My second sound story is an interview with a stranger, Veronica McClure.
I met Veronica in the halls of Prothro-Yeager. She was waiting for her next class. I interviewed Veronica while students hustled through the halls, on the way to their next class.
Veronica appears to be one of a few students who is certain about a career path.
After the interview, I recorded some of the activity (nat sound) in the halls (students greeting each other, chatting, doors opening and closing) which was used to give Veronica's story an authentic feel.
Owing to the fact that the interview was spontaneous, some of Veronica's answers were single words or phrases. To compensate for this, I recorded a third track, my narration of the interview.
I edited the sound story by deleting my interview questions.
Then I selected sections of the interview that reflected the heart of Veronica's story, her interest in a career at Disney World.
To finish, I cut and pasted the narration, then decreased the volume of the nat sound in the appropriate places to make the final product.
Friday, March 11, 2011
Friday, March 4, 2011
Sound Story
On February 25, I interviewed Brandi Stroud.
After recording the interview, I uploaded it with Audacity and began to edit.
Step 1: I deleted my voice since this story is not about the interviewer.
Step 2: I listened to Brandi's entire discourse to get the essence of her interview and the parts that reflected who she is.
Step 3: I realized that most of her answers centered around the fact that she is working toward becoming a book author and publisher. Consequently, I deleted every piece of information that was unrelated to that fact.
Step 4: I cut and pasted to help listeners make sense of parts that sounded unfinished (considering they will not hear the interviewer's questions) without changing any meaning.
Step 5: I made a decision not to delete some of her fillers ("um") because it reflected the spontaneity of the interview, added authenticity to it and showed how Brandi reflected as she spoke.
Step 6: I listened to the finished product to make sure my edits had not added or subtracted anything from Brandi's story.
After recording the interview, I uploaded it with Audacity and began to edit.
Step 1: I deleted my voice since this story is not about the interviewer.
Step 2: I listened to Brandi's entire discourse to get the essence of her interview and the parts that reflected who she is.
Step 3: I realized that most of her answers centered around the fact that she is working toward becoming a book author and publisher. Consequently, I deleted every piece of information that was unrelated to that fact.
Step 4: I cut and pasted to help listeners make sense of parts that sounded unfinished (considering they will not hear the interviewer's questions) without changing any meaning.
Step 5: I made a decision not to delete some of her fillers ("um") because it reflected the spontaneity of the interview, added authenticity to it and showed how Brandi reflected as she spoke.
Step 6: I listened to the finished product to make sure my edits had not added or subtracted anything from Brandi's story.
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