Wed Feb 4, part One: interviewing and gathering raw materials

Greetings, disciples of the great Keller!

All of you, it would seem, have set up shop on Box.net, and can upload files there, no questions asked. Here is what you need to do today:

A) Interviews All of you will have to conduct yours today. If you cannot agree on who goes first, I will set up a "batting order" for you.

Please make sure to export your interview as an mp3, then upload it to our folder on Box.net. Make sure you name it after yourself, plus the word "interviews"
EACH ONE OF YOU IS RESPONSIBLE FOR CONDUCTING AN INTERVIEW, AND GETTING THAT MP3 FILE TO ME

B) Raw Materials While you are waiting to go next door, and after you get back, you will need to gather some "raw material" for the next show you wish to record. This raw material includes the following:

1) ideas of WHAT you're going to talk about. For example, if you have a show that's mostly about sports, you might want to look up some sporting events that will be happening in the next week or so. That way, you can be ready to talk about it at about the same time it takes place. Ditto for music: if a group you like is touring, you could find out about them, play some of their music, etc etc. Whatever you choose to do, you need to list at least three ideas in a group discussion post; each idea must be writeen out in the form of at least two - four complete sentences. Please label this post with your name, plus the phrase "future ideas, feb 4"

2) This semester, we will be able to create shows that are MUCH longer than the typical 5 minutes we ended up doing last semester. This being the case, you will need to have some files of bumper music setup. "Bumper music" is simply a short clip of a song, maybe about 5 to 20 seconds long, that connects one segment of your show to the next.

Extracting bumper music is pretty simple, and can be done quite easily in Adobe Audition.. If you need help, I will show you how. Please be sure to upload all such files to our folder on Box.net; three or four should do for today

3) at least seven special effects noises -- besides employing "bumper music" in your shows, you will also want to -- at times-- have some sound handy to emphasize some particular point in some particular way. For instance, if you're talking about something you find disgusting, you might want to have a sound file on hand of someone throwing up; to emphasize fright, you can have a file of someone screaming. Adobe Audition allows you to place this sound on a different track from the other parts of your show, and place it at just the right point for maximum effect.

A good site to start looking for these sounds can be found here:

http://www.meanrabbit.com/wavhtml/wavepage.htm

HOWEVER, I will consider awarding extra credit for anyoner who finds another good website source for special effects sounds; just post a discussion listing the website address and the sounds you found there. Please label this posting after your name plus "new sfx website"

OK, enough talking: let's start doing!

Cheers,
Mr. L