tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2338286642002953172.post6005190738664779699..comments2011-03-17T06:29:54.130-07:00Comments on michalinhillsboro: Crossng the line . . . wherever that ismichalinhillsborohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00867404334404634331noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2338286642002953172.post-60721087242091978262007-10-28T10:42:00.000-07:002007-10-28T10:42:00.000-07:00Michal,I too share your ethical questions every ti...Michal,<BR/>I too share your ethical questions every time I start to whack a long narrative audio track. What you have to understand is that if we don't edit narrative down to it core meaning then, for the most part, the story will suffer. People have short attention spans when it comes to multimedia productions. Well-crafted, tightly edited visual stories get viewed. I watched your Chalk piece and was impressed. You did a great job of crafting a simple story that had a strong voice with several secondary voices.<BR/><BR/>The way I look at editing audio is that I must always be true to what the subject intended. A lot of times as you are editing audio you will find the subject says things that have the same meaning over and over. I pick the best chunk of narrative and cut loose the rest. I am careful of internal edits in that I make sure before I cut that I am not changing the meaning of what the subject is saying. I do clean the audio of ums, pauses, stumbles etc. Removing them does not change the meaning. NPR does this, so if figure I am on solid ethical ground. I look at editing audio in the same way a reporter writes a story. Their quotes are not always linear so neither does my audio need to be in a slideshow or a video.<BR/><BR/>Music in your Chalk piece is OK, but really isn't needed. If you had had a picture of the guy playing, it would have connected the music to the event. <BR/><BR/>I would have liked to hear more ambient sound from this event. A sound of chalk scraping on the sidewalk, a touch of crowd noise in the background. The music takes away from any ambient you might have added.<BR/><BR/>Watching the video a second time, I find the music a bit annoying. The levels are too high and it plays throughout the show. If you use music in your next piece, think about ducking it. That means raising and lowering the levels. So when the main person begins to speak, you lower the music track way down, and then bring it back up when they finish. Just remember that music is not a substitute for great natural sound.<BR/><BR/>Colin Mulvany<BR/>Multimedia Editor<BR/>Spokesmanreview.comcmulvanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844127953646235971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2338286642002953172.post-19820893747765214122007-10-24T07:53:00.000-07:002007-10-24T07:53:00.000-07:00These are great questions to ask about one's work....These are great questions to ask about one's work. <A HREF="http://newsvideographer.com/2007/10/24/breaking-down-editing-decisions-ethical-considerations/" REL="nofollow">I wrote a post on my blog about your post</A>.Angela Granthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09495934792228237577noreply@blogger.com