AUDIO SLICE – WEEK 2

Finding Sound, Intro to Editing

Jeff Young
jryoung@gmail.com
This Week in Multimedia
Journalism
This Week in Multimedia
Journalism
 Rupert Murdoch said he's invested $30 million
in The Daily so far and that the current budget is
$500,000 a week.
Quick Note on BackStory Pieces
 Passing the mic
Microphone Pick-Up Patterns
Attendance/Impressions
 What expert did you pick / how did it go?
Reviewing First Interviews
Getting ‘Good Tape’
Getting ‘Good Tape’
 Good to start with small talk
Getting ‘Good Tape’
 Good to start with small talk
 Tell interviewees, “Imagine speaking to a smart,
but easily distracted high school student.”
Getting ‘Good Tape’
 Good to start with small talk
 Tell interviewees, “Imagine speaking to a smart,
but easily distracted high school student.”
 Think of interviewees as peers.
Getting ‘Good Tape’
 Good to start with small talk
 Tell interviewees, “Imagine speaking to a smart,
but easily distracted high school student.”
 Think of interviewees as peers.
 Get people to use analogies
Getting ‘Good Tape’
 Good to start with small talk
 Tell interviewees, “Imagine speaking to a smart,
but easily distracted high school student.”
 Think of interviewees as peers.
 Get people to use analogies
 Be energetic asking questions.
Getting ‘Good Tape’
 Good to start with small talk
 Tell interviewees, “Imagine speaking to a smart,
but easily distracted high school student.”
 Think of interviewees as peers.
 Get people to use analogies
 Be energetic asking questions.
 Don’t be shy about asking for rephrasings.
Expert Interview Example
(40:30)x
Dissecting an Audio Story
Dissecting an Audio Story
“Shot Variety” in Audio
 Think about a good visual slideshow– it has
variety. A good audio piece will too.
Dissecting an Audio Story
Collecting Sound
Editing
Editing
Need Two Volunteers
Editing
Editing: Before
Editing: After
Multi-track Editing
Download Audacity
http://audacity.sourceforge.net
Editing: In-Class Assignment
 Editing your homework pieces:

No more than 2 minutes

Upload to the blog when done
Homework for Next Week
 Produce a man-on-the-street interview piece
 Include interviews with at least 3 people
 Capture at least 2 pieces of natural or ambient
sound to add to the piece
 Edit together the piece, with an introduction, using
Audacity
 Post to blog (via AudioBoo) by start of next class