs, agree on one story that everyone should hear. Why? Type the story title and URL in a comment on this blog post (with names of the partners).
- We’ll review some of these in class.
Creating Your First Story
Adjust Sound On A Track (Envelope Tool)
NOTE: use Zamzar.com or iTunes to covert the WAV file if LAME library is not installed in Audacity.
Upload to your finished audio file to your Dropbox public folder and email me the link.
- Name the file like this: “yourfirstnameLastinitial-first-audio.mp3” (Last name initial needed only if there are two or more people with the same first name)
- No spaces in the file name!
- All lower case (except for Last name initial)
- Put “COM466 First Audio Story” in the subject line for email filtering.
Assignments
- You will complete a proof of concept audio story by end of class on Wednesday. This means you need to get your story idea and interviews done before class on Monday! We will have lab time to work on the stories.
- Examples of final stories from last year’s class.
- For Friday Follows this week, look for photographers or radio reporters. Remember: one blog post and five separate tweets. You must include #ff and #com466 *and* there has to be a space in front of the # sign!
- Read and come to class prepared to discuss:
For Inspiration
- The Rise of Indy 3-D Cinema (NPR Interns – story is text, one photo, audio)
- Education Not Deportation (NPR Interns – story is text, narrated slide show)
- Commentary: The Server’s Dilemma (NPR Interns – story is text, illustrated narration includes infographic)
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Bryden, Ian, John – “The Giant Pool of Money” – http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/355/the-giant-pool-of-money – Makes sense of a complicated subject. Topical at the time. Extremely interesting.
Group Members:
Preet Kaur
Sommer Fuhs
Want To Live To 100? Try To Bounce Back From Stress
http://www.npr.org/2011/04/11/135216852/want-to-live-to-100-try-to-bounce-back-from-stress
We liked that they took the interview somewhere unexpected. Flowed really well. Interesting. Good ambient sound.
http://www.npr.org/2011/04/18/135468567/repelling-bugs-with-the-essence-of-grapefruit?ps=cprs
We like this story because it’s a good example of interviewing. It uses pretty good quotes, and interesting (and sometimes funny!) sound effects.
Me and Kanny
This story lacks all aspects of what might be considered “good”, however the lack of ambient noise, natural sounds increases the intimacy in the conversation between father and daughter. This is a good example of not using sound.
http://storycorps.org/listen/stories/kioni-popcorn-marshall-and-her-father-minister-beau-harris/
Rowdy, Stephanie, & Mia
Group Members – David Liberty, Kris Valdez, John Han
We think this story is the best example because it is both inspirational and an emotional shot of what is going on in the aftermath of the earthquake in Japan. Made you feel as though you were there with the subject of the story. http://n.pr/fn1TJz
Group Members: Sarah and Ashley
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p00fvn5q/Health_Check_13_04_2011/
(Forewarning, a bit long.) We liked this story for the variety of people of interviewed. Multiple perspectives. Natural sound in the background as they were interviewing. Very authentic. Reporter described setting really well. Liked the foreign language speaking in background and then translation over it.
Nicole Birgh
Shane Massey
Jeremy Johnsen
We liked the use of atmospheric sound (forest segment, Soviet radio broadcast) that didn’t overpower the narrator. A clear narrative that included more than one voice. Overall editing was of a high caliber.
http://www.thirdcoastfestival.org/library/154-summer-snow-in-moscow
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