Madison Vale

Readings

This weeks reading solidified the best ways to go about creating my podcast at home. There’s two main pieces when it comes to bringing my podcast to life: the recording and the editing.

Recording

When it comes to recording, you don’t need to have the fanciest, most high tech set up there is in order to produce something great. Just a little bit of creativity, and a lot of thought. This article also gave me some good reminders about not only the actual act of recording and making sure I had a good set up, but to take the time to make sure I was ready to record. Making sure my voice was warmed up and relaxed, not getting frustrated by having to rerecord pieces, and pacing myself. The technology is key, yes, but mentally preparing to record is what was truly going to make or break my recording session.

Editing

The biggest thing to remember is that you can’t always edit audio like you would video. The goal is to edit so that the end result is smooth, linear, and easy on the ears. Without that, your audio won’t be good to go. This also emphasizes “snip and clip.” Put together the rough version, then go in and do the trimming to make everything flow. Just like we noted during the recording section, rerecording is ok and honestly you could have multiple takes. It will help in the end if you need additional pieces for your final product.

Research to Inform

This short film/music video created by Taylor Swift around the song “All Too Well” is incredibly well done. Due to this being a song turned short film, there is not only the song being utilized throughout, but dialog and other audio placed in the scenes. Sometimes they overlap, and other times they don’t. What I love so much about this short film is how no matter when the additional audio is included, it matched the part of the song perfectly. Something that is so essential to making the song and short film successful and captivating.

Brittany Broski’s “Royal Court” does a great job at incorporating graphics, audio, and sound effects into every episode based on the topics, conversations, and comments made my Brittany and her guests. Most notable, the introduction is engaging and then followed by a background audio that adds to the “royal” feel.

Rhinestones Unlimited puts a twist of The University of Minnesota’s nationals piece through camera angles and clear audio. What I like most about their videos is the fact that they overlay the audio while keeping the original in the background sounds during the performance so you can still hear the audience and the dancers yelling and motivating one another. This is something that is so crucial to the competitive dance setting so leaving it in adds a sense of authenticity to the video.

Create

I’m proud to present my final podcast piece, Behind The Glow: The Science Behind The Northern Lights! As someone who has always been fascinated by weather and space, I was so excited to shed some light on the northern lights. I used my MacBook and Adobe Audition to put all of the pieces together.