Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Music to my ears...?

My audio story is complete. Well, it's edited and converted, but it definitely not perfect.

For those not familiar with what I'm working on, here's the gist: Last week I went to Wolfeboro, NH to attend a ballet class instructed by Edra Toth. She's a former prima ballerina of the Boston Ballet and is currently a member of the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts, as appointed by Gov. John Lynch. She owns and runs her own ballet company/dance academy out of Wolfeboro and Somersworth. Edra's main goals are to provide a means for students to perfect their ballet techniques and to continue to reach more and more students in New Hampshire and New England. I interviewed her after one of her classes. I also recorded a lot of ambient noise, natural sounds, as well as some music during the ballet practice.

Now that the story is in mp3 format, here's my personal critique of the final product:

1. The piece is a bit too long (for my purposes); about 4 min. 25 sec.
2. Too much LOUD background noise during the interview segments.
3. Too much personal narration filling in the gaps.
4. I think the storyline could be clearer.

BUT

1. I have some good use of ambient music from my original recording.
2. My recorded voice sounds better than I thought.
3. Smooth transitions.

Now it's time to figure out how to embed audio.


1 comment:

Annie said...

Good job Steve! That a very unique topic - very interesting. I feel like when I finally finish my piece, I will have run into many of the same problems that you have (too much of my own voice, loud background, etc). I don't think I'll be lucky enough to make those smooth transitions though... and I really hate my recorded voice! Oh well. Nice work, anyway. See you in class!