link roundup
Links for Audio Mixing
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A series of resources for mixing your audio package
assignments
Class 2/6: Parts of an Audio Package
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In class on Monday, we went over the next assignment for the course: an audio package. The elements of an audio package are as follows:
Research: Always research first. This could be research of a social, cultural, or political phenomenon that your story is trying to explore, research about the person you'll be interviewing or place you'll be recording in, or research on other types of a stories that have been told in this arena. If you don't know what to look for, you won't know how to recognize it when you find it! Sound effects: Buzzing crowds, footsteps, cash registers, glasses clinking on the bar, traffic speeding by--all of these things help you create a soundscape for your listeners that you can use to paint a picture before, after, or between your segments.
Wild track: This is the "room tone" of the sounds wherever you will be doing your interviewing.
assignments
Story Assignment: Audio Package
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Purpose
Now that you have written your first story, we’re going to begin to explore how to adapt those stories into different genres, media, and formats. For this assignment we’ll look to adapt, expand, or extend your story into an audio package in the format of a short radio spot. Format
In a traditional print story, writers and editors utilize language, structure, research and interviews to convey a message, tell a story, deliver a report or explore an idea. In the realm of audio or radio, producers and recordists utilize different means to achieve the same ends. A radio or audio package utilizes many different types of recorded sound (including interviews, ambient sound, and pre-recorded audio).