Monday, November 6, 2006
First, let me remind you about your recording/editing project due this
week.
PERSONAL
STORY #2 ("At The Heart Of Every Story Is A Sound") PROJECT
All of the details concerning this project have been discussed in class and many of the specifics are
in earlier editions of "Latest News," which you can access through the links at the bottom of this column (below my name).
You need to turn in to me a copy of your script,
which can be "marked up," and an audio CD with two tracks. One track will be a copy of your first story (possibly edited,
definitely with an adjusted audio level) and the second track will be the "final" edited/mixed version of your Personal Story
#2.
On your script,
be sure to tell me where your project is recorded (room 103 or room 105) and the names of your edit decision lists (.edl files).
I used the plural because you may have one "session" where you edited your voice and a second "session" where you mixed in
the required sound (effect).
You must contact me before Thursday morning (November 9) if you are going to need more time
to complete this project. I have mentioned in class that you may need more information on how to adjust/fade levels, but that
that should not hold you back in recording and editing your voice and recording the sound you need for your second story.
I want you to have your overall audio levels "accurate" (where they should be!) before you burn the two "final" wave (.wav)
files to an audio CD.
"MUSICAL
INTEGRATION" AUDIO CD
Your current
LISTENING ASSIGNMENT is the "Musical Integration" CD I handed out Thursday morning. The CD has 29 minutes of audio "highlights"
from years of sessions at the Midwest Radio Theater Workshops (MRTW) for people interested/working in audio theater. Your
task is to detail six (6) key points you come away with after listening to this CD where the participants discuss music in
audio productions.
QUESTIONS OF THE WEEK
#1 of 4
One of last week's questions referenced Eagles' play-by-play broadcaster Merrill
Reese. This week, I'll turn your attention to some baseball announcers. The Ford C. Frick Award – named after the late
sporswriter, broadcaster, National League President and Baseball Commissioner – is presented annually to a broadcaster
for "major contributions to baseball." Past recipients include Phillies' announcers By Saam (1990) and Harry Kalas (2002).
Once again this year, fans have the opportunity
to be part of the process for selecting the 2007 recipient of the Ford C. Frick Award. Three of the 10 names on the final
Frick Award ballot will be chosen by fans throughout the month of November. You can vote (once each day during November) by clicking here and choosing from among the 194 candidates listed, including Richie Ashburn,
Tim McCarver, Andy Musser and Chris Wheeler, who all have spent time in the Phillies' broadcast booth. The final 10-name ballot
will be announced on December 6, 2006.
Now,
here's the question: While he was a newspaper reporter, Frick was a ghostwriter for what baseball legend? (Correct answer is worth two points.)
#2 and #3 of 4
We will discuss sound effects this week or next in class, so here are
two questions with that subject in mind:
Why is Jack Foley a name that
will come up in our discussion of sound effects? (Correct
answer is worth two points.)
What is a sound designer looking for if s/he needs
"walla"? (Hint: It's not a slang term for wallet, money, nor the French word "voilą.")
(Correct answer is worth two points.)
#4 of 4
For those of you who attended the Future Broadcast Pioneers' "Career
Night" last Thursday night (November 2) in room 100, simply tell me a useful piece (or two) of information/advice you learned
from attending the discussion and I will "credit" you with an appropriate number of points.
By the way, you can listen to the audio from the 90-minute
program (hosted by La Salle adjunct professor Jeff Asch) by going here and clicking on the "audio" link.
E-mail me (Jim) the correct answer(s) by 9:00 a.m. on Friday, November 10, to earn up to six (6)
– or more! – points on your "Homework" grade sheet.
Remember ...
... that your Weekly Essay #9 is due Tuesday, November 7.
... that there is a $15.00 materials fee for this course (to be paid to Jim Templeton).
... that you can return any/all of the Listening Assignment CDs you have to me so I can re-use them in upcoming
semesters.
... that the majority of class time the remainder of this semester you will spend working in groups. Be sure
to manage your time well as you plan and execute the various assignments you will be working on with your group mates,
increasing your knowledge of – and practical experience in – audio production.
As always, please be sure to let me know (phone call, e-mail, in person) if you have any questions
or concerns as we continue through the last full month of the semester.
Jim Templeton
P.S. You can access earlier "editions" of this
semester's "Latest News" by clicking on the appropriate date/link:
