AUDIO SLICE – WEEK 4

Intro to SoundSlides, Produce audio slide

show

Jeff Young
jryoung@gmail.com
Multimedia in the News
Anyone Get Any Good Tape?
 Highlights from your Profile pieces?
Audio Slide Show Basics
Audio Slide Show Basics
Do’s
 Have a clear relationship between images and

narration.
Audio Slide Show Basics
Do’s
 Have a clear relationship between images and

narration.
 Provide context: tell where we are and what is

going on early in slideshow.

Audio Slide Show Basics
Do’s
 Have a clear relationship between images and

narration.
 Provide context: tell where we are and what is

going on early in slideshow.

 Use captions to provide additional information (not

just what we can already see).

Audio Slide Show Basics
Dont’s
 Don’t start with someone saying who they are

(“I’m Mary Jones, and I’m a student.”) It’s boring.

Audio Slide Show Basics
Dont’s
 Don’t start with someone saying who they are

(“I’m Mary Jones, and I’m a student.”) It’s boring.

 Don’t use ambient sound out of context (don’t have

a car horn blowing when we see no car).

Audio Slide Show Basics
Dont’s
 Don’t start with someone saying who they are

(“I’m Mary Jones, and I’m a student.”) It’s boring.

 Don’t use ambient sound out of context (don’t have

a car horn blowing when we see no car).

 Don’t combine audio and image in a way that

misleads.
Slide Show Example
Soundslides Basics
In-Class Audio Slide Show
In-Class Assignment: Audio Slide Show

 Turn your Photo #3 assignment into an audio

slideshow.
In-Class Assignment: Audio Slide Show

 Turn your Photo #3 assignment into an audio

slideshow.
 Write and record a narration, and add it to your
images using SoundSlides
In-Class Assignment: Audio Slide Show

 Turn your Photo #3 assignment into an audio

slideshow.
 Write and record a narration, and add it to your
images using SoundSlides.
 Must include a headline and captions.
In-Class Assignment: Audio Slide Show

 This is a timed assignment.

 Strict penalties for lateness – 5 points off for every
15 minutes late.
That means:
1 minute late = 5 points off
14 minutes late = 5 points off
16 minutes late = 10 points off
 Post to blog, and the time stamp there will be the
official time.
Next Week, on the AudioFile
 Tell us about your favorite audio story.

Post a link to it to the blog by start of next class.

Post a comment telling us why you chose it.

Also!: Be thinking about your final project pitch…

Final Project Proposals