-- The foremost aspect I would change in this piece is the audio quality of the narration. I recorded my own audio in a small room, and the tight spacing created a bit of an echo effect which detracted from my message and some of the higher-quality interview pieces.
-- I also would have liked to get more distinct stories for each of my subjects. For instance, I think the ending of my piece is the best part of it because Kathi (the subject) is able to combine a general perspective of the team's struggles with a distinct disappointment at having to endure some trash talk with her friends from New Jersey.
The pieces from Jon and Dan were quality pieces of audio, but I now feel that I could have just as easily taken what they said and put it better in my own words as a narration. It's important for each segment to have a character that is as "human" as possible, and not someone who seems like they're reading from a pre-prepared script.
-- I would also consider experimenting a mixture of ambient noise with an interview overlay. Although I talked to my subjects in a place separate from where I collected my ambient noise, there might have been a better "feel" to the piece if they spoke against the background noise of pads clashing and whistles blowing.
-- The next time we do something like this, I'd also like to have a more professional sign-off. Even though I closed with a piece of me talking, the ending still sounded somewhat abrubt and could have been done with a better flow to it.
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-- The foremost aspect I would change in this piece is the audio quality of the narration. I recorded my own audio in a small room, and the tight spacing created a bit of an echo effect which detracted from my message and some of the higher-quality interview pieces.
ReplyDelete-- I also would have liked to get more distinct stories for each of my subjects. For instance, I think the ending of my piece is the best part of it because Kathi (the subject) is able to combine a general perspective of the team's struggles with a distinct disappointment at having to endure some trash talk with her friends from New Jersey.
The pieces from Jon and Dan were quality pieces of audio, but I now feel that I could have just as easily taken what they said and put it better in my own words as a narration. It's important for each segment to have a character that is as "human" as possible, and not someone who seems like they're reading from a pre-prepared script.
-- I would also consider experimenting a mixture of ambient noise with an interview overlay. Although I talked to my subjects in a place separate from where I collected my ambient noise, there might have been a better "feel" to the piece if they spoke against the background noise of pads clashing and whistles blowing.
-- The next time we do something like this, I'd also like to have a more professional sign-off. Even though I closed with a piece of me talking, the ending still sounded somewhat abrubt and could have been done with a better flow to it.