The Compelling Image

Tell Your Story with Sound and Pictures$249.00

Instructor:

Jonathan Castner

Duration:

4 weeks

Tags:

advanced, audio, image, intermediate, multimedia, photo, photograph, photographer, photography, slides, sound, story

A far cry from having to sit through your Uncle's painful vacation slide shows, the modern audio slide story has become one of the most powerful means to cover a story in depth. The ability to combine high impact visuals with the kind of audio that makes listeners of the British Broadcasting Company (BBC) or National Public Radio (NPR in the U.S.) feel like they are "there," is the new way to tell long-format stories. Enterprising journalists have come to recognize that letting readers "hear" photographs is often more powerful than the medium of video.  And it is because of this, that still-picture-plus-audio captures have become a much requested part of online journalism in recent years. This course will give you the tools to create compelling audio slideshows that are ready for online publication - giving new life and meaning to the stories that you want to tell.

What you will need:

• A camera and lenses - either digital or film (Note that all images must be digitized for slide-show creation. This means, if you shoot film you will need to scan it before you can produce your final slide production.
• Audio recorder with either built-in or external microphones. One that accepts "external" is best, as microphone choice is important and will be discussed in the first week of this course.  Your recorder must also be equipped with a headphone jack.
• Audio editing software. Many free programs are available and excellent pro-quality programs start around $100 USD.
• SoundSlides program. This is the standard slide-show creation program used by hundreds of online newspapers and magazines. If you have video editing software: Final Cut, Vegas, Premere, they will work too and the course will offer parallel tips for creating slide-shows in these formats, as well.

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