Comments on: Appreciation for a great interview http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/2007/appreciation-for-a-great-interview/ Notes from the classroom and observations about today's practice of journalism online Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:20:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Mindy http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/2007/appreciation-for-a-great-interview/#comment-5983 Mindy Sun, 09 Dec 2007 00:51:05 +0000 http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/2007/appreciation-for-a-great-interview/#comment-5983 I really like the photos toward the end that illustrate so vividly what he's saying about feeling separate and alone. I really like the photos toward the end that illustrate so vividly what he’s saying about feeling separate and alone.

]]> By: Pat Thornton http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/2007/appreciation-for-a-great-interview/#comment-5980 Pat Thornton Sat, 08 Dec 2007 23:28:02 +0000 http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/2007/appreciation-for-a-great-interview/#comment-5980 I don't think I'd change a thing about this. Natural sound is great when it works, but I think it can be forced at times. I think the beauty of this is the simplicity of it. It's just one man's voice with photos of him, but it's an incredible story. It's also the kind of story that lends itself well to an audio slideshow. I think a lot of organizations try to force audio slideshows. It only works when you have photos and audio that are of fairly equal quality. Otherwise you are dragging down your great photos with so-so audio or vice versa. Plus, the audio and photos need to fit together, which a lot of people don't seem to take into account. I don’t think I’d change a thing about this. Natural sound is great when it works, but I think it can be forced at times. I think the beauty of this is the simplicity of it.

It’s just one man’s voice with photos of him, but it’s an incredible story. It’s also the kind of story that lends itself well to an audio slideshow. I think a lot of organizations try to force audio slideshows. It only works when you have photos and audio that are of fairly equal quality. Otherwise you are dragging down your great photos with so-so audio or vice versa.

Plus, the audio and photos need to fit together, which a lot of people don’t seem to take into account.

]]> By: links for 2007-12-06 | TrentHead.Com http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/2007/appreciation-for-a-great-interview/#comment-5902 links for 2007-12-06 | TrentHead.Com Thu, 06 Dec 2007 14:20:22 +0000 http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/2007/appreciation-for-a-great-interview/#comment-5902 [...] Teaching Online Journalism » Appreciation for a great interview I showed this to my students last week, and apparently most of them agreed with me — this is not your average Soundslides. (tags: multimedia) [...] [...] Teaching Online Journalism » Appreciation for a great interview I showed this to my students last week, and apparently most of them agreed with me — this is not your average Soundslides. (tags: multimedia) [...]

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