Sunday, March 9, 2008
Almost There!
Over the past week I have been spending a lot of time working on my final audio story. I feel confident about the content...I have been able to narrow down the quantity in a way I believe captures the essence of the trip while fitting in to the allotted time I have been given. Now I am simply listening to the recording for any last minute adjustments I may want to make. Almost there!
Driving Tips for an eco-friendly experience
As fun as traveling can be, we must accept the fact that cars can be big gas-guzzlers and very detrimental to our environment. In an attempt to bring awareness on how to save gas (and ultimately our environment), edmunds.com has issued "We Test the Tips: What Really Saves Gas? and How Much?" It provides great insight on facts you should be aware of whenever you get in a car or go to a gas station.
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Music for the Road...
In my quest to find the right music for my story I was thinking about the songs I like to listen to while I am driving...there are so many!! I was curious to know what other people listened to and I came across this cool site, Digs Magazine, where people have been discussing what it is they like to listen to while driving. Check it out and give some of your input on driving music.
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Progress!
I finally feel like I am making good progress with my project! This is very exciting. Now that I have spent plenty of hours in the computer lab over the course of this class I feel pretty comfortable with GarageBand which is also a plus.
My interviewee for the story and I have been having trouble getting together over the past couple of weeks, and I have been needing to interview him one last time to get some final details squared away. After a busy day of classes, work, and group meetings, I just happened to literally bump into my guy! It was great. I happened to have my recorder on me as well so I was able to catch him on his walk home and get the scoop I needed to help complete my story.
I was able to go to the computer lab for a couple of hours and mix everything around and make some good edits. I am feeling pretty good about where I stand right now. I am very pleased with the progress I made editing today; so now it is down to the last few steps.
I wish they were simple, but that is far from the case...I need to a) cut my story from 8 minutes and 31 seconds down to no more than 8 minutes and b) figure out how and where I am going to incorporate some music. The timing will definitely be a challenge seeing that I have already cut so much out of the story and I feel that cutting too much out really takes away from the story as a whole. In the case of this story, it really is the details, descriptions, and expressions that make it so great. I am working hard not to lose the essence of the story while fitting it into the time-slot allowed for the class. Figuring out the music should be fun. It is not entirely necessary to include it, but I think it could really add something to the story. Timing will definitely contribute to the music so we'll see how it turns out.
I'm just happy about the progress I have been able to make, and I am starting to get really excited to see how it turns out!
My interviewee for the story and I have been having trouble getting together over the past couple of weeks, and I have been needing to interview him one last time to get some final details squared away. After a busy day of classes, work, and group meetings, I just happened to literally bump into my guy! It was great. I happened to have my recorder on me as well so I was able to catch him on his walk home and get the scoop I needed to help complete my story.
I was able to go to the computer lab for a couple of hours and mix everything around and make some good edits. I am feeling pretty good about where I stand right now. I am very pleased with the progress I made editing today; so now it is down to the last few steps.
I wish they were simple, but that is far from the case...I need to a) cut my story from 8 minutes and 31 seconds down to no more than 8 minutes and b) figure out how and where I am going to incorporate some music. The timing will definitely be a challenge seeing that I have already cut so much out of the story and I feel that cutting too much out really takes away from the story as a whole. In the case of this story, it really is the details, descriptions, and expressions that make it so great. I am working hard not to lose the essence of the story while fitting it into the time-slot allowed for the class. Figuring out the music should be fun. It is not entirely necessary to include it, but I think it could really add something to the story. Timing will definitely contribute to the music so we'll see how it turns out.
I'm just happy about the progress I have been able to make, and I am starting to get really excited to see how it turns out!
Monday, March 3, 2008
Princeton Grad hitting the road...
As I have mentioned before, road trips come in all shapes and sizes, some are planned, while others are completely random, some are by choice, while others are out of necessity. For this Princeton University Grad, a new at Microsoft left her with the opportunity to a) fly from SoYouWanna...?
So what do you want to do?? If you're looking for advice check out SoYouWanna.com. It has fun advice for all of those things you may be thinking of doing, including "So you wanna drive across the country?" The site is in full support of ROAD TRIPS. After all, road trips are where some of the great American writers such as Jack Kerouac, Hunter S. Thompson, and John Steinbeck found their inspiration. Soyouwanna.com is in full support of spontaneity, but also acknowledges some crucial precautions and preliminary steps you should take before hitting the road.
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