Week 9 - March 16-20
March 18th, 2009
1. Sign up for IJS
2. Soundslides:
- Guitar Lessons at the Central Area Senior Center: An 81-year-old Seattle woman loves taking guitar lessons. No narration, nice story, several interviews skillfully edited together.
- Cockfighting in Puerto Rico: Awesome photos, wonderful audio that puts you at the scene. After viewing this no one can be left in any doubt about what cockfighting is about.
- After the Riots: A Soundslides about the housing projects in Paris, by the British newspaper The Guardian. Exceptional storytelling and great use of sound.
- Death of cockle pickers of Britain’s Morecambe Bay - Three Years later: - The Guardian, UK
Sample files: http://ijs-global.com/class09/Samplesoundslide2/
Soundslides - download from http://www.soundslides.com
Tutorials:
Audio
1. Soundbooth - Tutorial
2. Audacity is a free sound editing program - get it here
Tutorials:
- Super-Fast Guide to Audio Editing (PDF) and Editing Audio With Audacity (PDF) by Mindy McAdams.
- Audio section of the J-Learning website.
- “Chapter 7: Digital Audio and Podcasting” from Journalism 2.0
Conversions - http://media-convert.com/
