My audio assignment is based on the rampaging press coverage of the highly anticipated wedding of Prince William of England and commoner, Kate Middleton. The story offers a brief introduction to the wedding, the excitement leading up to the event itself, and a brief encapsulation of the groom-to-be’s parents’ nuptials, and how they relate to this more current event. Reporting challenges weren’t really apparent, with the exception of the fact that the story will be completed before the actual event occurs, making the story is anticipatory, as opposed to covering the event itself.
I feel pretty good about the outcome. I ran into some unexpected challenges in that most of my audio recording was completed in a relatively quiet office environment, which really provided some pretty good quality sound, but even minor variations in space and interviewee provided challenges to keeping the sound level and background consistent.
I learned a lot about Audacity and sound mxing (which I didn’t really enjoy; I’m definitely a word person, I think), but I found it interesting. I also learned a lot about my phone, which is helpful. If I had to do it over again, I might choose a different, more “newsy” story, or I might have preferred to be able to wrap in actual observations at the time of the event, or people’s comments and responses to the way it actually happened.
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