If I were to re-edit, I would try to get better audio clips from the girls that were more articulate and require less narration. In hindsight, my interviews were truly "man on the street" and I think that caused somewhat stilted interviews. I would have prepared better and asked better questions in order to elicit longer, more informational responses. A point to note, though, is the fact that I did discover that most people were unaware about the subject; logically, if someone is unaware about a subject they won't have much information to share. I did like my ambient clips and how I used one after my introduction but I was curious to know whether my use of the Gardasil TV ad audio was legal/proper. Ideally, I would've recorded that audio off of the ad actually on TV; with the time restraints I resorted to using YouTube clips of the ads. I don't know the protocol/copyright laws on that subject so I would research that and make sure it was just. I would be sad to lose the commercial audio because I think it made a good point and I liked using it. I also feel like I could in the future streamline the audio better and I think myself as a narrator had some awkward phrasing that was hard to edit out or I needed more time to edit out.
UMD J-School "Slice Class" -- Multimedia for Print Journalists
This is the class blog for Journalism 328G/28G, "Special Topics in News Writing and Reporting," where we offer a crash course in audio, photo, and video.
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ReplyDeleteIf I were to re-edit, I would try to get better audio clips from the girls that were more articulate and require less narration. In hindsight, my interviews were truly "man on the street" and I think that caused somewhat stilted interviews. I would have prepared better and asked better questions in order to elicit longer, more informational responses. A point to note, though, is the fact that I did discover that most people were unaware about the subject; logically, if someone is unaware about a subject they won't have much information to share. I did like my ambient clips and how I used one after my introduction but I was curious to know whether my use of the Gardasil TV ad audio was legal/proper. Ideally, I would've recorded that audio off of the ad actually on TV; with the time restraints I resorted to using YouTube clips of the ads. I don't know the protocol/copyright laws on that subject so I would research that and make sure it was just. I would be sad to lose the commercial audio because I think it made a good point and I liked using it. I also feel like I could in the future streamline the audio better and I think myself as a narrator had some awkward phrasing that was hard to edit out or I needed more time to edit out.
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