Audio Project Grading Criteria

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    30Points

    30Points

    30

    Points

    10Points

    AUDIO STORY PROJECT

    GRADINGCRITERIA

    Sound and recording quality

    Evaluatesthetechnicalandcreativeworkthatwentintocapturingtheaudio Tips

    Proximityofthemicrophonetothesound=goodlevelsandclarity Recordtwiceasmuch,twiceaslong,asyoucanevenimagineneeding Getaswideavarietyaspossibleofenvironmental,scene-settingsounds Donttalkoveryourinterviewees;leavespacearoundtheiranswerstoedit Testyourrecorder,periodicallylistentowhatyouget,justtomakesure RecordinWAVorotheruncompressedformat

    Production and editing

    Evaluatesthetechnicalandcreativeworkthatwentintocreatingthefinishedpiece

    Tips

    Wearhead/earphoneswhileediting,toheareverythingandeditmoreprecisely Layersoundsinthemultitrackeditortoproducearicheraudioexperience Yourownoriginalrecordings,notspecialeffects Makesuretomeetthetechnicalrequirements

    o 1:30to2:30minuteslong,nomore,nolesso Minimumoneinterviewofstorysubjectorobservero Minimumfivedifferentnaturaland/orambientsoundso OutputasMP3fordigitalcompatibility

    Storytelling

    Evaluatestheeffectivenessofthefinishedpieceattellingastoryandcreatingamentalpicture Tips

    Createanexperience,amentalpictureofbeingsomeplace,doingsomethingo Usenaturalsoundstodescribethesceneo Notenoughtobejustsomeonetalkingaboutsomething

    Itneedsabeginning,middleandendjustlikeanystory Useintheirownwords-styleinterviewstohavesourcesnarratethemselves

    o Frameyourquestionstogeneraterichanswerso Nointerviewer,includingyourself

    Itneedstobereal,feelreal,notsoundcontrivedorlikeascript

    PresentationEvaluatestheworkofembeddingandcontextualizingtheaudioillustration

    Tips

    EmbedinpostusingSoundcloud Makesureitisopenly,publiclyplayableontheInternet,notsetasprivate Integratetheaudioillustrationwiththeheadlineandtextofthepost

    EXTRAS

    o Practical Minus10pointsoffthetopifAudacitypracticalisnotsignedoffbydeadline o Writinggrade Thewritingofthepostwillbegradedseparatelyforanother10points

    J232

    Due07:00on2013.10.22