Lab Agenda 3.14.18 + 3.21.18
160 Lab Agenda
3.14.18 + 3.21.18
Demo Recorders (20 min)
H2 Zoom & H2 Zoom-N Recorder
H2 Zoom Manual Here: https://www.zoom-na.com/sites/default/files/products/downloads/pdfs/E_H2.pdf
H2 Zoom-N Recorder Manual Here:
https://www.zoom.co.jp/sites/default/files/products/downloads/pdfs/E_H2n.pdf
Pre-Recording Steps:
Check battery meter: change batteries if less than halfway. They go quick and your whole card will be corrupted if the recorder dies mid-record
2. Format the card
3. Record mode set to WAV, 48khz, 24 bit
4. Other settings:
LoCut = off
AGc = off
Folder 1
Monitor: off
Plug-in: off
Pre-record: off
Auto-record: off
MonoMix: off
WAV files
Gain set to Medium
5. Plug in Headphones
6. Set Mic Pattern: Select Mic Pattern: (Front 90, Stereo mode, 2 channel)
Use F to cycle through the Mic patterns
6. Set Record Levels: -Set your recording level with the fast-forward and rewind buttons (G). Audio should maintain at -20db and peak no further than -12db.
7. Have a listen: anything you can hear through your headphones WILL be recorded
8. Hit record button twice: once it starts blinking but isn’t actually recording. The dial count must be moving
9. Do a test record and play it back
10. Carry extra AAs if we have them
Recording the Interview (1hr 15min, about 30 min each)
Record the audio in the quietest place possible (but be prepared to overlay with ambient and make background noise part of the story if it’s not possible to find a completely quiet space.) Anything you hear through the headphones (like the hum of the vending machine or car horns), you’ll be able to hear in your audio file.
2. Record 1-2 minutes of room tone
3. Get close. You don’t want spit on your recorder but you should almost be that close.
3. After every question, pause. Move the mic back and forth as a visual indicator to your subject so they know when it’s ok to speak.
3. Continue to monitor your audio through your headphones and by watching the levels, and make sure the red light is blinking!
4. Don’t interrupt your subject, or talk over them, or even mmmm uhhhh hummms. Remember you will be cutting out the interviewer’s voice, so it will be weird if the interviewer voice overlaps.
5. Ask interview subjects to put the question into their answer. Remember that incomplete sentences, and sentences without context will not make sense. Example: What’s your favorite color? My favorite color is blue. (Instead of just “blue.”) If they don’t do this, ask them to repeat it. It’s totally ok to ask the person being interviewed to repeat something. Really! You can even ask them to phrase things in a different way.
6. Ask follow-up questions like “What was going through your mind?” “What were you thinking?“ “How did you feel when…” or “Tell me about,” “Tell me the story of…” “And then what happened?” “Tell me more about that.” The best parts of your interview will come from follow-up questions. Put your audience right there with your subject. Let them feel what your subject is feeling.
7. If there’s a noise in the background that you can hear through your headphones, ask your subject to repeat themselves
8. If you’re onto something, but your subject isn’t expressing themselves clearly, ask them to repeat or clarify what they’ve said.
9. Make it like a conversation (but with pauses and no talking over.) Let your subject talk.
10. Don't be afraid to ask someone to rephrase for either an incomplete answer, or condensing an answer that is too convoluted.
11. Be prepared to ask the same question a couple of different ways.
12. If you’re not getting the answer you want, sometimes a simple “why do you feel that way?” will work and give you a better answer than you imagined
13. Maintain eye contact and acknowledge non-verbally
14. Before you end the interview, make sure you’ve gotten a beginning,middle and end. Make sure there has been a journey and a resolution.
15. Before you end the interview, go over your 5 questions and make sure you’ve covered everything
16. Come back 15 minutes before the end of class
Dumping Files and Transcribing (15 min):
Download and back-up your audio files using the same folder structure we used for the first assignment. (Hunter-160-AudioPortrait-Audio-Interview180315)
Transcribe your audio using this free software: InqScribe: https://www.inqscribe.com/
Outside Class (show example), you’re going to transcribe your audio to use as a reference
And insert the timecode every minute (at the end of a sentence)
This should take you about an hour
Once you’ve made a transcript, review your audio and take notes of any moments of conflict, change, journey or pivotal moments. Take notes of anything that feels visceral and has universal appeal. These are the good bits. Highlight the beginning, middle and end.
Transcript is due Wednesday before midnight. Bring a printed copy to lab on Thursday.
3.21.18
Peer Transcript Review + sequencing + Editing!
(1hr)
Get in pairs and trade transcripts. Make note of what you think the other person’s journey, beginning, middle and end are. As well as any points you think are really good.
Now go through your transcript and sequence the clips 1-10, 1-15, etc
Editing (1hr)
Folder Structure: Hunter - 160 - Audio Project - Audio, Premiere, Exports
Inside Audio folder: Interview-180315, Music, SFX
Start a new premiere project called Lastname_160AudioProject
Import your audio
Create a new sequence called Roughcut
Roughcut your audio, in sequence, in the Source window, using the keyboard tools we used for the first project: i,o, and comma key. Then everything will be laid out on the timeline for you, in sequence. I would also move the playhead forward about 5 seconds so you have some space to play with
Put your roomtone on Audio Track 2, and mute for now
Adjust the levels of your main audio, they should be between -20 and -12db
Add in audio transitions at the beginning and end of each audio clip, you’re fading it in and out of your roomtone to make the transitions smoother
Next Week:
Add in Sound Effects and Music
Plug-in: off
Pre-record: off
Auto-record: off
MonoMix: off
WAV files
Gain set to Medium
5. Plug in Headphones
6. Set Mic Pattern: Select Mic Pattern: (Front 90, Stereo mode, 2 channel)
Use F to cycle through the Mic patterns
6. Set Record Levels: -Set your recording level with the fast-forward and rewind buttons (G). Audio should maintain at -20db and peak no further than -12db.
7. Have a listen: anything you can hear through your headphones WILL be recorded
8. Hit record button twice: once it starts blinking but isn’t actually recording. The dial count must be moving
9. Do a test record and play it back
10. Carry extra AAs if we have them
Recording the Interview (1hr 15min, about 30 min each)
Record the audio in the quietest place possible (but be prepared to overlay with ambient and make background noise part of the story if it’s not possible to find a completely quiet space.) Anything you hear through the headphones (like the hum of the vending machine or car horns), you’ll be able to hear in your audio file.
2. Record 1-2 minutes of room tone
3. Get close. You don’t want spit on your recorder but you should almost be that close.
3. After every question, pause. Move the mic back and forth as a visual indicator to your subject so they know when it’s ok to speak.
3. Continue to monitor your audio through your headphones and by watching the levels, and make sure the red light is blinking!
4. Don’t interrupt your subject, or talk over them, or even mmmm uhhhh hummms. Remember you will be cutting out the interviewer’s voice, so it will be weird if the interviewer voice overlaps.
5. Ask interview subjects to put the question into their answer. Remember that incomplete sentences, and sentences without context will not make sense. Example: What’s your favorite color? My favorite color is blue. (Instead of just “blue.”) If they don’t do this, ask them to repeat it. It’s totally ok to ask the person being interviewed to repeat something. Really! You can even ask them to phrase things in a different way.
6. Ask follow-up questions like “What was going through your mind?” “What were you thinking?“ “How did you feel when…” or “Tell me about,” “Tell me the story of…” “And then what happened?” “Tell me more about that.” The best parts of your interview will come from follow-up questions. Put your audience right there with your subject. Let them feel what your subject is feeling.
7. If there’s a noise in the background that you can hear through your headphones, ask your subject to repeat themselves
8. If you’re onto something, but your subject isn’t expressing themselves clearly, ask them to repeat or clarify what they’ve said.
9. Make it like a conversation (but with pauses and no talking over.) Let your subject talk.
10. Don't be afraid to ask someone to rephrase for either an incomplete answer, or condensing an answer that is too convoluted.
11. Be prepared to ask the same question a couple of different ways.
12. If you’re not getting the answer you want, sometimes a simple “why do you feel that way?” will work and give you a better answer than you imagined
13. Maintain eye contact and acknowledge non-verbally
14. Before you end the interview, make sure you’ve gotten a beginning,middle and end. Make sure there has been a journey and a resolution.
15. Before you end the interview, go over your 5 questions and make sure you’ve covered everything
16. Come back 15 minutes before the end of class
Dumping Files and Transcribing (15 min):
Download and back-up your audio files using the same folder structure we used for the first assignment. (Hunter-160-AudioPortrait-Audio-Interview180315)
Transcribe your audio using this free software: InqScribe: https://www.inqscribe.com/
Outside Class (show example), you’re going to transcribe your audio to use as a reference
And insert the timecode every minute (at the end of a sentence)
This should take you about an hour
Once you’ve made a transcript, review your audio and take notes of any moments of conflict, change, journey or pivotal moments. Take notes of anything that feels visceral and has universal appeal. These are the good bits. Highlight the beginning, middle and end.
Transcript is due Wednesday before midnight. Bring a printed copy to lab on Thursday.
3.21.18
Peer Transcript Review + sequencing + Editing!
(1hr)
Get in pairs and trade transcripts. Make note of what you think the other person’s journey, beginning, middle and end are. As well as any points you think are really good.
Now go through your transcript and sequence the clips 1-10, 1-15, etc
Editing (1hr)
Folder Structure: Hunter - 160 - Audio Project - Audio, Premiere, Exports
Inside Audio folder: Interview-180315, Music, SFX
Start a new premiere project called Lastname_160AudioProject
Import your audio
Create a new sequence called Roughcut
Roughcut your audio, in sequence, in the Source window, using the keyboard tools we used for the first project: i,o, and comma key. Then everything will be laid out on the timeline for you, in sequence. I would also move the playhead forward about 5 seconds so you have some space to play with
Put your roomtone on Audio Track 2, and mute for now
Adjust the levels of your main audio, they should be between -20 and -12db
Add in audio transitions at the beginning and end of each audio clip, you’re fading it in and out of your roomtone to make the transitions smoother
Next Week:
Add in Sound Effects and Music
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